Blow for Ange Postecoglou as Tottenham star ruled out for the season
Blow for Ange Postecoglou as Tottenham star ruled out for the season
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Tottenham continue to be blighted by injuries this season, with Radu Dragusin now expected to miss the rest of the campaign due to a serious knee issue. The Romanian had come on at half-time in a Europa League clash with Elfsborg last week but lasted just 20 minutes, needing to be replaced. Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou said at the time that the injury looked serious. ‘Unfortunately Radu’s hurt his knee now,’ said Postecoglou. ‘I don’t have any further information but it didn’t look good as he was coming off so we’ll just have wait and see but it’s disappointing.’.
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The Athletic has now reported that the centre-back has injured his ACL and looks set to miss the rest of the season as a result. Dragusin will undergo an operation and is likely to miss six months of action in a huge blow for the 23-year-old. It is also a setback for Spurs as they try to improve their dodgy Premier League form and continue their campaigns in the Europa League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup.
Dragusin has joined a long list of players out of action for Spurs, with Dominic Solanke, Cristian Romero, Wilson Odobert, James Maddison, Destiny Udogie, Guglielmo Vicario, Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson all currently out. Those injuries are all less serious than Dragusin’s, with all of them likely to return this month, but Tottenham have made moves in the transfer market to help deal with the selection headaches.
Kevin Danso has been brought in from Lens, with the centre-back an immediate replacement for the injured Romanian. Spurs are also still pushing for the loan signing of Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich, although they have pulled out of a move for Axel Disasi from Chelsea before the transfer window closes on Monday evening. Tel has attracted interest from the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea during the transfer window so it will be something of a coup for Tottenham to pull off a move, as it looks like they will.
Disasi reportedly rejected a move to Spurs on loan from Stamford Bridge as he pushed for a deal with Aston Villa instead, then the north London club also stepped away from negotiations. Arrow MORE: Tottenham fail with shock £70m bid to sign Chelsea and Liverpool target. Arrow MORE: Arsenal ‘pushing’ to sign Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich on transfer deadline day. Arrow MORE: Man Utd suffer Mathys Tel transfer blow after ‘fail’ in negotiations with Bayern Munich.
