Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski has posted a message to fans as his prolonged injury layoff drags on. The Sweden international has been sidelined since May 2025 following a knee injury that necessitated surgical intervention.
The problem kept him out of Spurs' Europa League success and he has now been absent for a total of 38 competitive fixtures with no definitive timeline for his comeback. Despite being unavailable for most of the current campaign, Kulusevski remains upbeat and has now delivered a clear statement on Instagram.
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Pictured alongside his daughter, who is sporting a Tottenham jersey, Kulusevski beams in what appears to be a gym with the message: "No matter what [sun emoji]." The original forecast suggested that Kulusevski might be available at some stage in late 2025 but this failed to come to fruition.
At the beginning of the year, Thomas Frank provided an assessment of his situation where the Spurs manager outlined the strategy for the forthcoming weeks. He said: "We know it's a complicated injury. If there's one person who can accelerate that, it's Dejan. He's a top pro and has got a top mentality.
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"The most important thing is to remove the pain in the knee. He got an injection to help that 10 days ago. We know in three to four weeks if it's settled and when it's settled, hopefully, he'll be on the grass and from there, we'll see what's happening.
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Prior to the Champions League encounter with Eintracht Frankfurt, Frank was questioned for an update. He said: "I don’t have any update on that one."
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The Spurs manager has been compelled to cope with numerous significant injury setbacks this campaign. Pedro Porro and Lucas Bergvall Rodrigo Bentancur, Richarlison, Mohammed Kudus and Ben Davies have all picked up issues in recent weeks. James Maddison meanwhile, is striving to recover from ACL surgery in this campaign following his long-term setback during pre-season.
Dominic Solanke had also sustained an injury before the current campaign began but he has recently returned and found the net in Wednesday night's victory over Frankfurt. Micky van de Ven was absent from that European fixture, though Frank expects him to available to face Manchester City.