Tottenham injury update: James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Xavi Simons latest news and potential return dates | OneFootball

Spurs hoping for good news on injury front

Tottenham picked up their first point of the Premier League season at the weekend with a 0-0 draw at Nottingham Forest.

Roberto De Zerbi’s side are still looking for their first goal of the new campaign having lost 3-0 and 2-0 in their opening to games to Brentford and Newcastle.

Savio and Destiny Udogie continued their cautious return to action at the City Ground, with the pair sacrificed on the hour, but there is no injury concern over the pair.

Spurs are missing their two No10s, and that was evident on Saturday as Conor Gallagher and Mateus Fernandes both struggled.

James Maddison

Maddison is still sidelined after injury his shoulder against Brentford on the opening day.

The midfielder came off the bench at the Gtech Community Stadium, as he looks to build his sharpness following his ACL injury last year.

He again missed the trip to Forest, but there is fresh hope that he will return to the field having made his comeback to team training.

Almost: Dejan Kulusevski

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Dejan Kulusevski

The Swede is back on the training pitch, but his return to action will be phased cautiously.

De Zerbi gave his latest update on the playmaker ahead of the visit to Forest, saying that the former Juventus winger had suffered a setback in his recovery.

He is coming back from a serious patella injury, which has kept him out for almost 18 months.

“Kulusevski started [training] with us at the beginning of the week, and then the last two days, a small, small problem, stopped [him from training],” De Zerbi said.

“But I think he’s in a good way. It’s going very well. I already said the medical staff is very high level.

“We can be positive with him. I’m looking forward to having Deki in the squad.”

Long term: Xavi Simons

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Xavi Simons

The Dutchman is out for the remainder of the year after tearing his ACL against Wolves in April last season.

The attacking midfielder has been a sore miss for Spurs, who are lacking the No10 department of late, but he has been spotted in and around the squad in a supporting capacity.

Wilson Odobert

Winger Odobert is in a similar boat to Simons.

The Frenchman also tore his ACL last term,but he is further along than his team-mate.

He could well make a comeback before the turn of the year.