‘Available for tomorrow’: Antonio Conte suggests 21-year-old Tottenham player could play against Sevilla on Saturday

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Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has conducted his pre-match press conference ahead of the pre-season clash with Sevilla.

As per Football.London, Conte has spoken to the press ahead of his side’s second game of pre-season in South Korea.

At the briefing, Conte offered an update on the fitness of summer signing Ivan Perisic, who is continuing his return from injury.

He also said that Ben Davies and Dejan Kulusevski should be fit to play against the Spanish outfit, having missed the win over the K League XI earlier this week.

Conte speaks at press conference before Sevilla game

“Kulusevski and Davies are available for tomorrow’s game,” he said.

“Perisic started to work with us.

“We have to go step by step because the injury was a serious one but it’s good that he started to work with us.”

Perisic is a signing which got a lot of Spurs fans excited and it is to be hoped that he is fit for the start of the season.

Coming to a new league is hard enough, so the last thing he needs is to be behind in terms of his fitness and sharpness.

21-year-old Kulusevski has increased competition for places in the shape of Richarlison now, and it is up to him to respond to that challenge.

It will also be good in terms of keeping him fresh now that Spurs have three big games per week with the return of the Champions League.