James Maddison calls for Tottenham injury inquest after 'astronomical' issues | OneFootball

The England International missed almost the entirety of Spurs’ season of struggle

James Maddison described Tottenham’s injury woes this campaign as “astronomical”, urging Spurs to investigate the issue and find its root cause.

Former Leicester City man Maddison recovered from an ACL tear suffered in pre-season to come off the bench in Spurs’ last three games of the season, helping his side avoid relegation from the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Everton on the final day.

Fellow key player Dejan Kulusevski last featured in May 2025, whilst attackers Dominic Solanke and Mohammed Kudus both missed half of Spurs’ Premier League games due to injury.

Maddison shared: “Our situation with the injuries has been worse than any other club.

“People try and say, ‘Oh, but we’ve got this and that’. But ours is astronomical and we need to look at why that is.

“Sometimes it can just be unlucky, sometimes it can be a coincidence, like me doing my ACL or [Dejan] Kulusevski getting a horrendous knock off [Marc] Guehi.

“That’s not the medical team, that’s not the pitch or all the theories that you see, sometimes that’s rubbish.”

Sidelined duo Dejan Kulusevski (left) and Cristian Romero (right) watch on during Sunday’s victory over Everton

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Maddison felt that Spurs would not have been involved in a relegation battle if they had not suffered from injury-enforced absences.

“We’ve been a bit unlucky,” he continued. “But like I said, the big names that we’ve missed, it does affect you and you can’t just deny that.

“Myself, Kulusevski and [Mohammed] Kudus, and [Rodrigo] Bentancur missed three months and whatnot. If you had had them for the whole season, we wouldn’t have been in this situation, I strongly believe.

“That’s just not me being naive, that’s just a fact. But it is the situation we find ourselves in, and I am just proud of the lads to dig deep today.”

Maddison joined Spurs shortly after being relegated with Leicester in the 2022/23 season. The 29-year-old has made 78 appearances for the North Londoners, scoring 16 goals and winning the Europa League last season.