Tottenham Hotspur star Mohammed Kudus has reportedly suffered a fresh injury blow ahead of Spurs’ Premier League run-in.
Tottenham won the race for Kudus’ signature last summer, as the tricky winger left West Ham for the north London team for £55million.
Kudus is one of the Premier League’s most potent dribblers but he has not been seen for Tottenham since going off injured against Sunderland on 4 January.
That has limited the Ghana international to 26 games in all competitions this season, with Tottenham’s wretched form coinciding with his absence.
Kudus was nearing a first-team return for Tottenham but reports suggest he has suffered a fresh setback that will end his season and jeopardise his chances of playing at this summer’s World Cup.
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Mohammed Kudus injury is a huge blow for Tottenham
On the face of it, three goals and six assists aren’t exactly setting the world alight.
But Kudus is one of Tottenham’s most effective attackers. This season, the ex-Ajax star has created three big chances, has averaged 2.7 successful dribbles a game, and has been fouled 1.2 times per match.
Despite playing far fewer games than some of his fellow wingers, Kudus still has the fourth-most successful dribbles in the league this season.
Indeed, only Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye (55), Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh (56), and Manchester City’s Jeremy Doku (63) have completed more successful dribbles than the Spurs ace (52).
However, according to The Sun reporters Jake Sanders and Tom Barclay, Kudus has suffered a new injury setback and may need to go under the knife.
This is also backed up by Tottenham insider @Szypriv, who tweeted that Kudus is unlikely to play another game this season.
If that is the case, then Roberto De Zerbi‘s task of keeping Tottenham in the Premier League will be even harder.
Who will step up in Kudus’ absence?
Tottenham are just one point and one place above the relegation zone, and haven’t won in the league since 28 December.
They have gone through two managers since then in Thomas Frank and Igor Tudor, and now De Zerbi is at the reins.
Kudus is one of Tottenham’s few players who can strike genuine fear into the opposition with his pace, power, unpredictability, and dribbling prowess.
Now, the burden will fall on the likes of Tottenham forward Mathys Tel, who has flattered to deceive this season.
Wilson Odobert and Dejan Kulusevski are out injured, and Xavi Simons has struggled to shine this term, too.
Pedro Porro was deployed as a right midfielder in Tottenham’s 3-0 loss to Nottingham Forest but right now, De Zerbi’s options are thin on the ground.
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