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<\/a>Email<\/a>Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\nJames Maddison<\/a> is set to miss a large period of the 2025-26 season after Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> confirmed the midfielder has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee.<\/p>\n Spurs confirmed that Maddison will undergo surgery “in the coming days” before beginning the recovery process.<\/p>\n Maddison, 28, was carried off the pitch on a stretcher after suffering the injury during Spurs’ 1-1 draw<\/a> with Newcastle United<\/a> in South Korea on Saturday.<\/p>\n Speaking after the match, head coach Thomas Frank confirmed the injury was to the same knee that caused Maddison to miss the end of last season. He described it as a “bad” injury<\/a> and a “brutal moment.”<\/p>\n The news comes at a particularly unfortunate time for Spurs with Frank now unable to call upon a recognised creative midfielder. Dejan Kulusevski<\/a> is set to miss the start of the new campaign with a knee injury of his own.<\/p>\n – How to watch: Tottenham Hotspur vs. <\/a>Bayern Munich<\/a> Spurs attempted to sign midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White<\/a> this summer but their pursuit of the player ended in failure after the England<\/a> international signed a new three-year deal<\/a> at Nottingham Forest<\/a>.<\/p>\nHead coach Thomas Frank will have to do without James Maddison in the early months of his Tottenham Hotspur tenure.\u00a0Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
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