Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski has replied to a brutal injury comment as his absence stretches to nearly nine months
Dejan Kulusevski has sent a brilliant two-word response after sharing an update while he continues to recover from a severe knee injury. The 25-year-old is yet to play this season because of the issue with his rehabilitation proving to be complicated.
Thomas Frank has been forced to contend with several injury blows during his first six months in charge, though Kulusevski's problem occurred before he even arrived. The hope was that he would return from the injury in late 2026 but there is still no sign of him with Spurs supporters growing impatient.
That was evidenced by a reply to his latest Instagram post where a user commented, "I thought you died." Kulusevski then took the opportunity to reply, "still alive."
Ahead of the Champions League clash against Eintracht Frankfurt, Frank was asked for an update but stated that he did not have one. That response was likely because the Spurs boss had already issued a detailed update earlier in the month
He said at a press conference from early January: “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.
"It was not going forward as quickly as we thought but it's an injury we haven’t seen that much in football history. It's a complicated injury, where it’s important to make sure there’s no pain in the knee. That’s why he got an injection and it hopefully will help. So in three to four weeks’ time, he’ll be on the grass pain-free."
Mohammed Kudus and James Maddison, two Tottenham stars that play in Kulusevski's favoured positions, are also unavailable through injury.
The latter is yet to feature this season after rupturing his ACL while Kudus, a summer signing from West Ham United, is expected to be out for another six weeks at least because of thigh problem.
In addition to that, Richarlison, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pedro Porro, Lucas Bergvall and Ben Davies are also sidelined. One fitness positive for Frank has been the return of Dominic Solanke with the striker scoring in Spurs' last two Champions League games.
The six points picked up at the expense of Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt helped the Lilywhites finish fourth in the league stage and thus bypass the play-off round.