Supporter Begins Phased Return To Forecourt As Spurs Injury Update Lists Porro, Simons, Kulusevski Dates
Clive Ottaway · Injury Correspondent · Reading time: one pint
The Evening Standard's weekly briefing sets out likely return dates for Pedro Porro, Xavi Simons and Dejan Kulusevski, and the supporter has been on the forecourt since ten.
A Tottenham supporter has begun a phased return to the forecourt of the stadium, following the publication of the Evening Standard's weekly injury briefing, which lists likely comeback dates for several first-team players.
The Herald understands he read the piece in full at 9.40am, reached the line on Pedro Porro's hamstring, and put on a tracksuit. Porro was originally set to miss four weeks and could return against Coventry or Chelsea later this month.
I'm not rushing it. Stage one is walking to the gate. Stage two is standing at the gate. Stage three is touching the gate.
By noon he had completed stage one and was monitoring stage two with the assistance of a flask. Our correspondent observed him pause, flex a calf, and look at the turnstile with what can only be described as caution.
He has also entered himself for the Xavi Simons timetable, which is likely after the turn of the year, and has told his household not to expect him before then. He has been advised that his household is across the road and that dinner is at six.
The Kulusevski programme, understood to run to more than 500 days, has been shortened at his own request to a long weekend. A small group of passers-by watched him play a full ninety seconds against a bollard of Under-21 standard.
At 3pm he declared himself available for selection and went home for tea.
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