Tottenham Given Boost By News That Christian Eriksen Injury Is Not As Bad As First Thought: Daily Soccer Report

Tottenham Hotspur received a boost this morning when a MRI scan of Christian Eriksen’s ankles revealed that he has suffered a sprain of the lateral ankle ligament. Prior to the scan, there were concerns that Tottenham’s attacking midfielder could be out of action for up to three months, but according to the club, “Christian’s scan showed no sign of ruptured ligaments which will result in a shorter period of recovery for the attacking midfielder.”

Spurs didn’t indicate the length of the recovery, but conservative estimates are that he’ll be out of action for up to four weeks.

Eriksen suffered the injury during a friendly on Friday while playing for Denmark, when he was on the receiving end of a bad tackle.

Tottenham’s next match is this Sunday against Manchester City.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Luis Suárez offered use of private jet by Liverpool owner John W Henry — The Guardian
• Factual errors in Sir Alex Ferguson’s book prompt publisher to offer refund — Dirty Tackle
• Sunderland want to sign Swansea midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng on permanent deal — Daily Star
• Andre Marriner keeps Premier League status despite penalty mistake — The Guardian
• Premier League refs turn blind eye to swearing by players, admits Mike Riley — The Mail
• Hillsborough: Bernard Hogan-Howe faces IPCC investigation over actions — The Guardian
• Everton FC set bold vision to be more than a club — Liverpool Echo
• Steve Coppell insists Crystal Palace can beat the drop if they appoint the right manager — The Mirror
• Fan ‘completes’ 1996 Premier League sticker album — BBC News
• Swansea plan fresh raid for Tom Ince… but rule out Wilfried Zaha move — The Mail
• Arsenal transfer news: Arsenal alerted as QPR admit Julio Cesar has leave for free — Metro

International soccer

• Deschamps axes Man City’s Nasri and Arsenal’s Giroud from the France team to face Ukraine — 101GG
• England will have a clearer picture of their position after Germany — The Guardian
• England v Germany: We’re better than 2010, says Steven Gerrard — BBC Sport
• Joachim Low’s Germany squad take the Tube to Wembley training ahead of England friendly — Metro
• Joachim Löw: resting Germany players not disrespectful to England — The Guardian
• Roy Hodgson admits that England are on a mission to redeem themselves — Evening Standard
• Ricki Herbert to stand down as New Zealand manager if Kiwis knocked out — Stuff
• At last, there are no more jokes about the Germans — Evening Standard
• New Zealand settles on starting line-up for game against Mexico — Radio Sport
• Martin O’Neill ready to ban Ireland squad from Twitter — The Mail
• Aguero struck twice as Argentina ran out 2-0 victors over Bosnia and Herzegovina in St Louis — MCFC
• How Qatar became a football force: from Barcelona to PSG and World Cup — The Guardian

MLS

• Bruce Arena agrees with Jurgen Klinsmann: MLS off-season is too long — Pro Soccer Talk
• Robbie Keane will not lead Ireland in Poland and may require surgery — The Guardian
• Miami Heat’s Lebron James talking MLS franchise with David Beckham — ESPN FC
• Fox Sports, Time Warner fight over sponsorship for David Beckham’s MLS club? — Sports Mole
• Orlando City looking healthy ahead of MLS announcement — SportsPro

La Liga

• Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti rules out Xabi Alonso and Andrea Pirlo swap deal — Sky Sports

Eredivisie

• Ajax in talks with Huawei over shirt sponsorship — Football Shirt Culture

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