Tottenham Hotspur forward Richarlison will undergo an MRI after suffering a hamstring injury during Brazil’s World Cup quarter-final defeat by Croatia, manager Antonio Conte said on Tuesday. ).
The other players at the club who also suffered injuries at the World Cup, Uruguayan Rodrigo Betancur and Welshman Ben Davies, returned to training. Betancur intends to play alongside Conte on January 1 against Aston Villa.
“Ben Davies is fine and started working with us last week, he has recovered. Rodrigo has started working. I think he will be good for the Aston Villa game,” Conte told Spursplay.
“For Richy, tomorrow he’s going to have an MRI (scanning) to know very well the degree of the injury. The day after tomorrow we’ll see how long he needs to recover.”
Richarlison scored three times for Brazil in the Qatar tournament before being injured six minutes from time in the match Croatia won on penalties.
Tottenham, fourth in the Premier League, take on Ligue 1 side Nice in a friendly on Wednesday (21st), before resuming league action by visiting Brentford on Monday (26th).
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