Tottenham Hotspur’s tricky season has taken some other flip for the more severe as head trainer Thomas Frank showed that defender Future Udogie is about for an important spell at the sidelines.
Talking forward of Tuesday’s Premier League conflict in opposition to Newcastle United, Frank printed that the Italian left-back suffered a hamstring damage that can stay him out of motion for no less than a month.
Future Udogie out for 4 to 5 weeks
The damage passed off all over Tottenham’s disappointing 2-0 defeat to Manchester United at Previous Trafford remaining Saturday.
Udogie pulled up early in the second one part and used to be pressured to limp off the pitch within the fifty fifth minute, changed by means of January signing Souza.
Whilst Frank to begin with was hoping the withdrawal used to be precautionary, next scans have showed a hamstring pressure.
Frank advised journalists (by way of Soccer London): “Unfortunately, Destiny has a hamstring injury. He will be out for the next four to five weeks.”
It is a routine frustration for the 23-year-old, who has struggled with health all over the 2025/26 marketing campaign, having simplest not too long ago returned from a an identical muscular factor.
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A four-to-five-week restoration timeline places Udogie’s go back in mid-March.
This implies he’s assured to pass over an important Premier League fixtures in opposition to Newcastle United, Arsenal, Fulham, and Crystal Palace.
Possibly extra devastatingly, the ‘outstanding‘ defender is now a major doubt for the first leg of Tottenham’s Champions League Spherical of 16 tie scheduled for March 10/11.
With fellow famous person Dejan Kulusevski additionally a long-term absentee, Frank admitted he “doesn’t know” if the Swede will play once more this season, Spurs are critically depleted.
Tottenham’s hassle worsens as relegation danger looms
The lack of Udogie comes at a time when Tottenham are enduring a nightmare home run.
Whilst the membership has discovered good fortune in Europe, their league shape has been described by means of Frank as ‘desperate’, with the Dane’s process in peril.
With captain Cristian Romero beginning a four-match ban and a rising damage record together with Kevin Danso and James Maddison, the North London aspect is going through a real struggle to care for its top-flight standing.
