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title: "Tottenham: Alasdair Gold drops double injury blow for Conte"
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author: "Chloe Chadwick"
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published: "2022-07-13T07:10:39Z"
modified: "2022-07-13T07:10:39Z"
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# Tottenham: Alasdair Gold drops double injury blow for Conte

**[Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/) correspondent [Alasdair Gold](https://twitter.com/AlasdairGold) has delivered a double pre-season injury blow for Antonio Conte.**

### The Lowdown: Preparation in South Korea

The Spurs squad and coaching staff all flew out to Asia on Saturday to begin their pre-season tour of South Korea, where they have already [completed](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/players/brutal-tottenham-training-conte-son-24455485) some gruelling training sessions in front of excited audiences at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.

After a couple of days of preparation, the Lilywhites are now set to take on Team K League in their opening pre-season game on Wednesday, but are likely to have to do it without two of their first-team stars.

### The Latest: Gold’s injury update

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Gold shared the latest on Tottenham’s current injury situation. He [wrote](https://twitter.com/AlasdairGold/status/1546803658213302272):

“Some Spurs injury news for you ahead of tomorrow’s match against Team K League. Ivan Perisic not ready yet to feature and Dejan Kulusevski a doubt.”

Expanding in his column for [Football.London](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/fixtures-results/tottenham-player-injury-doubt-friendly-24464099), the journalist stated that the Croatian is ‘working his way back’ after sustaining a calf injury during Inter’s final game before joining, with the winger in his ‘final stages’ of fitness work before returning to ball action.

Kulusevski’s stance on the other hand is a little bit more optimistic, but there still remains ‘question marks’ over whether he will be available for selection due to leaving Monday’s training session early as a precaution after picking up a ‘small calf problem’.

It’s understood that he ‘wasn’t involved’ in the training action on Tuesday and is a ‘doubt’ for the upcoming fixture.

[Tottenham latest developments!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/tottenham-latest-developments-2/)

### The Verdict: Blow for pre-season plans

Conte not having Perisic, and possibly also Kulusevski, available for Spurs’ opening pre-season game will come as a blow for the boss.

The Swede was an absolute revelation during his debut season in N17, making [13 goal contributions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dejan-kulusevski/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/431755) in just 20 appearances across all competitions since joining [on loan](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/12529098/tottenham-transfer-news-spurs-sign-dejan-kulusevski-and-rodrigo-bentancur-from-juventus-on-deadline-day) from Juventus in January, and the chance to further increase his chemistry in the team would not have gone amiss.

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The Italian would have also been hoping to integrate his summer signings into his new system as he sets up his new-look squad for the 2022/23 campaign, but that won’t be possible with Perisic now, so Conte will hold out a little longer before he finalises his [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) starting XI, a potentially frustrating situation for the very particular tactician.