Van Hecke Training Report Leads Commuter To Monitor His Own Toe Closely Outside Stadium
Clive Ottaway · Injury Correspondent · Reading time: one pint
The Sun reports that Jan Paul van Hecke has trained at Hotspur Way this week despite a toe injury, with a final decision on Saturday's trip to Old Trafford still to be made, and a supporter has begun his own assessment in the forecourt.
A Tottenham supporter began a close assessment of his own toe on the stadium forecourt this morning, following reports that Jan Paul van Hecke has trained at Hotspur Way this week.
The Herald understands the man reasoned that if the defender's toe was being monitored closely ahead of Saturday's match at Old Trafford, then a comparable standard ought to apply to his.
The Sun reports that Van Hecke, who returned from Netherlands duty early after feeling pain when he touched the ball, has managed to train. There is optimism at the club that he will be ready, and a final decision will follow.
I touched it once and felt something. I'm not saying it's the same. I'm saying nobody has ruled me out.
The stadium was closed. The man had brought a football, borrowed from a neighbour, and has been touching it every forty minutes, recording the result on the back of a bus ticket. Entries to date read "fine", "fine" and "slight".
He has also noted that Micky van de Ven suffered a scare against Serbia, which Netherlands manager Xavi Hernandez has since described as not serious. As a precaution, the man has allocated his second toe to the matter and will update the situation as it develops.
Asked whether he was available for Saturday, he said he was not, owing to a prior engagement at the garden centre. He added that nine Manchester United players face late fitness tests, and declined to comment on the fairness of this.
He is expected to be fit.
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