De Zerbi updates Kudus, Maddison availability for Everton match

Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham Hotspur are desperate. Three matches into the 2026-27 Premier League season, they haven’t scored a single goal. They haven’t won a single match. And the manager who dragged them away from relegation on the final day of last season is now staring down another crisis, this time with a paper-thin squad. The silver lining, if you can call it that: Mohammed Kudus and James Maddison are inching closer to full fitness ahead of Spurs’ trip to Everton. What De Zerbi said Speaking during a media briefing on September 12, 2026, De Zerbi described Kudus as “almost ready” for a potential first start. The Ghanaian forward has been working his way back from a quad tendon injury, making substitute appearances in recent league fixtures, including Tottenham’s 2-0 loss to Newcastle on August 30. Maddison’s situation is slightly more complicated. The midfielder resumed training last week but missed the Nottingham Forest match. De Zerbi indicated that if Maddison completes a full week of training without setbacks, he could appear on the bench for the Everton fixture. Maddison has been dealing with a shoulder injury on top of a prior ACL issue, the kind of layered rehabilita...