The respected tactician addressed a frightening spate of severe knee issues destroying both professional squads.
Medical rooms resemble graveyards during disastrous campaigns. Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur find themselves investigating a terrifying crisis. Seven ACL injuries occurred. Consequently, women boss Martin Ho admitted feeling baffled. The squad lost Ella Morris and Jessica Naz. Meanwhile, the men watched James Maddison, Wilson Odobert, and Xavi Simons suffer identical fates.
The 23-year-old £50 m-rated Simons ruptured his ACL colliding with Hugo Bueno. That setback rules him out of the World Cup. Former star Jamie O’Hara felt incredulous regarding the medical staff. Moreover, Dejan Kulusevski remains sidelined since May with persistent knee trouble. That absence has lasted nearly a full year without a return date. Other casualties include Cristian Romero with a knee problem and Ben Davies with an ankle issue.
Ho spoke to journalist George Sessions. “You can point your finger at so many things, but you’ll never know exactly what it is,” he explained. “We’re doing a lot of research as a club into it, from a women’s perspective and looking at ways we do things and operate.” “It is training programme, it is different surfaces and so on.”
Martin Ho explicitly questions playing surfaces as Tottenham investigate devastating injury crisis
“We are looking at ways we can do things differently, but it is such a hard topic,” Ho continued. “You can’t ever put your finger on it because you don’t know what it is.” “I think we’ll always be fighting to find the reasons why, but I don’t know if we’ll ever find the actual reason.” Fans speculate the retractable pitch contributes heavily.
The retractable stadium pitch closely mirrors Real Madrid. Interestingly, those Spanish giants also suffered seven ACL injuries since 2023. That recent victory halted a slide, dragging them into the bottom three, sitting two points shy of safety. Roberto De Zerbi currently has four matches remaining. A former boss suggested survival brings hero status. Three different managers departed this season. Mohammed Kudus, Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, Pape Matar Sarr, and Dominic Solanke face thigh, groin, muscle, shoulder, and hamstring problems.