Assou-Ekotto set to return to training after Spurs defender avoids surgery on knee injury

Benoit Assou-Ekotto is due to return to training this week as he battles back from a knee injury.



Assou-Ekotto has been sidelined for six weeks and it was feared that the left-back would require an operation to clean out a fragment of bone.



On the mend: Spurs defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto is closing in on a comeback

But the 28-year-old has avoided surgery after specialists confirmed he could solve the problem by resting.



Assou-Ekoto has stepped up his rehabilitation during the international break and will be assessed again later this week.



He has played three times this season, scoring in a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich in August.



