Ben Davies setback adds to Ange Postecoglou’s defensive headache at Tottenham - Radu Dragusin was also forced off at Nottingham Forest with an ankle injury.

It leaves the North London club with no fit central defenders with Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero also out.WHAT POSTECOGLOU SAIDSpeaking to the media, Postecoglou said: "He is ruled out. Unfortunately he had a setback in training,

That is Davies’ natural position, but the 31-year-old has played close to 100 games as a centre-half for Tottenham as well. That is where Postecoglou has mostly used him since he took charge of Spurs, and Football London have now explained why. The outlet revealed that the Australian ‘does not see’ Davies as a left-back anymore.

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has said the club are "working hard" to discern what transfers might be possible in the January window as their injury crisis continues.

Ange Postecoglou has confirmed Ben Davies has suffered had a setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury, as the defensive crisis at Tottenham deepens. Davies returned to training last week and Postecoglou hoped he would be able to return against Wolves on December 29.