{
  "id": 3279830,
  "title": "De Zerbi confirms Spurs returns for Carabao Cup tie with Charlton – and gives update on Maddison",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/de-zerbi-confirms-spurs-returns-for-carabao-cup-tie-with-charlton-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T14:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/zerbi-confirms-spurs-returns-carabao-142500015.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tottenham Hotspur boss Roberto De Zerbi has confirmed that Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro will return to the squad for Wednesday's Carabao Cup match against Charlton. Dominic Solanke is also available to start the game, while new signing Savio remains a doubt. De Zerbi stated, \"Van de Ven comes on the bench, Pedro Porro comes on the bench.\" However, he added that Dominic Solanke is available to play, and \"Solanke is available to play.\" Regarding the club's other players, De Zerbi confirmed that Mohammed Kudus is not yet ready to return, and James Maddison has suffered a minor shoulder injury.",
  "summary": "Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi has confirmed Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro will return to the squad for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup clash with Charlton.Dominic Solanke is also available to start, wh...",
  "key_points": [
    "Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro return to Tottenham squad",
    "Dominic Solanke available to start against Charlton",
    "James Maddison suffers minor shoulder injury"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}