Tottenham’s £60M star has just been ruled out of the North London derby due to injury

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Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal head into the North London derby with major injury concerns to key players.

Tottenham are sweating over the fitness of Dominic Solanke and Micky van de Ven, whilst Richarlison is also struggling with an injury. Yves Bissouma has been added to the list of doubts for the game after he was forced off whilst in action for Mali.

Meanwhile, Arsenal travel across North London with injuries and one key suspension having decimated their midfield.

Martin Odegaard will miss the derby with an ankle injury, Mikel Merino is out for several with a shoulder issue and Declan Rice is suspended for the game.

Richarlison out of the North London derby

Richarlison looks to be out of the North London derby having failed to recover in time from an injury, according to Tom Barclay.

The forward missed Spurs’ defeat to Newcastle United with the issue and is now set to be missing for another game. Barclay told The Tottenham Way: “Richarlison looks like he’s going to be out.”

But in the case of Solanke, he has made good progress over the international break and appears to be back available.

“Dominic Solanke, I am led to believe he’s been back running this week, and that correlates with Ange’s original comments when he was injured,” said the Tottenham journalist.

“It’s quite likely he will be fit for this game. First of all, that’s huge because against Newcastle they seemed to lack that presence up front.”

How Tottenham could line-up vs Arsenal

Tottenham will be hopeful of making at least two changes to their line-up from their defeat at Newcastle with Solanke and Van de Ven returning.

Ange Postecoglou will want Dejan Kulusevski to continue his fine form for Sweden over the international break into the derby.

Spurs would be left with a strong bench with the likes of Lucas Bergvall, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert and Archie Gray all ready to make an impact.

Possible Tottenham line-up vs Arsenal (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Van de Ven, Romero, Udogie; Bissouma, Maddison, Sarr; Son, Kulusevski, Solanke.