The Brazilian striker has been out since New Year's Eve after he suffered
medial collateral ligament damage in the draw at Crystal Palace but returned to training earlier this week.
Spurs were forced to cope without Vertonghen for nine games last season when he missed nine Premier League games due to
medial collateral ligament damage in his knee, which left Pochettino with just Kevin Wimmer, Eric Dier and Alderweireld as his only senior central defenders.
Not exact matches
Subsequent scans have confirmed that «Kache» has
damaged his MCL (
Medial collateral ligament) and, ahead of a visit to a specialist on Monday afternoon, he is provisionally expected to be sidelined for an estimated 8 - 12 weeks.