Tottenham’s injury situation is an absolute mess right now.
The north London club are in the mire at the moment with a number of their first team stars currently out injured.
Postecoglou is under pressure at the moment, but the injuries within his squad certainly aren’t helping
Dominic Solanke missed the Everton game this weekend with a knee injury, and while, on the surface, that sounds serious, according to Alasdair Gold, speaking on his YouTube channel, Solanke’s injury may not be as serious as it perhaps could have been.
Gold shared what he knows about Solanke’s injury.
The journalist provided a positive update, claiming that his belief is that Solanke’s injury isn’t an incredibly serious issue, despite the fact knee injuries can be complicated.
“Of course, Solanke he said that he would miss a few weeks, that was his exact expression. I don’t think it’s as serious as a knee injury could be, but we will have to see with him. Sometimes you see people with knee injuries coming back a little bit earlier if it’s not a serious one and there’s no risk of it becoming one.”
What is Ange Postecoglou doing in training?
With all of these injuries piling up, you can’t help but wonder what Ange Postecoglou is doing in Tottenham training.
Reports suggest Spurs’ players believe training is too intense, but according to Gold, Postecoglou’s training has actually been lighter recently.
“As news of the injuries started to filter out it was like ‘oh it’s Postecoglou’s fault.’ It’s a training thing. It wasn’t, it was just a normal thing, he was just taking a shot in training and twisted his knee,” Gold said.
“I’m not denying that some of the injuries over this season and last have been a part of the Postecoglou wheelhouse that happens, but there’s this thing that his training sessions are mad, mad, mad and all this and cause continued injuries. They haven’t been training like that , they haven’t been able to, because of two things, there’s so many games, and because he’s not an idiot, he’s not pushing these players to extremes when they’re looking knackered already.”
Postecoglou isn’t pushing his players to their limit right now due to the fact he can’t afford to, but, despite lessening the workload on his players, these injuries keep piling up.
There’s only so much you can do to help avoid injuries, but, at the end of the day, luck plays its part here.
Tottenham’s injury crisis isn’t subsiding anytime soon, and things could get worse before they get better at Spurs.