Tottenham's Mousa Dembele to miss Newcastle match with surprise injury

Mousa Dembele missed this Thursday's Europa League match against Monaco due to what Mauricio Pochettino called a stomach bug. Certainly we had no reason to question this, especially since we all wanted him to rest anyway, and Poche put out a super rotated side in Spurs' 4-1 win. But it looks like that's not the only problem Moose is having. News dropped today that Dembele will miss Sunday's league match against Newcastle with what was described as a "foot injury."

.@NUFC TEAM NEWS: @RyanMason (ankle), @mousadembele (foot), Clinton (knee) and @pritch_93 (ankle) all miss out. pic.twitter.com/2BHQzP7vSa

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 12, 2015

.@ericdier is available for selection though after coming off against Monaco. Full story - https://t.co/2xbjezHzei pic.twitter.com/iVf0q4LQP3

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 12, 2015

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH

Moose might very well have had a stomach bug and picked up this injury in training, or the sickness might have been a smokescreen. Either way, Moose is out tomorrow and it sucks.

So with our midfield destroyer out, along with Clinton who also apparently has a knee issue that hopefully isn't serious, it likely means that Dele Alli will move back alongside Eric Dier (who's fine, apparently, thank God), and either Son Heung-Min or Erik Lamela will slot into the #10. This isn't critical by any means, especially against a team like Newcastle, but considering Dembele's importance this season in the press and controlling the midfield, it's still a big hole.

Hopefully this isn't a serious injury and we can have our Moose back marauding in midfield by next weekend.