Final injury news has been provided for Leeds United’s Monday night clash at relegation-battling rivals Tottenham Hotspur - for which fresh blows have left ten players out and three more doubtful despite key men coming back.
Leeds might well be mathematically safe from relegation by the time Monday’s 8pm kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium comes around as United’s Premier League status will be confirmed if title chasing Arsenal win at third-bottom West Ham on Sunday afternoon.
With bottom two clubs Wolves and Burnley already down, West Ham are seven points behind Leeds with just three games left. Because of their far inferior goal difference, even an Arsenal draw would realistically be enough to consider Leeds safe, albeit not mathematically.]
But a West Ham win would set the cat amongst the pigeons and in any case boss Daniel Farke has already declared the importance of Leeds finishing the season as strongly as possible.
That is also an absolute must for Tottenham who are finally out of the relegation zone but just one point ahead of West Ham.
It all means that Monday night’s match is absolutely huge although fresh blows have left ten players out of the contest and three more doubtful - despite key men coming back.
After the final updates from both camps, here we run through the combined final team news for both sides.
1. OUT: Wilson Odobert
One of several Tottenham players whose season is done, Spurs winger Odobert having ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in February's 2-1 defeat at home to Newcastle United. | Getty Images
2. OUT: Xavi Simons
The most recent big Spurs injury and a crushing blow for talented Dutch winger Simons who ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in last month's 1-0 win at Wolves. The 23-year-old is expected to be looking at around eight months out. Rest of the season and also the World Cup over. | Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
3. OUT: Cristian Romero
Spurs captain Romero is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury suffered in last month's 1-0 defeat at Sunderland. | AFP via Getty Images
4. OUT: Mohammed Kudus
Kudus caused Leeds lots of bother in October's reverse fixture at Elland Road in which the Ghanian winger bagged a goal and an assist but he too is done for the season having suffered a significant setback in his recovery from a quad injury which may need surgery. | Getty Images
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5. OUT: Ben Davies
Yet another whose season is over, Tottenham's Wales international defender Davies fracturing his left ankle in January's match against West Ham and then having surgery. | Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
6. OUT: Dejan Kulusevski
Tottenham's Sweden international midfielder Kulusevski has not played since having surgery on patella injury back in May of last year, the 26-year-old then having further surgery on his knee in February. Kulusevski has yet to return to training but De Zerbi has said he hopes the Swede can still play in the World Cup this summer. | Getty Images