Tottenham Hotspur head coach Igor Tudor will have Kevin Danso and Pedro Porro available for Sunday’s Premier League fixture against Fulham.
Porro has been unavailable since picking up a hamstring injury in last month’s 2-2 away draw against Burnley. The Spain international full-back had featured in every Premier League game under Thomas Frank, assisting two goals. Centre-back Danso has been sidelined since suffering a torn ligament in his big toe during the 2-0 Champions League win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
“Yeah, that’s right, Tudor said, having been asked if the duo are fit to return on the weekend. “No other issues, small problems for Micky (van de Ven), with his small toe, I think, but he’s okay.”
Tottenham now have three fit central strikers, with Dominic Solanke, who started on the bench for last weekend’s 4-1 defeat to Arsenal due to a throat issue, Richarlison and Randal Kolo Muani, after scoring his first league goal of the season, available for selection.
However, Tudor is still awaiting the returns of Lucas Bergvall and Mohammed Kudus. Bergvall underwent ankle surgery after the 2-0 Champions League win over Borussia Dortmund and there is no public timeline set on his return, while Tudor’s predecessor Thomas Frank suggested Kudus could return after the March international break.
Tudor added that he hopes Dejan Kulusevski, who has missed the entirety of the league season with a patella injury, will return before the end of the season, but “we don’t know”.
Tottenham are yet to win a league match in 2026, and currently sit 16th in the Premier League table, just four points above West Ham United in 18th. With 11 games remaining of the league season, Tudor described the situation as “a question of life and death”.
Tudor has earned a reputation for being able to rescue clubs mid-season (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
“There is not too much time to think about performance or style,” Tudor said. “It’s really the question that every game needs to be prepared in the way: how are we going to take these points? One way, another way? Just that needs to be the goal. Unfortunately, it’s for me very clear. I’m also not the kind of coach who doesn’t want to cure style, or how we perform, what we do. But at this moment it’s not possible to think about those things.
“In Italy they use the term, have the mentality of a small team. That’s the key always. With the handles, willing, with the wish to have always motivation like you’re playing against a bigger team. So that’s the start, and then we work a lot of that. They’re aware of everything”.
Tudor has a reputation as a “firefighter”, helping to rescue Udinese in Serie A from threat of relegation and then stabilising mid-table club Hellas Verona in Italy’s top tier. He has also worked to breathe new life into clubs higher up the table, coming in mid-season to deliver Champions League football at Juventus last term. But when asked whether this is the most difficult task Tudor has taken in his managerial career so far, he replied: “Probably yes, recognising the difficulties we have.”