breaking news an postao explains why Mickey vanen missed Spurs versus Newcastle welcome back to Tottenham news today channel before we dive into this update be sure to press that subscribe button and keep up with all the latest news Radu drasin stepped into the Tottenham defense yesterday for the clash with Newcastle in place of Mickey vanen but an poolu has played down the severity of the issue facing the Dutch Defender the First Choice defensive Partnership of Deen and Christian Romero was split up for the trip to St james' park with drasin getting the chance for a rare Premier League start it had been touch and go all week for Van Deen but he was expected to be available however the 23-year-old was left out of an Posta cogo's Squad and the Spurs boss has told football London exactly why he said Mickey was close in training this week but with the international break he's not quite 100% part of me was Keen to give Ru a run especially at this venue so yeah we're going with Radu today vanen should be back soon any manager would be gutted to lose a player like van Deen but Posta kogo had a fairly positive outlook on the situation when asked if he was disappointed about the absence postao added no not really it's nothing serious we've got a heap program straight after the international break so we're going to need all our back four so getting Radu a game today I think is a positive thing thing for us Tottenham host Arsenal in the north London Derby in two weeks and we'll be hoping to have vanen back for that game Tottenham news today opinion Radu drasin a more than Dependable replacement for Van Deen and this kind of situation is exactly why we signed him anyway as long as Mickey's injury isn't a serious one it shouldn't really be a concern we just need to make sure he's back for the Arsenal game as his Pace will be key that's all for today's update if you enjoyed the video and want to stay in the loop with all things Tottenham make sure to hit that subscribe button and ring the bell for notifications on our latest content don't forget to like this video and share it with fellow Spurs supporters let's grow our Tottenham news today Community together thanks for watching and as always come on you Spurs [Music] [Applause]