TOTTENHAM hope to cure Erik Lamela’s injury woes with some Roma therapy.
Spurs have sent their crocked ace back to his former club Roma for treatment on a hip problem.
Lamela has not played for the North Londoners for two and a half months and will be missing again they host Aston Villa in FA Cup tomorrow.
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Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino said: “He has gone to Italy now. He has strong links in Rome and we believe it was right for him to continue his recovery there.
“Always it’s diffcult for players who spend more time out than they believed. It is only him out at the moment and he is frustrated he cannot be involved with the rest of the group.
“He has a special link with the physios and doctors in Rome. We say thank you to Roma for opening the door to him and helping to recover the player.
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“We hope that in a few weeks maybe he will be available again to be involved in the training session with the rest of the group.”
Lamela spent almost two years at Roma before joining Tottenham for £30million in August 2013.
But Argie playmaker, 24, has not made an appearance for the club since coming on as a sub in their 2-1 defeat at Liverpool in the EFL Cup on October 25.
Pochettino said: “He had a small problem in his hip with a tiny muscle and the situation didn’t get fixed. Then he had a small problem with his family, which stopped the process.
“He went home, came back and was still complaining about this injury in the same area. It has taken him so long to get back from a simple injury, so we agreed to send him somewhere else.
“He decided a good place to go is Rome, a different city, with people he knows.
“One of our physios is there with him to make sure everything goes well and to plan. It's a clear situation. He is with the club and the people there.”
When asked if Lamela will play again this season, Poch said: “Yes of course. Yes, yes, yes. It's only that first of all, it was nothing.
"Then it was a little bit. Then it was a bit more of a problem still.
"Then he had his family problems. Then he went to Argentina and stopped training.
“This affected his mind a little bit and then his recovery was a bit slower. It is for that he is very anxious. So it is good for him to have a change of scenery.
“We are not hiding anything.”
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