Kevin Wimmer will replace the injured Jan Vertonghen in the center of Tottenham's defense, according to head coach Maurico Pochettino.
Mauricio Pochettino has tipped Kevin Wimmer to seamlessly replace Jan Vertonghen at the heart of Tottenham’s defense, after the Belgian defender suffered a significant injury.
Vertonghen had played every minute of Tottenham’s Premier League campaign this season alongside compatriot Toby Alderweireld until being forced off in Spurs’ 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace. He is now expected to miss two months.
Austria international Wimmer, who joined Spurs from Koln in May, made his first league appearance at Selhurst Park but the Spurs boss is confident his 23-year-old defender will be a like-for-like replacement.