Tottenham Hotspur’s harm troubles have worsened additional after Wilson Odobert was compelled off with what gave the impression to be a critical knee subject throughout the conflict with Newcastle United.
Spurs’ 2-1 defeat at residence leaves them simply 5 factors away from the relegation locations, shedding to a Newcastle aspect which have struggled badly away from residence this season.
Odobert, who joined from Burnley for £25m in 2024, retained his spot in an unchanged attacking trio in opposition to the Magpies, lining up on the suitable of a entrance three alongside Dominic Solanke and Xavi Simons.
His evening was minimize quick halfway via the opening half following a shoulder-to-shoulder problem with Harvey Barnes, after which he appeared to land closely on his knee. The 21-year-old required therapy on the pitch earlier than limping off in a second that may increase recent issues for Spurs.
Other than skipper Cristian Romero’s suspension, Spurs have been already lacking 10 sidelined gamers.
The France U23 star now joins fellow winger Mohammed Kudus within the therapy room in North London. James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall and Dejan Kulusevski are likewise unavailable.
Blow
Thomas Frank couldn’t present a particular evaluation of Odobert’s setback, although he expressed hope that the problem shouldn’t be extreme, particularly given Spurs’ already stretched areas.
‘No [update], not but,’ Frank advised reporters at full-time.
‘I hope it’s nothing too critical, however I don’t know what it may be. After all, I hope it’s not a critical harm to a 20-year-old younger participant.’
Nonetheless, it seems Odobert is going through a prolonged spell on the sidelines as The Athletic report that the attacker has suffered an ACL harm to his knee. Such an harm sometimes takes months to get well from so there’s doubt whether or not Odobert will play once more this season.
The information comes after Thomas Frank was sacked by Tottenham on Wednesday afternoon. The choice follows one more expensive loss, their eleventh in 26 Premier League matches this season.
Frank penned a three-year deal after succeeding Ange Postecoglou, who departed regardless of main Tottenham to the Europa League remaining, having overseen the membership’s lowest-ever Premier League end of seventeenth with 38 factors final time period.
Nonetheless, the North London aspect have endured one other depressing league marketing campaign. Frank exits with a median of 1.12 factors per sport within the Premier League — 29 factors from 26 video games — the poorest return of any Spurs supervisor to have taken cost of 5 or extra matches within the competitors, in line with Opta.
