It’s come to this, when a coach that has bobbed and weaved through a disastrous second season, using every excuse going, is relieved of a star player for his last chance saloon of a game, due to his incompetence.
Injuries have plagued this side, just as losses have. Of course, it’s all speculation, but just how damaging has this Australian been for us?
We can confirm that Dejan Kulusevski suffered an injury to his right patella in our Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace last weekend.
Following further specialist consultation, the midfielder has undergone surgery today and will commence his rehabilitation with our… pic.twitter.com/haC3MThcMd
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 14, 2025
The quick answer is that he hadn’t finished quite yet. Despite making significant changes to the match day squad for the Crystal Palace game, he still played Kulusevski, who anyone would have identified as a key player, and of course, it backfired on us.
Most sides need to cope with injuries and need to cope with the additional games that competitions outside the Premier League bring, but not Ange.
In a recent press conference, he snorted at those who couldn’t see the direct correlation between excess games (as he viewed them) and the failure to sustain the club in more than one competition.
The truth is, what he has been unable to do, since the ten-game new manager bounce deserted him, is manage his squad proficiently.
The final was his ace in the pack, a game he ‘navigated’ Tottenham to, as most of our opponents were comparative long shots.
Now the good fortune of that path has been pulled from beneath him, because he simply couldn’t keep his players wrapped up in cotton wool, after all.
Manchester United are favourites, and one suspects that this situation will only be exacerbated once the absence of Bergvall, Maddison, and now Kulusevski sinks in.
