{"id":626925,"date":"2023-08-22T06:19:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T10:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626925"},"modified":"2023-08-22T06:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T10:19:29","slug":"spurs-james-maddison-injury-foot-scan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/22\/spurs-james-maddison-injury-foot-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fantastic&#8217; Spurs Star Could Be Sidelined After Shock New Injury Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur star James Maddison will be evaluated following a scan on a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDEccleshare\/status\/1693570737175515440\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspected<\/a> foot injury picked up during Tottenham Hotspur&#8217;s win over Manchester United.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Huge Injury Blow For Spurs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>James Maddison Set For Foot Scan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side&#8217;s win over United was overshadowed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1693019336493904193%7Ctwgr%5Ecd995953256b903922a5fe4d7b1ef2795aaa8d76%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goal.com%2Fen-gb%2Fnews%2Ftottenham-injury-blow-james-maddison-leaves-stadium-crutches-man-utd%2Fbltba4b6e3810a045d1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> that Maddison, a summer signing from recently relegated Leicester City, left the stadium on crutches and wearing a protective boot, although the player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/james-maddison-injury-tottenham-latest-b1101922.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the media that it was just a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>The Four Steps to Spurs Reaching European Football with Ange Postecoglou<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"REVEALED - The Four Steps to Spurs Reaching European Football with Ange Postecoglou\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/glAPw3kAAnQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old midfielder featured in the full 90 minutes so news of his injury will have come as a surprise to viewers. Spurs will now evaluate their star signing&#8217;s injury, after performing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/live-blogs\/transfer-news-live-latest-updates\/jIBhhbQHDEL7\/IrgFrfoojdtm\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scan<\/a> on his foot. Results from the procedure are yet to have been revealed by the club.<\/p>\n<p>The news will come as a huge blow for the North London side, as the playmaker notched two assists on his full debut for the club against Brentford and shined against the Red Devils in his first home game.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Spurs Injury Updates<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Maddison will now be another key name on Spurs&#8217; injury list, with Rodrigo Bentancur and Ryan Sessegnon not due back until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/tottenham-injury-update-maddison-bentancur-sessegnon-latest-news-return-dates-2023-b1101879.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/20\/tottenham-eberechi-eze-transfer-demands\/\" target=\"_self\">Journalist Now Informs Tottenham Hotspur About \u2018Starting Point\u2018 to Sign \u2018Mesmerizing\u2018 Player<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bentancur\u2019s absence has been keenly felt. The Uruguayan midfielder was in superb form for Spurs during a disappointing season last year. His six goals were bettered only by forwards Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min at the club, despite his season being cut short in February due to a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Can Spurs Replace Maddison?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The concern for Tottenham will be whether they have the squad depth to temporarily replace Maddison\u2019s creativity. The England international has amassed eight key passes over the first two Premier League games, with only Phil Foden of Man City and Kaoru Mitoma of Brighton exceeding this number.<\/p>\n<p>In the centre of the midfield, players like Oliver Skipp, Pape Matar Sarr and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg have featured but none offer the same level of playmaking ability that the England international does.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/20\/hugo-lloris-turns-down-lazio-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Fantastic Leader\u2019 for Tottenham Hotspur Decides Against Transfer to Serie A Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The attacking-midfielder has been exceptional in his first two games for Spurs and was described by his former manager Brendan Rogers as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/football\/world-cup\/2022\/resilience-to-keep-fighting-brendan-rodgers-praise-for-james-maddison-after-england-world-cup-squad-_sto9220644\/story.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;fantastic talent&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;one of the best in the Premier League&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>With a Saturday lunchtime trip to Bournemouth looming on the horizon, Spurs fans will be desperately hoping that their new number ten is fit enough to start, although it certainly looks doubtful at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2msiM9j\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarflondondunc<\/a>, Flickr, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur star James Maddison will be evaluated following a scan on a suspected foot injury picked up during Tottenham Hotspur&#8217;s win over Manchester United. Huge Injury Blow For Spurs James Maddison Set For Foot Scan Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side&#8217;s win over United was overshadowed by reports that Maddison, a summer signing from recently relegated Leicester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4737,"featured_media":626134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,3,24],"tags":[1446,96],"class_list":["post-626925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-premier-league","category-tottenham","tag-james-maddison","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"modified_by":"Brendan Pridmore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}