Jack87 news today, Tottenham Hotspur’s Richarlison’s calf injury is not as serious as first thought and the Brazil striker should be in time for the World Cup, asianbookie manager Antonio Conte said today.
The 25-year-old, who was injured in the weekend’s 2-0 win against former club Everton, later said he feared he could be left out of Qatar.
Conte allayed those concerns and confirmed Richarlison, who has scored 17 goals in 38 appearances for Brazil, will be recovering boda8 before the World Cup kicks off on November 20.
“A player would never risk not being in the World Cup. The injury is not that serious. I’m happy for the player,” Conte told reporters ahead of Wednesday’s league game against Manchester United.
“He’s going through a scan, an MRI, and then we’ll see how long it takes him to recover. But for sure, thai boda8 against Manchester United, he won’t be able to play… I hope he’ll be with us before the World Cup. Play other games together.”
Striker Dejan Kulusevski, who has not played since last month due to a hamstring problem, is close to a full recovery, but Conte refused to confirm whether the Swede could face Manchester United.
“The medical department is trying to get him to recover, but at the same time in some cases you have to take it slowly, not speed up the process. Sometimes, if you do, it gets worse,” the Italian said.
Tottenham are third in the table with 23 points from 10 games, seven ahead of fifth-placed Manchester United.
Conte says he wants to stick to his preferred 3-4-3 formation despite Charlieson’s injury against Eric 10 Hager’s side, who clashed with Harry Kay at home to Everton Eun and Son Heung-min fought side by side.
“We have another training session to decide. I prefer a 3-4-3, but we’ll see. In my mind, we’ve done a lot of work on this system,” he added.
“Lucas Moura is coming back from injury, (Brian) Gill is improving and then I have Ivan Perisic who can play like a striker.”
