Tottenham fans fear of players suffering injuries in absurd Australia friendly

Tottenham fans are fearful of their players picking up 'proper injuries' with several noting the 'exhausted' appearance of stars as they arrived for their controversial post-season friendly against Newcastle.

Both Ange Postecoglou's and Eddie Howe's squads were spotted boarding planes just mere hours after their final day matches so they could make it to the other side of the world to partake in the friendly.

The two sides will play against one another in Australia on Wednesday in a friendly which has been described as pure 'madness' by Alan Shearer, with the fixture also facing criticism from England boss Gareth Southgate.

Supporters joined the chorus of dissent after seeing footage of the Spurs arriving at the 100,000 capacity Melbourne Cricket stadium, with many fearful of the risk of serious injury.

'This is proper mental.' One user wrote on X, formerly Twitter. 'I'm still tired from Sunday and I only had to get a train back to London. Let's hope none of them get a proper injury.'

Another said: 'Absurd game - should never have been allowed. Just hope the players don't get any injuries that ruin their summer.'

'They look half dead, cross fingers nobody gets a serious injury,' commented a third.

The fixtures comes only 23 days before the start of the European Championships while the Copa America kicks off six days later, with some players on the tour expected to feature in either of the tournaments.

On Sunday, Shearer slammed the friendly and said he would not be happy if he was faced with the situation as a player.

'Can you imagine if you're a player who is playing in either the Copa America or Euro 2024 having to do that? Madness. Crazy,' he told Match Of The Day.

'I wouldn't be happy at all. It's crazy for Newcastle to go