Tottenham Hotspur will be without one of their players for a second spell this season after he was injured whilst playing a fixture for his national team.
Tottenham Hotspur had greater struggles than any other team in the Premier League last season when it came to injuries. It was the weakened state of the Tottenham first-team squad which began a terrible run of form, resulting in the club finishing 17th in the Premier League table.
Spurs are doing better on the injury front this season, but there are still players waiting to return to action. James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski have been injured since the previous campaign and remain out with long-term injuries.
Randal Kolo Muani and Dominic Solanke have both been unavailable, while at the other end of the pitch, Radu Dragusin and Kota Takai are still injured.
Ben Davies suffers injury setback during international break
Tottenham can now add Ben Davies to the injury list because the defender was forced off after 72 minutes during Belgium’s 4-2 victory over Wales.
The match ought to have been a jubilant occasion for Davies, who was celebrating his 100th appearance for the Welsh national team, but it ended in disappointment.
Hayters report that the severity of Davies’ injury is currently unknown. He has already been injured this season and missed the Carabao Cup match against Doncaster. Joao Palhinha started at centre-back as a result of this and would go on to score a stunning overhead kick.
Thomas Frank made a strange decision with his leadership group
Thomas Frank named Davies and Maddison in his leadership group, but neither player has made a single Spurs appearance this season.
However, Maddison will play once he returns from injury, but this might not be the case with Davies. Thomas Frank’s decision to name the 32-year-old in his leadership group is therefore a strange one.
Davies may have no choice but to offer instruction from the sidelines if he keeps getting injured. Then again, this might have been the case even if he was fit.
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