Toby Alderweireld has made four starts for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, which includes an appearance in his side’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of Liverpool on September 15th.
During the international break, the defender played the full 90 minutes in Belgium’s 3-0 UEFA Nations League victory over Iceland.
The north London club will face Inter Milan in the Champions League tie and for the game, the English side will be without the former Atletico Madrid man as confirmed by Mauricio Pochettino.
The Belgium international and Kieran Trippier both won’t make it on the trip to Milan and the ex-Southampton coach explained it was a “technical decision” to drop the two key defenders for the European fixture.
Het Laatste Nieuws has taken a look at the 29-year-old’s situation in today’s edition, and the Belgian newspaper claims the Spurs manager’s decision to omit his player is ‘not entirely inconvenient’.
While on international duty, the centre-back became a father and he spent more time with his partner than on the training round, which is why HLN justifies Pochettino’s decision to not take Alderweireld for Tottenham’s trip to Italy.
