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Report: ‘Special’ Tottenham player has now picked up an injury

Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga missed the 0-0 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League last night through injury.

have reported the reason that the Englishman missed Spurs’ third European match of the season.

His came in the Champions League in the opening round of matches, as Spurs beat Marseille 2-0.

That is the only European game they have scored in thus far, and they currently sit second in the group at the halfway stage.

Tottenham Hotspur v Olympique Marseille: Group D - UEFA Champions League
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Tanganga suffers injury blow

Tottenham’s right wing-back situation has been under the microscope with Emerson Royal getting sent off in the north London derby.

Djed Spence or Matt Doherty may hope for opportunities in the wake of that but Tanganga’s name was not really mentioned in that conversation.

Now, he is injured and it remains to be seen how long he is out for while he recovers. We await further information about the injury.

Gary Neville knows a thing or two about playing right-back and centre-back in the Premier League and has called Tanganga ‘‘.

That is the quality he has defensively, but he needs to do more going forward to be a right wing-back in Conte’s five-man defensive system.

But this injury could further curtail the limited opportunities he has been getting to impress Conte, amid reports he will look to depart the club – at least on loan – in January.