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Toby Alderweireld Suffers Apparent Injury vs. Stoke, Replaced by Kevin Wimmer

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Tottenham Hotspur’s star centre-back Toby Alderweireld hobbled out of the team’s clash with Stoke City in the Premier League on Sunday.

As the club’s official Twitter feed noted, the Belgium international was replaced by Kevin Wimmer in the second half of their clash against the Potters at White Hart Lane:

ESPN FC’s Ben Pearce provided details of the problem the defender picked up and an exchange with manager Mauricio Pochettino:

Ben Pearce

#thfc Kevin Wimmer's coming on to replace Toby Alderweireld, who has gone off injured.