James Maddison picked up a nasty-looking injury during Tottenham Hotspur's pre-season action and the former Leicester star is now expected to be out for some time
James Maddison being stretchered off in Tottenham's friendly against Newcastle
James Maddison being stretchered off in Tottenham's friendly against Newcastle
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Tottenham Hotspur playmaker James Maddison looks set to miss the bulk of the season with an ACL injury. The England international suffered the setback in pre-season, with such an injury usually keeping players out for the best part of a year.
Fellow player Rodri missed eight months after an ACL tear last season which required surgery. The Mancester City star returned at the tail end of the campaign after being forced off in an early season match against .
Maddison was playing for Spurs in a pre-season friendly against when he went down injured and was stretchered off. Thomas Frank confirmed the injury was to , and now the club have confirmed it's an ACL issue which will require surgery.
"We can confirm that will undergo surgery for a ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his right knee," Spurs said in a statement. "The 28-year-old midfielder suffered the injury during our pre-season friendly against on Sunday in Seoul.
"His surgery will take place in the coming days and, following that, James will then begin his rehabilitation with our medical team. Everyone at Hotspur wishes James a full and speedy recovery. We will be supporting him every step of the way."
“We're pretty sure it was the same knee he injured before," Frank said after the Newcastle game. The player was seen leaving on crutches, and manager Frank elaborated on the tough situation.
“Yeah, it's like in life and football, I think sometimes life and football can be brutal, but also sometimes very beautiful. So I think it was brutal in what happened to to Madders," he said. "It looks like a bad injury. Of course we don't know exactly the status on it. It didn't look good."
The injury also puts Maddison's World Cup involvement in doubt. The seven-cap England international has yet to play for the national team since Thomas Tuchel took over in the dugout, but might have hoped a big season could have put him back in the manager's thoughts.
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