Dejan Kulusevski shares rare knee injury update and explains limp after more surgery.
Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski has not played this season and was spotted limping when making an appearance at Sweden’s training camp but has now moved to allay new fears.
Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski has revealed he has been under the knife again to resolve a problem with his knee.
Concerns were raised after the Sweden international was spotted limping earlier this week, but Kulusevski has declared the problem is nothing to worry about.
The former Juventus ace explained that he had undergone a procedure to remove some material from the area. “Just to clarify things,” he posted on his Instagram story.”
I’m limping because I had a small intervention in the knee 2 weeks ago. Went in and took out what was not supposed to be there.”Knee is great now. Thanks for all the support. God is the greatest. Always.”
Kulusevski has not played this season after undergoing patella surgery last May. The 25-year-old is working tirelessly to return before the end of the season but the complex nature of his injury means that is not certain.
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More info The Sweden international turned up to his nation’s camp this week ahead of their World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine to provide his support.
Graham Potter offered a brief update on his progress ahead of that.”Dejan is making progress but not as quickly as we would have liked,” he said.”
Dejan is in Spain so I think he will come here and meet us. It will be nice to see him. At the stage he is in his rehab, it is okay for him,” Potter told Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet.
“For others it is more difficult because they are at a stage in their rehab where it means it is more difficult to be on the pitch. But Dejan will come by and it will be fantastic.”
Kulusevski’s knee specialist has been reported to be based in Barcelona. It has been suggested the star has visited doctor Ramon Cugat.
The Spurs star recorded 10 goals and 11 assists in all competitions last season as he formed a crucial part of Ange Postecoglou’s side that earned Europa League glory in Bilbao, though he did not play in the final win over Manchester United.
A number of Spurs stars will soon hope to be back in action with a lengthy break until the Premier League’s return. Guglielmo Vicario underwent his hernia surgery on Monday and hopes to be back within the next month.
Mohammed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur and James Maddison are all moving into the final stages of their rehabilitation before joining team training.
Yves Bissouma, Ben Davies and Wilson Odobert, who was on crutches at Sunday’s game, are all working on their recoveries alongside Kulusevski.
