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Tottenham boss Conte: Moura never available; Forster ready for Brentford

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte admits he's unsure when Lucas Moura will play again.

Moura has been plagued by injury so far this season.

Conte said on Friday: "About Lucas Moura, we didn't have him from the start of the season. And we are continuing to not have him. He has this problem, he is struggling a lot to find a solution. For sure it's a difficult situation. Because I have a good player in my squad, but he's never available. It's like you don't have him.

"It's a pity because I repeat: we are talking about a good player, a good guy, but he is struggling a lot to solve this problem. I don't know, I don't know what in the future happens about him."

Conte also says goalkeeper Fraser Forster will face Brentford in Hugo Lloris' absence after his World Cup final commitments with France.

He added: "Fraser, we are talking about a reliable keeper, a good keeper. I remember when I was the coach of Juventus that he played with Celtic, and he impressed me a lot during the game. We played there in the last-16 against Celtic. We are talking about a really good professional player, and he is reliable, and I can count on him. He is going to play against Brentford."

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