Agent confirms return date for second Tottenham star after Dejan Kulusevski injury boost

Tottenham are expected to welcome back several first-team players from injury before the end of 2025 including instrumental attacking midfielder Dejan Kulusevski

Tottenham are finally edging closer to welcoming back a number of first-team players in a much-needed boost for Thomas Frank.

Spurs, much like last season under Ange Postecoglou, have lost a number of key senior stars due to various fitness problems since the beginning of the campaign.

In fact, some are also still yet to return from long-term problems they sustained last term prior to Europa League glory in Bilbao.

Radu Dragusin is one of those after the Romanian defender ruptured his ACL during the 3-0 triumph over Swedish outfit Elfsborg in January.

However, after playing 45 minutes in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Leyton Orient during the international break, Dragusin's agent Florin Manea has now confirmed he expects the 23-year-old to be back available and playing regular minutes from December.

Manea told Romanian show Fanatik Superliga earlier this week: "He is fit now. The coach is slowly starting to put him in. In December he will be selected. From December to March, he will definitely get matches. He is ready.

"He has been there long enough, 10 months. It is his time. I am glad we did not rush. He will be there in March. Okay, now I hope that Mircea [Lucescu] calls him.

"Maybe he does not call him. In March he will be per cent ready. He wants it more than ever. He can't wait to come back. We have not exchanged messages. "I will meet him in London tomorrow. We planned to go out and eat. We are focused on his return. In this regard, believe me, he pulled more than he could. Robocop. He seems faster, stronger, from the images I have seen."

The central defender might not be the only Tottenham player to return to action next month, either.

Sweden boss Graham Potter has also claimed this week that he expects to see Dejan Kulusevski back around Christmas time following patella surgery in May.

Dragusin also completed some training with his Romania international team-mates during the break.

He's now targeting a starting berth in their crunch World Cup play-off semi-final against Turkey in March.

If Romania are able to get through in Istanbul, they would face Slovakia or Kosovo for a place at next summer's World Cup finals.

First though, Dragusin will focus on his own rehabilitation after completing the crux of his recovery work.

He has slowly been drip-fed back into Tottenham training and is now targeting his first competitive minutes since he picked up the injury at the beginning of the year.

Spurs are back in action on Sunday when they travel to Arsenal in the North London Derby. They then travel to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League before facing Fulham and Newcastle.