Manchester United legend Gary Neville has mentioned Tottenham Hotspur can end forward of each Arsenal and Liverpool if they’ll preserve their gamers match for the second half of the 2023-24 season.
Tottenham Hotspur Have Not Had The Finest Luck This Season
Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham have misplaced a lot of their gamers to long-term accidents this season. James Maddison, who was set to turn out to be the centerpiece of the Australian’s challenge, has been out with an ankle damage since November 10. Left-midfielder Ivan Perisic tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in September and is unlikely to function for the rest of the 2023-23 season. Giovani Lo Celso and Ben Davies turned current casualties on January 6 and 12, respectively, selecting up muscle and hamstring accidents.
To prime it off, they’ve misplaced two of their prime gamers, Heung-min Son and Yves Bissouma, to worldwide duties this month. Son, who’s representing South Korea within the AFC Asian Cup 2023, might be unavailable till February 10, whereas AFCON 2023-bound Mali worldwide Bissouma may miss out till February 11.
Neville Backs Spurs To Outrank Liverpool And Arsenal
Manchester United icon Neville has favored the best way Spurs have performed this season and is backing them to seal a spot within the UEFA Champions League if they’ll stay injury-free.
On Sky Sports activities, Neville mentioned (by way of Soccer.London):
“I believe in the event that they preserve the gamers match, they’re an absolute certainty [for Champions League]. I believe truly while you watch them, after they get the 5 gamers again which are lacking they usually’re all match, they are often higher than Liverpool and Arsenal this season.
“It’s a foul draw for them within the FA Cup [Manchester City], so they may exit of that after which totally consider the league forward. I do know they should go after trophies. However in the event you exit of the home competitions, groups which have had explosive seasons can transfer that apart and do properly within the league. For Ange Postecoglou, to get second or third is feasible, if he will get a clear run at it.”
Spurs, who got here from behind twice to carry Manchester United to a 2-2 draw at Previous Trafford on Sunday (January 14), are in fifth place (40 factors) within the Premier League rankings. Liverpool are on the prime with 45 factors whereas Arsenal are fourth with 40 factors. Each, nonetheless, have a recreation hand.
