Ange Postecoglou is holding his first press conference in a while as Tottenham Hotspur finally get back to Premier League action with the visit of Crystal Palace.
The involvement of Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool last weekend meant that Spurs' league game at Stamford Bridge was postponed until later in the season. That resulted in a two-week break for Postecoglou to work with his team following the disappointing 2-1 defeat to Wolves in the Premier League the previous weekend.
Now Tottenham are back in action against a Crystal Palace side with a new manager in Oliver Glasner, who guided them to a debut victory against Burnley and will bring them to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with their confidence restored.
Postecoglou will deliver an injury news update on which players he has back fit with Destiny Udogie and Pedro Porro missing the defeat to Wolves, Fraser Forster suffering a fractured foot in training ahead of that game and Ryan Sessegnon has since undergone successful hamstring surgery.
Tottenham supporters have also been wondering about Richarlison, who has been notable by his absence in training photos and video footage during the past week or so.
Our Spurs correspondent Alasdair Gold is among those putting the questions to Postecoglou. Scroll down for his latest updates from the press conference at Hotspur Way.
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Here's the full transcript with everything Postecoglou said
You can find every single word the Tottenham boss in a full transcript by heading right here or scroll down for some highlights.
More from Postecoglou
The idea is to try to keep progressing our football and finish the season strong and keep developing our players in our game style so that we can see where that takes us this year but more importantly sets us up for years to come.
Postecoglou on Manor Solomon
Manor is sort of progressing but is still not anywhere near rejoining the group. He still has a bit of a way to go. Again, it is another frustrating one for him. He is working really hard, keen to get back and we were hoping for an early return date, but it's been little things along the way that have set him back. Fair to say, he is still a fair bit away from the group.
The Spurs boss on this two week break
It hasn't been ideal. It's felt a bit like that all season. Felt like a disrupted season all the way through apart from maybe the first 10-11 games. Very stop start. We've got a couple of games and then it's an international break.
More from Ange
With Richy, it's disappointing, he's been a key contributer, how our season has gone, get one back and lose one. Sess is a tough one, it's through no fault of his own, worked hard to come back.It's always challenging when happens as series of events and he hasn’t had any reward for all his hard work of rehab in terms of getting out there to play. He will get the support he needs, he's had surgery, he's a positive guy and he's been through this before so hopefully that helps.
Postecoglou on injury news
Destiny has a chance. He's trained so we'll see how he pulls up. Pedro is probably still another week away.
Richarlison is out for three to four weeks. He picked up a bit of a knee injury in the last game. "Ryan [Sessegnon] had a bit of a setback after the last game, well a big one."
Here's the team our Spurs reporters reckon will start tomorrow
We got our Tottenham writers to make some early predictions for the Spurs side that will start against Crystal Palace. You can find that by heading right here. Which one of them do you agree with?
We spoke to Jamie Donley this week
The talented young Spurs player spoke to us about his time working with Postecoglou this season, the advice Son gives him and plenty more. You can find that interview right here.
Here's what we've spotted in Spurs training this week
You can find the five things we noticed in Tottenham training at Hotspur Way this week by heading right here.
Welcome to Hotspur Way
It's been a few weeks since an Ange Postecoglou press conference and there's plenty to speak to the Tottenham Hotspur head coach about.
