{"id":426732,"date":"2026-01-24T09:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426732\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T09:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:09:08","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-injury-news-teenage-star-could-miss-close-to-two-months-after-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426732\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur injury news: Teenage star could miss close to two months after update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> have been hit by a fresh injury blow, continuing the club’s 2025-26 crisis.<\/p>\n

The North London club have been decimated by fitness issues to key personnel throughout the season, leaving head coach Thomas Frank<\/a> with a depleted squad for recent domestic and European assignments.<\/p>\n

Despite the arrival of Conor Gallagher<\/a> from Atletico Madrid earlier this month, the Lilywhites remain short of options in the engine room as they attempt to climb from 14th in the table<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest setback<\/a> comes at a precarious time for Frank, who is already under pressure following a disappointing run of results since the turn of the year.<\/p>\n

Consequently, the hierarchy may be forced to reconsider their transfer strategy before the winter window closes next week.<\/p>\n

Spurs injury news: Key youngster undergoes surgery after sustaining ankle sprain<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Imago \/ Mark Pain<\/p>\n

The club confirmed on Friday that teenage midfielder Lucas Bergvall<\/a> has undergone surgery after sustaining a high sprain to his left ankle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old was forced off during the second half of Tuesday’s Champions League encounter with Borussia Dortmund following a robust challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Frank confirmed on Thursday that the Sweden international is likely to face a significant period on the sidelines after being plagued by misfortune in recent months.<\/p>\n

“We can confirm that Lucas Bergvall has today (Friday 23 January) undergone surgery on his left ankle,”\u00a0Spurs<\/a>‘ statement read. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“The 19-year-old midfielder suffered a high ankle sprain during Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League fixture against Borussia Dortmund. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“Lucas will now commence his rehabilitation with our medical staff.”<\/p>\n

The injury represents another frustrating blow for a player who had only just returned to the matchday squad following a groin problem.<\/p>\n

Midfield crisis worsens for Frank amid heavy injury list<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

The loss of Bergvall further depletes a Spurs midfield already missing several primary first-team regulars.<\/p>\n

Rodrigo Bentancur<\/a> recently underwent hamstring surgery, while James Maddison<\/a> and Dejan Kulusevski<\/a> remain unavailable as they recover from their own respective knee operations.<\/p>\n

Frank has been forced to rely on academy products and versatile squad players to fill the void during a spell of one win in six to start the year.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if Bergvall will be fit in time for Sweden’s World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine, scheduled for late March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur have been hit by a fresh injury blow, continuing the club’s 2025-26 crisis. The North London…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1083,1085,399,1080,427,349,1082,1084,1081,403,1079,99,1087,1086,428],"class_list":["post-426732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}