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Spurs injury worries mount as De Zerbi assesses Solanke and Simons fitness

Malay Mail

LONDON, April 26 โ€” Tottenham Hotspur will assess the fitness of Dominic Solanke โ€Œand Xavi Simons after both were forced off in Saturdayโ€™s 1-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers, a โ€Œblow for manager Roberto De Zerbi as his side battle relegation.

Solanke was substituted in the 40th minute with a muscular problem, while Simons was replaced in the 63rd minute after suffering a knee issue. Despite the setbacks, the 82nd-minute winner from Joao Palhinha secured Tottenhamโ€™s first league victory in 16 matches at โ€ŒMolineux. Spurs remained 18th in the standings โ with 34 points from โ 34 games, two points from โ safety.

โ€œSolanke has a muscular โ injury. I โ donโ€™t know what level of injury, and for Xavi itโ€™s a problem of the โ knee, and weโ€™re going to see in the next days, Monday or Tuesday,โ€ De Zerbi told reporters.

โ€œFor Solanke, itโ€™s not a big problem. I donโ€™t know how many games โ we lose him, but I would like to know the real situation of Xavi, because โ the knee is always different than the muscular โ injury.โ€

Tottenham, โ who are facing the prospect of their first relegation from top-flight football since 1977, have four games โ€Œremaining and next travel to Aston Villa on Sunday. โ€” Reuters

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