Tottenham Hostpur have been dealt a huge injury setback ahead of their Premier League meeting with Arsenal on Thursday.

What's the latest?

In a recent post on Twitter, Alasdair Gold relayed comments made by Antonio Conte in his pre-match press conference, in which the 52-year-old manager confirmed that the left-back, who has missed Spurs' last two fixtures due to a knock, has once again been ruled out for tomorrow's clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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Regarding the current condition of the 25-year-old, Gold said: "Conte on injury news: 'The situation is the same and the same of the last game against Liverpool. Reguilon is not available and I don't think he can recover. There is only 10 days to go. Only the same players as Liverpool'."

Conte will be fuming

Considering just how important Thursday's North London Derby is in Tottenham's bid to secure a top-four finish in the league, the news that Reguilon will once again miss out due to injury is sure to have left Conte fuming.

Indeed, over his 25 Premier League outings this season, the £25.2m-rated left-back has scored two goals, provided three assists and created five big chances for his teammates, in addition to taking an average of 0.8 shots, making 1.2 key passes and completing 0.8 dribbles per game.

The £53k-per-week defender has also helped his side keep six clean sheets, as well as making an average of 1.2 interceptions, 1.6 tackles, 1.6 clearances and winning 4.6 duels - at a success rate of 52% - per fixture.

These returns have seen the former Real Madrid starlet average a SofaScore match rating of 6.91, ranking him as Spurs' 12th-best player in the top flight of English football.

As such, the Spaniard's absence will certainly come as huge blow to Conte and the Italian's hopes of securing all three points against the Gunners tomorrow - with anything but a win against Mikel Arteta's fourth-placed side all but ending Tottenham's bid to seal Champions League football next season.

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