Pochettino delivers Alderweireld update that Tottenham fans will love
By Richard Parks
Toby Alderweireld returned to training on Tuesday and is in contention to make his comeback in Saturday's FA Cup clash against Swansea City.
Manager Mauricio Pochettino explained at his media briefing at lunchtime today (Thursday) that the Belgium international has a chance of playing in the quarter final at the Liberty Stadium, as quoted by the personal Twitter account of Spurs journalist Ben Pearce.
The centre-back tore his hamstring at the start of November and hasn't made a Premier League appearance for Tottenham since the end of October.
He made a return in the FA Cup recently but aggravated his hamstring again and has had another spell out.
Football Insider verdict:
Tottenham fans will be delighted that huge favourite Alderweireld is firmly in the running to return for the crunch cup clash, which has taken on greater significance following the team's Champions League exit. His leadership, mobility and all-round class has been missed by Spurs in recent matches, most particularly in both fixtures against Juventus and in the first half of last weekend's win over Bournemouth. Jan Vertonghen and Davinson Sanchez have formed a decent partnership but the Colombian's rawness manifests itself in some avoidable errors, and most Spurs supporters will agree that the team is better with Alderweireld in it.
In other Tottenham news, Mauricio Pochettino has been at the centre of a huge Spurs dressing room bust-up.