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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Sky Sports man hints at major Rodrigo Bentancur boost"
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author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Tottenham Hotspur News"
published: "2022-03-03T07:35:57Z"
modified: "2022-03-03T07:35:57Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Sky Sports man hints at major Rodrigo Bentancur boost

**Speaking to[Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/tottenham-star-bentancur-will-return-on-this-date-dinnery/), injury expert [Ben Dinnery of Sky Sports](https://twitter.com/BenDinnery?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) has hinted at a major Tottenham injury boost involving Rodrigo Bentancur.**

### The Lowdown: Spurs miss signing…

The January signing from Juventus, who arrived alongside winger Dejan Kulusevski, has been a mainstay under Antonio Conte when available.

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

Indeed, Bentancur had started [every single Premier League game](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rodrigo-bentancur/leistungsdaten/spieler/354362) since his arrival before sustaining a nasty-looking ankle injury mid-way through Tottenham’s disappointing loss to Burnley last week.

The South American subsequently missed Spurs’ 4-0 win away to Leeds and 1-0 FA Cup defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough, with Conte [fairly optimistic](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2022/february/team-news-ahead-of-middlesbrough-latest-on-bentancur-and-skipp/) he can make Everton on Monday.

### The Latest: Dinnery hints at big Bentancur boost…

Hinting at a major boost, Dinnery backs that his return is certainly more than likely and may well re-join the group for training this weekend.

*“Spurs don’t play until Monday, so that gives them plenty of time to get him up and running,”* he explained to[FI.](https://www.footballinsider247.com/tottenham-star-bentancur-will-return-on-this-date-dinnery/)

*“That would tally up with what we’ve heard from Antonio Conte about Rodrigo Bentancur and that little bit of an ankle problem.*

*“He may rejoin the group in training over the weekend, which would put him in contention for that Monday game.”*

### The Verdict: Get him back in…

After midfielder Harry Winks arguably suffered an [afternoon to forget](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/tottenham-hotspur-ryan-sessegnon-harry-winks-struggle-middlesbrough-fa-cup-player-ratings/) against Boro in mid-week, news of Bentancur’s likely return to the fold could be music to the ears of Spurs fans.

The [47-cap Uruguay star](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rodrigo-bentancur/leistungsdaten/spieler/354362) has already been praised for some of his performances since arriving in north London and arguably offers a real presence in Conte’s midfield.

Standing at 6 foot 1, Bentancur certainly has the physicality to succeed in Premier League football and his return will inject some strength in front of Spurs’ back four.

***In other news: Conte green-lights move for new top target as Spurs hierarchy pressured to seal deal, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-antonio-conte-daily-star-lille-sven-botman-update-latest-thfc-transfer-news/)***