Five things seen in Tottenham training: an exciting Bentancur partnership, academy ace rewarded
In preparation for their match against Fulham on Monday, Ange Postecoglou’s team worked hard at Hotspur Way. Here are five things we saw during training.
Spurs players under Ange Postecoglou are working hard at Hotspur Way in preparation for their Premier League comeback. Spurs’ next opponent is Fulham, who begin off at 8 p.m. on Monday. Spurs last played two weeks ago, winning 1-0 away at Luton Town.
Postecoglou acknowledged that the club has had a nice international break, with players making their mark while playing for their countries and others improving in training at Hotspur Way. He will be hoping that the good results continue when they take on Marco Silva’s team. In anticipation of their next game, Tottenham recently had a training session at their Enfield base. Here are five things we saw.
Bentancur’s new alliance
Rodrigo Bentancur has officially resumed full training, Ange Postecoglou announced during his press conference on Friday, providing a significant boost on the Tottenham injury front. Since suffering an ACL injury against Leicester City in early February, the Uruguayan has not played for Spurs. However, he has been working extremely hard in the background to get healthy again.
Bentancur will be trying to make up lost time now that he is in a position to train with his colleagues once more after previously only participating in the warm-up before going off to undertake individual work. Due to Bentancur’s significant impact on the squad since joining from Juventus, fans are eager to see how he fits into Postecoglou’s system as Spurs’ midfield has been impressive this season.
The early signs appear very positive as the Uruguay international and James Maddison have a great connection in the training video that the team has posted. The summer signing is shown passing the ball to a teammate with the outside of his boot during a possession-based game before getting it back.
The two then quickly shift away from the winger and play another quick one-two to neutralize Brennan Johnson. Everyone will be hoping that Bentancur and Maddison can continue to thrive together in the Tottenham team since they already appear to be building a strong rapport.
Johnson improves his level of fitness
Johnson joined Tottenham on transfer deadline day in a high-profile deal from Nottingham Forest, although his minutes have been limited due to injury. He has only played in two games for Tottenham thus far. sustaining a hamstring injury while making his complete debut at Arsenal. The attacker is getting closer to making a comeback, although he hasn’t played since the 2-2 draw at the Emirates.
Johnson has had a “good, solid couple of weeks of training,” according to Postecoglou, but they will need to evaluate him before Monday’s encounter against Fulham. By participating in the most recent training session at Hotspur Way, Johnson is improving his level of fitness and positioning himself to play against the Cottagers.
The players’ admirers in Tottenham are clamoring for more, preferably beginning on Monday night.