Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke reveals new injury return hope after ankle surgery

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·2 October 2025

Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke reveals new injury return hope after ankle surgery

Spurs frontman issues fresh update on surgery to repair lingering problem

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Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke has issued a new update on his ongoing battle with injury.

The England international has not played for Spurs since appearing as a late substitute in the 2-0 win over Manchester City in the Premier League in August due to a lingering ankle issue sustained during pre-season.

Solanke’s attempted recovery has proven a slow and frustrating process, with a comeback to training a fortnight ago not leading to the desired return to match action as his pain remained.

Instead, the 28-year-old underwent minor surgery earlier this week in a bid to finally correct the problem, ruling him out of Tuesday’s Champions League draw with Bodo/Glimt in Norway and Saturday’s trip to Leeds in the top-flight.

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank said they would discover more on a potential new time frame for Solanke’s return after the forthcoming October international break, but that he did not expect him to be sidelined for long.

Frank also defended Spurs’ handling of the injury after being asked if the club had effectively wasted a month of Solanke’s recovery by not electing for surgery earlier.

“I think if you can look from two ways,” Frank said ahead of the 2-2 comeback draw with Bodo/Glimt. “That's the easy answer, but it's not that easy.

“If we knew we could have done the surgery a month ago, we probably would have done it.

“So for me, I'm always like I imagine, ‘oh, it is what it is, we deal from now’. No doubt that the way we dealt with this is because we thought this was the right way because I think in general, no one wants a surgery, no matter how small it is.”

Now Solanke has issued his own update on his protracted injury saga, writing on his Instagram story on Wednesday night that the operation had been a success and that he hoped to return to contention for Spurs “in the very near future”.

He wrote: “Hi everyone, quick update about my current situation.

“The last few months have been very frustrating as I’ve tried everything possible to try and push through my ankle issue before taking the option of surgery.

“None of this managed to solve the problem, so we had to go ahead with minor surgery which I underwent this morning.

“It was all successful so hopefully I’ll be back on the pitch in the very near future. Thank you for all your love and messages.”

Solanke joined Tottenham from Premier League rivals Bournemouth in a £65million deal in the summer of 2024, going on to score 16 goals in 48 appearances across all competitions so far.

He is one of a number of players who remain sidelined for Spurs due to injury, a list that also includes Paris Saint-Germain loanee Randal Kolo Muani, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Radu Dragusin, Yves Bissouma and Kota Takai.