Dominic Solanke, Micky Van de Ven and Cristian Romero are all back after injuries to join Tottenham in the Netherlands, but Angel Postocoou ruled that Dejan Kulusevski was after the international break with an injury to the foot that needs rest.
“Nothing serious, nothing surgical,” was his verdict on the Swedish striker Kulusvski who was his best and most coherent this season.
Solanke has been absent for seven weeks with a knee injury.
Van de Ven has been disturbed by the problems of the hamstrings since October and Romero has not played since December.
“They are all taking a long time, so we will see when we reintroduce them, but they are all there and we will train, so we will make decisions after that,” said the Spurs’ boss.
As for the call of Romero by Argentina, he added: “The clubs have no control over where their players go.
Spurs players represented training in the Netherlands on the eve of their game at Az Alkmaar
The back of the star center Micky Van de Ven (right) is one of the three players ready to return from injuries
“At the end of the day, if he is in good shape, then he gets matches is good for us because he has missed a lot of football.
“We cannot dictate to the players, whether or not they have their national teams. I have never done it and it is my point of view all my career.
Tottenham faces Az Alkmaar in the last 16 of the competition they must win if Postcoglou must assert his assertion that he never fails to win a trophy in his second season in a club.
“This is a competition in which we obviously want to do well,” said Postcoglou.
“We are in good position, we are in the round of 16. We have two difficult games against AZ and this is the first thing to overcome.
“We started the season to feel very good about the place where we were, but obviously, it did not go this way. You just don’t know.
“Admittedly, a combination of things, players, important players who come back for us, but also to have the opportunity to train with the whole group was really precious for us.
But Dejan Kulusvski will miss the Europa League match Thursday evening due to a foot problem
Wednesday, the boss of Tottenham Ange Postecoglou spoke to journalists at a press conference on Wednesday
“ Free time and players arrive, having leave and plan things better, we are in the right place to fight against things to come, so certainly in this perspective.
“We are probably a month ago, we really have trouble, without players and without recovery, therefore from our point of view in recent weeks have really been good for training, recovery and just the level of intensity that we can devote to the preparation of games.”
Spurs are the favorites Le Beat Alkmaar on two legs, the second of which will take place in northern London next week.
The winners will progress in the quarterfinals, where they will face Ajax or Eintracht Francfurt.