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title: "Tottenham team news: Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Moura both out vs Frankfurt"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-antonio-conte-injury-news-latest-gossip-frankfurt/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Will Seager"
section: "Premier League News"
published: "2022-10-04T12:10:47Z"
modified: "2022-10-04T12:10:47Z"
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# Tottenham team news: Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Moura both out vs Frankfurt

**[Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/) manager Antonio Conte will be missing another key wide player alongside Lucas Moura for Spurs’ Champions League clash against Eintracht Frankfurt.**

### **The Lowdown: UCL so far…**

The Lilywhites have travelled to Germany as they prepare to face off against the Bundesliga outfit [tonight](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/eintracht-frankfurt-vs-tottenham-kick-off-time-prediction-tv-live-stream-team-news-latest-h2h-results-champions-league-2022-preview-today-b1029660.html) at the Deutsche Bank Park.

Tottenham got off to a fine start in the competition as they [beat Marseille 2-0](https://www.skysports.com/football/tottenham-hotspur-vs-marseille/477365) at home, thanks to two headed goals from Richarlison.

However, just a week later, Spurs suffered a [late collapse](https://www.skysports.com/football/sporting-lisbon-vs-tottenham-hotspur/477372) at the hands of Sporting, as the Portuguese side scored twice in the closing minutes as a probable point was snatched from the Lilywhites’ grasp.

Consequently, the north London club sit [second in their Champions League group](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/team/tottenham-hotspur/table/22doj4sgsocqpxw45h607udje), only ahead of tonight’s opponents on goal difference.

### **The Latest: Conte’s team news**

Ahead of Tottenham’s Champions League fixture against Frankfurt, Conte took to his press conference to share the latest team news.

As quoted by [football.london](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/conte-djed-spence-injury-tactics-25169469), the Lilywhites boss revealed: “Kulusevski is out. Moura is out.”

Lucas was already expected to miss out, but given Kulusevski was only a ‘[doubt](https://theathletic.com/3640450/2022/09/29/kulusevski-tottenham-arsenal-injury-hamstring/)‘ for the derby on Saturday, fans may have been hoping to see him return this week.

[Tottenham latest news!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/tottenham-latest-news-3/)

### **The Verdict: Bad news**

Whilst Moura had seemingly fallen down the pecking order at Hotspur Way prior to his injury, Kulusevski’s absence will come as a massive blow for the Italian manager.

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In the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) last season, the Sweden international finished the campaign rated as Spurs’ fourth-best player, having averaged an impressive 7.21 match score since his arrival in January (via [SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/tottenham-hotspur/33)).

Labelled ‘[pure class](https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/02/blogs/premier-league/tottenham-hotspur/tottenham-hotspur-garth-crooks-praises-pure-class-dejan-kulusevski/)‘ by BBC pundit Garth Crooks, his key role in transitions between defence and attack will certainly be missed tonight against Frankfurt, as Spurs looked a little disjointed in their countering efforts against Arsenal.