Tottenham lose another crucial player for the rest of the season | OneFootball

Tottenham were already reeling after learning that star midfielder Lucas Bergvall, arguably the team's most promising player, suffered an eight-week injury before the Bodo Glimt match that will cost him the rest of the season. Now, the BBC's Sami Mokbel is reporting that attacking midfielder James Maddison's knee injury from the Bodo Glimt win is worse than expected and will cost him the remaining three weeks of the 2024/25 campaign.

Maddison had initial scans showing that the injury was worse than initially anticipated, and further scans are reportedly set to take place in the next 48 hours to determine the severity of the former Leicester City man's knee injury, including if he has been dealt any ligament damage.

The injury to Bergvall, already Spurs best box-to-box midfielder, was bad enough, but, now, Tottenham will have to try and win the Europa League, including a likely clash in the Final against fellow Premier League giants Manchester United, without their best player of the season.

James Maddison has been vital to Tottenham

Maddison has been vital to Tottenham from a creative, progressive, and even goal-scoring perspective this season with nine goals, seven assists, and more than two fouls drawn per game in the Premier League. Those fouls drawn, though, are taking a toll on the injury-prone No. 10, whose vital goal contributions will not be a factor for Tottenham in these crucial Europa League fixtures.

The injury to Maddison could mean more opportunities for Mikey Moore and further chances for Archie Gray, who is already vital to Tottenham with Bergvall out for the campaign. Things have gotten tougher for Tottenham from an attacking perspective, but at least South Korean superstar Son Heung-min should be ready for a return from his injury by the time Tottenham expect to face Manchester United in the Europa League Final.

For Tottenham, the most important thing now will be seeing the true extent of the damage to Maddison's knee. Hopefully, this isn't a long-term thing that puts Maddison at jeopardy of missing matches to start the 2025/26 season or, worse yet, ends up being something that lingers and puts the 28-year-old at risk of re-injury.

Maddison has been one of the few veteran signings working in Spurs favor. They wouldn't have gotten this far in the Europa League without him, and they may have even been at legitimate risk of relegation in the Premier League without Maddison functioning as one of their top three goal threats and one of their top three creators at the same time.