Another injured Tottenham star turns up on international duty after Dejan Kulusevski meeting

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Another Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has met up with his international colleagues as he enters the final stages of his rehabilitation

Rodrigo Bentancur followed Dejan Kulusevski's lead in dropping in on his international team-mates this week as he nears his return from injury.

The 28-year-old Tottenham midfielder went to meet his Uruguay team-mates in London on Tuesday ahead of their match against England at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday evening. Bentancur is currently out after suffering a serious hamstring injury that required surgery back in January.

However, he is nearing a return to training at Spurs with his personal fitness coach, Daniel Fernandez, provided a detailed update last week on his progress as he explained to Uruguayan radio station 100% Deporte that the surgical wound had healed well and Bentancur's rehabilitation is currently around 15 days ahead of the original prognosis.

The midfielder has already returned to working on the grass after weeks spent in rehabilitation and strength training. Fernandez said that Bentancur should be ready to return to training by the end of this month but would not be realistically available for first-team action until the end of April if there are no setbacks.

Spurs interim boss Igor Tudor told football.london last week of his hope for Bentancur's return in the coming weeks.

"Rodrigo as well, [James] Maddison as well. We hope the medical staff will make us some nice surprise in the next weeks which would be very important to have that," said the Spurs boss.

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Bentancur is not the only injured Tottenham player to have joined up with his international colleagues this week after missing out on their squad. His former Juventus team-mate Kulusevski, who has been out since surgery on the patella in his knee in May last year, met up with the Sweden players in Spain this week.

Videos emerged of the 25-year-old limping as he walked around the training ground and hugged Sweden coach Graham Potter but the Spurs man explained why he was walking that way on Thursday morning on Instagram.

"Just to clarify things," he posted on his Instagram story. "I'm limping because I had a small intervention in the knee two weeks ago. Went in and took out what was not supposed to be there. Knee is great now. Thanks for all the support. God is the greatest. Always."