Pochettino provides injury update on midfield trio ahead of Arsenal visit

Arsenal will travel to White Hart Lane to face arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the third round of the Capital One Cup on Wednesday 23 September.

While the League Cup, now called the Capital One Cup, is regarded as the season’s lesser prize, both Tottenham and Arsenal would find defeat an unpalatable prospect.

The Mirror had understood that the former France youth worldwide , who joins Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck and Tomas Rosicky on the sidelines, would be in contention to feature against Spurs, but Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ruled him out. We have been playing well over the last few games and we hopefully it can carry on.

“Every single game that you play with Arsenal you want to win, especially this one which is a bit more special because it is always a big meaning”.

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“I don’t know who’s going to play (against Arsenal) but whoever does, everyone knows how important those games are for us and for the fans”.

“With Cech you have just got quality”.

And Tottenham’s Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen believes boss Mauricio Pochettino is building a young team capable of great things.

Tottenham made last year’s final, where they were beaten by Chelsea in their third showpiece appearance in the last eight years. He hinted as well that “one or two” youngsters could join the squad, but maintains a strong and experienced group will turn up at White Hart Lane.

But in securing the first result of an unbeaten treble over the Gunners that season (Crooks would score a further brace in a 3-1 win in April) that set the team on their way to a victorious return to Wembley, it deserves its place here. Summer arrivals like Kevin Wimmer and Kevin Trippier get their second starts of the season while key first team players Toby Alderweireld and Eric Dier get much needed breaks ahead of Saturday’s early match against Manchester City.

“I heard about the north London derby when I was in the Bundesliga”. The forward has scored twice in the league this season, which isn’t a bad start considering he has come on as a substitute in half of his six matches. His relatively diminutive size should play less of a role against an Arsenal side that is also relatively diminutive.