Italian defender of Nigerian descent, Destiny Udogie, is not injured contrary to reports in the English media.
The youngster was not part of the Tottenham Hotspur squad on Monday night when the team suffered a 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League.
After the game, it was widely speculated that the 22-year-old missed the game because he was injured.
Addressing the speculations in his post-match interview, Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou disclosed that Destiny Udogie is fine.
He explained that he intentionally gave the defender a day off to rest.
“Yeah, they’re ok. Destiny was fine. We just left him out of the squad tonight.
“He put in a big physical shift on Thursday and the idea was always to rest him,” the Spurs manager said.
He continued, “I wasn’t going to put him on so there was no point in putting him on the bench.
“Madders was pretty sore yesterday but in the last 24 hours he recovered and was keen to be on the bench. They’re both fine.”
Destiny Udogie is expected to be back in the Tottenham Hotspur squad for the next game against Liverpool.
