Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish is unlikely to add to Jose Mourinho’s problems today with the midfielder set to delay his return from injury until after the international break.
Grealish, left out of Gareth Southgate’s England squad after missing five Villa games with a shin problem, is close to fitness but understood to prefer to wait an extra fortnight so he is 100 per cent ready when his side face Fulham on April 3.
The news will be a comfort to Mourinho who is under huge pressure to win today following Tottenham’s dismal Europa League exit against Dinamo Zagreb on Thursday.