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Mauricio Pochettino: I've got no idea when injured Tottenham star Danny Rose will return
By Ian Baker / Published 15th September 2017
Spurs news: Danny Rose return doesn't appear to be soon
The Tottenham left back has been sidelined since January with a knee injury.
And worryingly boss Pochettino has compared his situation to that of Erik Lamela who has been out of action since last October with a hip problem.
When asked if he has pencilled in a return date, the Argentine said: “No, it’s like the case of Lamela. I’m a coach and not a doctor. They know better than me.
"We cannot say in one week or two weeks. We are assessing them every day, still we need to wait and cannot give a date to return to the group and start training.
“Of course I suffer because like with Lamela you always want different players. You always want them fit and healthy and ready to compete to be available for selection.
"After the long term it is so difficult for him. All players love to play football and be healthy. He is suffering a lot. It is eight, nine months, we want to help him and push him to be motivated as quickly as possible.”
But Spurs are in good spirits following a week that saw them thrash Everton 3-0 away and beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in the Champions League at Wembley.
Spurs news: Mauricio Pochettino's side are in good form
Yet Pochettino is far from satisfied.
“I think in football you can never stop,” he said. “You find different ways to develop and help the team – individual and collective.
“Every season at the start we are talking about improving and learning for different reasons. New players come, players that you have after two years or three seasons change their status and level and they need to improve.
“Sometimes a player, for different reasons, change, something changes in their mind. Many things happen.
“Every season is a completely different world. You need to assess everything. The players change because they are one year older, more experienced, maybe they achieve or have different environment, contract, everything, different girlfriends, ok.
"It is important for us to check everything. That is why we are talking about improving and learning.”
By Ian Baker / Published 15th September 2017
Spurs news: Danny Rose return doesn't appear to be soon
The Tottenham left back has been sidelined since January with a knee injury.
And worryingly boss Pochettino has compared his situation to that of Erik Lamela who has been out of action since last October with a hip problem.
When asked if he has pencilled in a return date, the Argentine said: “No, it’s like the case of Lamela. I’m a coach and not a doctor. They know better than me.
"We cannot say in one week or two weeks. We are assessing them every day, still we need to wait and cannot give a date to return to the group and start training.
“Of course I suffer because like with Lamela you always want different players. You always want them fit and healthy and ready to compete to be available for selection.
"After the long term it is so difficult for him. All players love to play football and be healthy. He is suffering a lot. It is eight, nine months, we want to help him and push him to be motivated as quickly as possible.”
But Spurs are in good spirits following a week that saw them thrash Everton 3-0 away and beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in the Champions League at Wembley.
Spurs news: Mauricio Pochettino's side are in good form
Yet Pochettino is far from satisfied.
“I think in football you can never stop,” he said. “You find different ways to develop and help the team – individual and collective.
“Every season at the start we are talking about improving and learning for different reasons. New players come, players that you have after two years or three seasons change their status and level and they need to improve.
“Sometimes a player, for different reasons, change, something changes in their mind. Many things happen.
“Every season is a completely different world. You need to assess everything. The players change because they are one year older, more experienced, maybe they achieve or have different environment, contract, everything, different girlfriends, ok.
"It is important for us to check everything. That is why we are talking about improving and learning.”
