Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Friday, 08 August 2025, 08:51 / Updated on Friday, 08 August 2025 08:57
Doctors confirmed on Thursday the severity of James Maddison's injury from the friendly with Newcastle United (1-1), and Radu Drăgușin, who recovers after a similar injury, was Tottenham's first player who sent him a message to his teammate.
Radu Drăgușin promises: “At every step, next to you, brother”
The central defender posted on Instagram Stories that he would be with Maddison to support him in the recovery process, as he has done with him in recent months. “At every step, next to you, brother, as you were with me,” Insured Drăgușin.
Radu Drăgușin's message to the teammate James Maddison
Radu Drăgușin is expected again on the ground at the end of August
Drăgușin was injured in January in the Europa League duel with Elfsborg (3-0). Subsequently operated, the Romanian international began to recover two weeks later, in the gym, and is now on the last hundred meters, before returning to the circuit.
The tricolor not played on Thursday, in the friendly lost by Spurs in Munich, in front of Bayern (0-4), but is expected to be at the disposal of manager Thomas Frank at the end of August. He recently told the ordeal he went through, in an interview on the club's website.
Radu Drăgușin: “I had to learn to go again”
“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.
