Burnley team news state of play for Tottenham as injured duo near return
A late decision will be made over the fitness of Zian Flemming for Burnley’s clash against Tottenham on Saturday.
The Dutchman has been sidelined with a knock since just after Christmas, missing Burnley’s last five games as a result.
While both Joe Worrall and Flemming have trained this week, it remains to be seen if the latter will be sufficiently match fit to feature at the weekend.
“Zian probably was a little bit later in terms of returning this week, so we'll make a call on that a little bit closer to the game,” Scott Parker said.
“We’ll see how he came through yesterday's training, because we had a bit of a down day today [Thursday]. We'll train again tomorrow, so we'll make a call on that. Everyone else is fit and ready.”
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Elsewhere, Maxime Esteve should be fine to feature despite his injury scare against Liverpool last time out, which turned out to just be a case of cramp.
Jordan Beyer, Connor Roberts, Josh Cullen, Mike Tresor and Zeki Amdouni are all sidelined.
Cullen’s ACL injury is expected to keep him out for an expected nine months, while Tresor will be out for a “number of weeks” with an ankle injury.
When asked if there’s a chance of Beyer, Roberts or Amdouni featuring this season, having not played yet, Parker said: “I think there is, for sure there is.
“I still think they're a little bit down the road in terms of when we're going to see them, but all three of them really, or at least two of them, are starting. They're on the grass now, so definitely there could be an option that we may see them.”
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