Tottenham XI vs Everton: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup, injury latest for Premier League

Maddison is back in training as he steps up his recovery from a shoulder fracture suffered on the opening weekend of the season against Brentford.

The 29-year-old will continue to be carefully managed as part of the club’s new medical advice, and De Zerbi would not clarify if he was ready to start.

“Maddison, yes (he will be back),” Spurs boss De Zerbi said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Asked if Maddison could start, he added: “I’m happy when all my players are available. It is maybe a problem for me because my decisions are not easy. But I want to manage all players together.”

Maddison missed the majority of last season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and was used sparingly throughout pre-season this summer.

Welcome return: James Maddison is available as Tottenham prepare to face Everton in the Premier League

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De Zerbi lamented the injury as “stupid”, owing to the innocuous nature of the incident, which is set to keep Mudryk out until after the international break.

The Ukrainian winger had been working his way back to full fitness, having not played a competitive match in nearly two years before his cameo off the bench against Nottingham Forest last weekend.

Savio and Destiny Udogie are both fit to face Everton, despite being taken off on the hour mark against Forest.

The decision to substitute the pair was made pre-game and was taken on the advice of the club’s medical team, with both players having had minor fitness issues at the start of the season.

Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert remain long-term absentees, while Dejan Kulusevski is continuing to struggle with a setback in his recovery from a serious knee injury.

Kulusevski returned to full team training last week before suffering what De Zerbi described as a minor issue.

The Swedish playmaker has not played in nearly a year-and-a-half, and De Zerbi revealed that the 26-year-old is yet to return to team training.

Predicted Tottenham XI (4-2-3-1): Kinsky; Porro, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Tonali; Savio, Fernandes, Tel; Marmoush