Spurs have carried out a major review of their performance and medical departments, which included an investigation into whether the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’s retractable pitch is contributing to the club’s ongoing injury crisis.Tottenham lost the most days to injury of any Premier League side this season, while Spurs players missed a combined 370 games across all competitions due to injury this campaign – the most of any top-flight side.
The club’s failure to keep players fit nearly led to their relegation as Roberto De Zerbi’s side dramatically needed a final-day home win over Everton to secure their Premier League safety.
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It is a second consecutive injury-hit season for Spurs, who have lost the most days and games to injury of any Premier League side since the start of the 2024/25 campaign.
A crippling injury list has played its part in back-to-back 17th-placed finishes for the world’s ninth-richest football club.
It is understood the club’s new performance director, Dan Lewindon, has completed a thorough review of the injury issue after three months in the job, and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium retractable pitch is an area of concern.
The serious knee injuries to Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin came at home last season, while James Maddison partially tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in last May’s home win over Bodo/Glimt, before a full rupture three months later in pre-season in South Korea.
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Tottenham attacker Dejan Kulusevski has been out injured for a year
This season, Ben Davies broke his ankle in January’s home defeat to West Ham, while Wilson Odobert ruptured his ACL in the home loss against Newcastle.
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Spurs forward Wilson Odobert suffered an ACL injury earlier this season at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
It is understood Tottenham regularly carry out external independent testing on their home surface to assess the bounce of the pitch compared to that of their training pitch, but to date the results are…
2026-05-26 22:30:00
