Rodrigo Bentancur could be seen taking part in the warm-up with his Tottenham teammates on Thursday in a video from the club’s Hotspur Way training base
By warming up with his teammates from Tottenham ahead of Thursday’s training at Hotspur Way, Rodrigo Bentancur has advanced his injury recovery. The midfielder, who has been a key member of the Lilywhites since joining from Juventus in January 2022, hasn’t played for Spurs since February after suffering an ACL injury during their loss at Leicester City.
Working hard behind the scenes as he looks to work his way back to fitness as soon as possible, his involvement in the warm-up on Thursday alongside players such as Emerson Royal and Cristian Romero was simply the next step of his rehab. The opportunity to join his teammates will have come as a big boost to the player, though, after so much individual work since his injury at the beginning of the year.
Football.london is aware that the player has not resumed training; instead, after the warm-up, Bentancur went back to working alone.
Ange Postecoglou acknowledged at the beginning of the month that although the Uruguayan was striving to participate in training, he would probably not return until November.
There’s not a defined [comeback date] but he is getting closer. I think probably around November time, we’d be looking to reintegrate him into it,” said the 58-year-old. “He’s ticking all the boxes so far. He’s really keen.
“He came to see me yesterday wanting to train and within a minute I had one of the medical team running behind him to collar him and drag him out. He’s definitely keen and it’ll be great to get him back because his contribution when he first came to the club was outstanding.
“In many respects he’ll be like another new signing for us, which is great but we won’t rush it. It’s obviously a significant injury so we’re probably looking around that timescale.”
