Xavi Simons out for season, World Cup after knee injury

This sucks, y’all. Tottenham Hotspur are already and not using a majority of their finest gamers, together with Cuti Romero, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, and Mohammed Kudus. Now add Xavi Simons to that listing. Simons suffered what regarded like a major damage to his knee that resulted in his substitution in Spurs’ win over Wolves on Saturday. He tried to run off the damage however ended up being stretchered off.

Whereas we nonetheless don’t know the extent of the damage, we now realize it’s extreme. Simons posted on Instagram that he won’t solely miss the remainder of the season, however he may also miss the World Cup for Netherlands as nicely.

God. This simply SUCKS. I’ve stated this earlier than, however put apart all the stuff that has led to Tottenham Hotspur being within the place they’re — 18th place with 4 matches to play, and with a really, very actual likelihood of relegation. Sure, there’s a lot of compounding the explanation why Spurs are right here, together with poor squad administration, dangerous managers, and horrible recruitment, however one underrated issue that doesn’t get talked about sufficient is the sheer, unimaginable quantity of dangerous luck Spurs have had for occurring two years straight. It looks like, as Ange as soon as stated, each gentle on the finish of the tunnel seems to be an oncoming prepare.

In the event you’re holding rating, that’s three Spurs ACL accidents in a single season: James Maddison, Wilson Odobert, and Xavi. 4, should you embrace Dejan Kulusevsi, who nonetheless hasn’t returned from his injured patella. God. What different membership has gone by way of something even remotely near this?

So Spurs will now have to discover a method to escape the drop at West Ham’s expense with out their finest artistic participant and passer. I really feel dangerous for Tottenham, however I really feel even worse for Xavi. In a single stroke his season hopes and his World Cup hopes are dashed. He doesn’t deserve this, however accidents occur. They simply appear to occur extra typically to Tottenham gamers than to just about every other membership.