Update given on two injured Spurs players ahead of Thursday | OneFootball

On Thursday evening, Tottenham Hotspur will welcome Bundesliga outfit Eintracht Frankfurt to North London, for the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final showdown. It truly cannot be overstated quite how big a game - and tie - this is.

Although the win did extremely little to paper over the cracks of a dismal domestic season, Spurs at least come into the game having stopped the rot with their three points over Southampton on Sunday. They also, if looking for small positives, have Brennan Johnson and Mathys Tel coming into the game more confident than they otherwise would have been.

They will, however, be without a couple of injured players, of whom the game has come too early for. The Standard have reported that Dejan Kulusevski is "progressing well", but that Thursday evening will come too soon for him. They have also stated that the game will also come too soon for Kevin Danso, with his thigh injury picked up last month keeping him out of action.

Thursday evening's first leg to come too early for two players

In fairness, with Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven both fit, it was unlikely that Danso was going to start anyway. It would have been handy to have been able to start him against Southampton instead of Romero - with it not being ideal for the Argentine to play three games in a week. Still, he hasn't picked up an injury yet, so let's hope that Thursday is not one game too far.

As for Kulusevski, he would have had a much better chance at starting - though James Maddison did show his creativity against Southampton - albeit a much weaker opponent. The 28-year old will have the keys to the attack, the onus will be on him to create chances or even score himself. If Spurs had him and Kulusevski both in the side, they would have had more unpredictability in their attack - but it does give a player like Lucas Bergvall a huge opportunity instead.

Furthermore, Frankfurt are set to be without their vastly experienced number one goalkeeper Kevin Trapp for the first leg. As per the injury report (available on football apps such as Sofascore and Fotmob), most of the other unavailable players are players that have been left out of the Europa League squad. From what we can see, German winger Ansgar Knauff - whom has played nearly 600 minutes in the Europa League this season - is the otherwise most high profle absentee.