Team news | Rangers vs Spurs | Romero to miss Ibrox clash

Ange Postecoglou has confirmed Cristian Romero will not feature against Rangers on Thursday night following the quadricep injury sustained against Chelsea.

Having not played for us since Ipswich Town on 10 November with a toe issue, Cuti started Sunday's London derby but unfortunately was forced off on 15 minutes with us leading 2-0 in our eventual 4-3 defeat last time out.

Partnered alongside the returning Micky van de Ven that afternoon, we later lost the Dutch international in the 79th minute due to a hamstring problem and both centre-backs have since been ruled out of our Europa League meeting with Rangers (kick-off 8pm UK) with an indefinite return date.

Speaking in his press conference ahead of tomorrow evening’s European tie, Ange said: "With the weekend's fallout, Romero and Van de Ven - we're still getting clarity around their prognosis - but both have picked up injuries that will keep them out again."

Speaking in his pre-match SPURSPLAY interview on Wednesday (11 December) ahead of Rangers, Ange further revealed: "Not great news about Cristian and Micky unfortunately.

"They've both had setbacks at the weekend so we'll wait and see but they won't be available for the next period of games.

"That affects tomorrow night, that affects us for the next few games so the fact they're the same position affects us even more, especially with Ben out in the same position. We're in a bit of a tough spot but a great opportunity for us to overcome the odds and hopefully create something special."