James Maddison to miss majority of season as Tottenham learn devastating injury blow
Fellow Premier League player Rodri missed eight months after an ACL tear last season which required surgery. The Mancester City star returned at the tail end of the campaign after being forced off in an early season match against Arsenal.
Maddison was playing for Spurs in a pre-season friendly against Newcastle when he went down injured and was stretchered off. Thomas Frank confirmed the injury was to the same knee which forced him to miss the team's Europa League final in May, and now BBC Sport report that it's an ACL issue which will require surgery.
'We're pretty sure it was the same knee he injured before," Frank said after the Newcastle game. The player was seen leaving on crutches, and manager Frank elaborated on the tough situation.
'Yeah, it's like in life and football, I think sometimes life and football can be brutal, but also sometimes very beautiful. So I think it was brutal in what happened to to Madders," he said.
"It looks like a bad injury. Of course we don't know exactly the status on it. It didn't look good."
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