Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Thursday, 07 August 2025, 15:34 / Updated Thursday, 07 August 2025 15:39
His midfielder Tottenham, James Maddisonwas injured in the friendly with Newcastle (1-1) played in South Korea last weekend.
The manager of “Spurs”, Thomas Frank, had since revealed that the knee injury suffered by Maddison “seems to be serious.” And so it is!
The club has announced that the 28-year-old midfielder suffered a lesion in the cross ligaments of the knee to which he was injured at the end of last season, when he missed the Europa League final, with Manchester United (1-0).
James Maddison will stay 6 to 7 months on the cough
Also, in the statement it is also stated that it is to be undergoing surgery and that it will take a break of 6 to 7 months. Basically, the curse of the injuries that hit Tottenham last season continues!
Maddison is Tottenham's second player who is experiencing a cross -ligament rupture in the last half year. At the end of January, Radu Drăgușin happened in the Europaue match with Elfsborg. And he, like Maddison now, without the intervention of any opponent.
Radu Drăgușin: “I had to learn to live with the injury, to train with her”
Operated in February, Drăgușin crossed a long recovery period, which he talked about on the club's website. “It was my first injury, so it was a major change. I had to learn to live with her, to train with her, but I think she changed me for the better. He gave me another perspective on how I look at everything in football. I had to learn to go again.
I used crutches, the knee was very rigid after the operation. It was a long process, but once I returned to normal, it has become a positive experience. I can say that I liked it, because you need a positive mentality, to accept the injury, although it is the worst part of the game. You have to learn to find a way to be happy and enjoy the process, and I think I found it, “the” tricolor “revealed.
