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Tottenham Hotspur could be handed a big blow ahead of their trip to France to take on Paris Saint-Germain.
The confidence of the Tottenham first-team squad took a massive hit on Sunday as the Lilywhites suffered a heavy 4-1 defeat by Arsenal.
It was Tottenham’s first away defeat of the Premier League season, and they now have an even more challenging task next up: a trip to Paris where they will come up against PSG in the Champions League.
A few days ago, reports in France suggested that Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes, Desire Doue, and Ousmane Dembele could all be ruled out of the Spurs clash due to injury.
Positive signs for Ousmane Dembele ahead of Tottenham game
However, L’Equipe claim there is some good news for PSG ahead of their clash against the North London outfit.
It is revealed that Dembele recovered from his calf injury and trained with his PSG teammates on Friday.
Even though the 28-year-old did not feature against Le Havre on Saturday, he is said to be feeling ‘positive’ ahead of the club’s Champions League clash on Wednesday.
A PSG insider told the outlet about the former Barcelona star’s fitness: “He knows his body well. We’ll see on Monday and Tuesday. There are three days left. After that, it will be up to the coach to decide.”
Another big loss could be hard for Spurs to recover from
While Tottenham are unbeaten in the Champions League this season, the reality is that they could have easily lost both of their away matches at Bodo/Glimt and Monaco.
Following the drubbing at the Emirates, the Spurs players may not believe that they stand a chance of keeping PSG out for 90 minutes.
The worry for Frank would be that another big loss could seriously dent the players’ morale and would be very difficult to recover from.
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