Team news ahead of Brighton - Romero, Sonny back, Bentancur, Kulusevski in squad

Antonio Conte has good news - Cristian Romero, Heung-Min Son and new arrivals Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski are all available for our FA Cup fourth round tie against Brighton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday (8pm).

Cristian is back after missing almost three months and 14 matches in all competitions with a serious hamstring injury sustained on international duty for Argentina against Brazil on 16 November. Sonny has missed our last four matches going back to 9 January with a muscular problem.

Rodrigo arrived at Hotspur Way on Thursday after signing from Juventus, having scored his first goal for Uruguay in a World Cup qualifier against Venezuela on Tuesday evening. Dejan signed on loan from Juve on Monday. All four are in the squad against Brighton.

Speaking to us ahead of training on Friday, Antonio said: “For sure, Cristian could be a new signing for us! With me, he’s only played two games. It’s important to have a player with his potential available now. We’ve seen the improvement in Sanchez, Davies, Tanganga, it was good, and now to have Cristian available is good news, and like a new player for me.

“Sonny is okay, and now we have three games in a few days, it will be very important to give him the right minutes to play, but Sonny is another player that, you know very well, is very important for us. He can move the balance during a game. I’m very happy to have him available again.”

Antonio went on to report that Japhet Tanganga (knee) and Oliver Skipp (groin) would miss out. “Only these two players are unavailable, the rest are available,” he added.

Asked about Bentancur and Kulusevski's availability in his press conference, Antonio replied: “The two players are fit and, for this reason, tomorrow, they are available, for sure. To start the game, I think is not right, because they need to work with the team for a period. These two players can help us a lot.”