I think everyone held their collective breath when Mohammed Kudus went down injured inside the first 20 minutes of Spurs’ home draw with Sunderland on Sunday. That’s not because he was doing especially great — he wasn’t having a good match before the injury — but because Spurs literally had just sold his backup, Brennan Johnson, to Crystal Palace for £35m.
But misery loves company, so how about some more bad news? Mike McGrath at the Telegraph (£) is reporting that Kudus underwent post-injury scans that are “worse than feared” and he might now miss multiple games.
There aren’t any indications as to how long Kudus might be sidelined, which makes sense because the injury is muscular and fresh and the physios might know right now either. But regardless, it’s not great. Spurs now do not have a natural right winger in the squad. Randal Kolo Muani played as Kudus’ replacement against Sunderland, and wasn’t very good there but it’s hard to know if that was just a bad match or if he’s not especially suited to playing on that side of the pitch. Kudus’s absence could be good for Pedro Porro who might have more license to get forward if there isn’t a natural right sided player in front of him, but it also could go completely sideways.
The Telegraph goes on to say this could accelerate Spurs’ plans to sign another forward in January, and well, okay, but I’ll believe that when I see it. For now, just do what I’m doing and grimace while pretending none of this is happening. La la la la la I can’t heeeeeeear youuuuuuuuuu