TOTTENHAM suffered yet another injury blow as Radu Dragusin was forced off.

Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou vented his frustration with recent squad setbacks ahead of Thursday’s Europa League win over Elfsborg.

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He planned to take off centre-back Micky van de Ven at half-time against to ensure he keeps his backline fresh.

But it was replacement Dragusin who picked up a knee injury when the defender went down off the ball after a tussle with striker Jalal Abdullai.

He was taken off – replaced by forward Dane Scarlett – as replays revealed Dragusin coming down on his knee awkwardly.

TNT Sports’ Glenn Hoddle: “That looks quite serious because look, he plays the ball there and then he’s landed and wow, he holds his knee.”

Spurs have NINE first-team players sidelined through injury, including defenders Djed Spence, Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie.

Keeper Guglielmo Vicario, Wilson Odobert, Timo Werner, Brennan Johnson, Dominic Solanke and James Maddison are also out.

Postecoglou – who has blamed Tottenham’s woeful league form on injuries – did make light of Dragusin’s knock.

The outspoken Aussie pretended to pull his hamstring when stretching for a ball that went out of play.

Spurs cruised into the last 16 of the Europa League thanks to goals in the final 20 minutes from Scarlett, Oyindamola Ajayi and Mikey Moore.

And on Dragusin’s injury, he said: “It is too early to say what it is, we will need to investigate further.

“But it was his knee which is not good.

“We have another game on Sunday. The club will be working hard behind the scenes to see if we can get something done.”

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