Spurs participant dealt harm blow as hamstring drawback revealed

A member of Ange Postecoglou’s squad has been dealt a severe harm blow as dependable journalist Alasdair Gold shares information out of Tottenham.

Spurs chasing high 4 end however accidents threaten kind

The Lilywhites are chasing Champions League soccer and a top-four end this season, however might want to choose up their kind shortly amid fierce competitors from the likes of Aston Villa and Man United.

Spurs will not be in motion once more till early March, giving Postecoglou loads of time to regather his troops and put together them for a crunch last third of the 2023/2024 marketing campaign.

The north Londoners have reigned victorious in 4 out of their final eight in all competitions, which is strong however not precisely spectacular, so the pinnacle coach will probably be seeking to rediscover their early-season prowess, when Tottenham gained 10 on the bounce at one stage.

“Within the final couple of house video games we have not (began strongly), to start with of the yr we did, we’re not doing something totally different,” stated Postecoglou on Tottenham’s present kind.

“Typically it is the mindset going into video games, generally it is the opposition, or simply the context of the sport. Definitely for us to dominate video games like we need to, we have to begin aggressively and attempt to put the opposition on the again foot, and we have not actually performed that the final two or three video games.

“Once we have been doing that, it gave us a foothold in video games that we’re not getting in the intervening time. If you happen to get a foothold and put them below stress that limits the alternatives that they’ve the opposite method.”

Postecoglou may also should be cautious of key absentees, as highlighted by their actual stoop in kind when each Micky van de Ven and James Maddison picked up long-term accidents towards Chelsea in November final yr.

Van de Ven’s hamstring drawback, coupled with Maddison’s ankle ligament harm, handed Postecoglou an actual conundrum on the time, and you’ll by no means rule out related incidents occurring later within the season.

Defender Ryan Sessegnon is aware of this higher than anybody, with the Englishman dealt a “heartbreaking” harm when enjoying his method again to full health for Spurs’ Below-21s this week.

Sessegnon dealt one other hamstring harm at Tottenham

As reported by Alasdair Gold, it’s believed Sessegnon has suffered one other hamstring harm, this time on his opposing facet, in what’s a killer blow for the participant who former Leeds striker Noel Whelan referred to as “excellent”.

“33 minutes was when he went down. You checked out him and he stayed down along with his arms on his head, he was completely gutted,” stated Gold.

“The physios labored on him for 5 minutes, and he couldn’t even put a lot weight on it. It was simply garbage. From what I perceive it’s a hamstring drawback, however this time it’s on the opposite facet.”

Sessegnon hasn’t been capable of show his value below Postecoglou as a result of his reoccurring harm issues, and you’ll’t assist however really feel very sorry for the Englishman.