Latest Tottenham injury news as a dream update on Micky van de Ven has been ‘spotted’ in Spurs training on Wednesday
Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven has been surprisingly pictured in his training gear despite suffering a hamstring injury against Chelsea
Micky van de Ven was withdrawn in agony from Tottenham’s Premier League clash with Chelsea earlier this week after falling to his knees clutching his hamstring. The Netherlands international had made an electric start to life in north London, forming a superb partnership with Cristian Romero, however that is set to be broken up over the coming weeks.
Just minutes before van de Ven’s injury, Romero was shown a straight red card for a foul in the penalty area on Enzo Fernandez with Cole Palmer then converting from 12 yards. As a result, Eric Dier was given his maiden minutes of the season first alongside Emerson Royal and then Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg after Destiny Udogie was sent off.
After the game, the immediate update from Ange Postecoglou on van de Ven was far from promising along with his clarification on why James Maddison was also subbed off in the first half. “It’s too early, Postecoglou said after the game. “With Micky it’s a pretty significant one so you’d assume he’ll be out for a little while.
“He [Maddison] got a knock on the ankle. We were down one man already. It made sense to make a couple of changes at that point.” While Maddison was withdrawn as a precautionary, the way in which van de Ven pulled up and left the field in tears suggests he will be a long-term absentee, however a surprising image from Tottenham training may suggest otherwise.
With training at Hotspur Way in full flow ahead of facing Wolves in the Premier League this Saturday, van de Ven was pictured in the gym chatting to a concerned Son-Heung min. While everything points to van de Ven being out for a considerable amount of time, to see him smiling in his full Tottenham training gear, via Shutterstock, without any obvious strapping on his hamstring, gives Spurs some hope that his injury is not as severe as first thought.
In response to discovering the image, X (formerly Twitter) user @Craig1Osullivan said: “No strapping, he’s standing up, he’s got his gym gear on. Please deliver on this miracle, and I’ll become religious.” As a result, many have began suggesting it may be just a grade 1 injury which is a mild muscle pull or strain which takes just a few days to recover from.
Wolves’ Pedro Neto recently suffered what looked to be a bad hamstring injury, however he has since confirmed that he is expected to only miss a few weeks of action. While no such public statement has has been made by van de Ven, this training image gives supporters some optimism they will see him again before the end of the year.
For clarity on his injury, Postecoglou will almost certainly be asked for an update in his pre-Wolves press conference later this week after reports emerged scans and further tests were scheduled for Wednesday to assess the damage once the swelling had gone down.
