Now, I do not expect any self-respecting West Ham United fan to be getting the violins out for Tottenham Hotspur at the moment, but having just seen a list of their injured and unavailable players, it is understandable why the club would be worried about their Premier League safety.
Because at the same time, the Hammers have been able to furnish Nuno Espírito Santo with fully fit squads for the last two games.
Tottenham Injury Crisis Deepens
Tottenham have been completely decimated by the injury curse. It would appear many of Roberto De Zerbi’s players are long-term absentees with serious injuries.
No talk of tummy bugs and dodgy lasagnas as excuses for losing this time around.
To add insult to injury, Xavi Simons and Dominic Solanke both sustained injuries during Tottenham’s lucky 1-0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend.
Spurs Win Fails To Convince
If it seems as though I am being slightly disingenuous by calling it lucky, that would be fair. But the manner of their victory was hardly convincing, particularly when set beside the way West Ham and Leeds United dealt with the team at the bottom of the league.
Simons picked up an ACL injury, which will rule him out for the next seven months, while Solanke is looking at missing the remainder of the season with a hamstring injury, if early reports are accurate.
Forgotten Name Reappears
But as you will see from the list below, the absentees are quite striking and contain a name I had almost forgotten about.
Yes, former Hammer Mohammed Kudus of course joined Tottenham in the summer for £55 million.
At the time, that looked like a bad deal for West Ham.
With hindsight, perhaps not.