Roberto De Zerbi has provided a worrying update regarding a Tottenham star following his absence from the club’s 2-1 win over Chelsea on Saturday.Spurs had plenty of positives to take from their pre-season friendly against the Blues, which ended with Richarlison netting a stoppage-time winner for the Lilywhites.Tottenham managed to come out with a win despite playing almost half of the game with 10 men, as Kevin Danso got sent off early in the second half.As one would expect from a London derby, the game did not resemble a pre-season friendly, being played with high intensity in front of a capacity crowd, thus serving as great preparation for De Zerbi’s men ahead of the new campaign.Credit: @thefrederikkejensen / InstagramRoberto De Zerbi makes worrying remark about Tottenham’s Destiny UdogieSeveral key Tottenham stars have not been risked during the pre-season friendlies Down Under as De Zerbi and his staff look to manage fatigue and player workload.The likes of Destiny Udogie and James Maddison have not played a single minute in pre-season so far, and De Zerbi has revealed that the Italian ‘couldn’t play’, which is why Andy Robertson ended up playing more minutes than was planned.Speaking about the absentees and player workload, the 46-year-old told Football.London: “Forget me, the physical staff’s decisions are amazing, and we are working to build a clear plan, considering the potential injury, minutes the players are going to play – a lot of things. Because now we have to work almost individually.“Player for player, you have to create the plan. For example, was 45 minutes for J.P. (Jan Paul) Van Hecke, (Dominic) Solanke, and (Andy) Robertson, but (Destiny) Udogie couldn’t play, so we pushed Robertson 15, 20 minutes more. Lucas Bergvall was the same. Now, especially after the World Cup, you have to manage differently.”De Zerbi’s statement will certainly be a cause for concern for Spurs fans, given Udogie’s poor fitness record over the past couple of seasons.De Zerbi says Spurs players want to ‘give something back’ to the fansTottenham have been received with much fanfare in Australia, and there was a big contingent of Spurs fans cheering the team on at the Accor Stadium on Saturday.De Zerbi admitted that the players enjoyed playing in front of their fans on the other side of the world and revealed that they are keen to give something back to the supporters during the upcoming season.When asked about the 80,000 fans in attendance yesterday, De Zerbi responded: “It was an incredible atmosphere, we are very happy to make them happy and proud for us. My group feels the love from the fans, and every one of them, my players want to give something back to them, we know in the last two seasons we have not played like the people want, like the fans want, like the history of the club says, but we are working to do better and better than last season.”READ MORE: Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea match report: 10-man Spurs grab last-gasp winner after a Danso disasterThe post De Zerbi admits Tottenham defender ‘couldn’t play’ vs Chelsea in worrying update appeared first on Spurs Web.