Tottenham Hotspur are in a perpetual injury crisis that began before the season even started. There are ebbs and flows even amidst this constant state of missing out on key players, and, right now, Spurs are entering another rough period on the injury front.
Rodrigo Bentancur is the most recent injury after the loss to Bournemouth on Wednesday night, but the most worrisome new injury is, by far, the one to Mohammed Kudus, who left early in the match at the weekend against Sunderland with an ailment and thus missed the game against the Cherries.
Unfortunately for Kudus and Tottenham, the Ghanaian right winger's injury was worse than expected on scans, and, now, Spurs manager Thomas Frank has confirmed to reporters before the FA Cup tilt against top three side Aston Villa that Kudus will indeed be out for longer than expected.
Tottenham cannot catch a break
Spurs fans were already bracing themselves for Kudus to miss multiple weeks with his latest injury, but Spurs have really done it now a far as running Kudus into the ground because it actually looks like he will miss multiple months with this issue.
Frank told reporters, via Lilywhite Rose, "Mohammed Kudus unfortunately is a bigger one to the tendon in the quad. That is one where we expect him back after the March international break."
The March international break. Wow. Even the most pessimistic Tottenham fans did not see that one coming, and so Mohammed Kudus is going to miss several games. Kudus will thus be out against Aston Villa, former employers West Ham, Borussia Dortmund, Burnley, Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Arsenal, Fulham, and Crystal Palace before potentially returning to face Liverpool after the March international break on the 14th of the month.
Those are some big ticket games that Tottenham's best attacking player, by far this season, is going to miss. There are two big Champions League opponents, as wel las three matches against Big Six clubs, including Arsenal in the North London Derby - not to mention Newcastle, as well as three local London rivals on top of Arsenal.
Kudus's injury for multiple months only increases the need for Tottenham to sign a new attacking player, specifically a winger. With Dejan Kulusevski still injured and Brennan Johnson sold to Crystal Palace, Spurs do not have a single healthy right winger in the squad, and, as of right now, their only left wing options are still Wilson Odobert and Mathys Tel.