Tottenham Hotspur's James Maddison, Micky van de Ven ruled out until 2024
Both players failed to make it to half time in Monday's 4-1 London derby defeat to Chelsea, as Van de Ven pulled up with what appeared to be a serious hamstring injury as he tracked back.
The Dutch defender went down in agony before being helped off the pitch by the medical team, and at the same time, Maddison damaged his ankle while sliding in the Chelsea penalty box.
Postecoglou conceded straight away that Van de Ven's issue appeared to be a serious one, although he was none the wiser about the severity of Maddison's problem after the playmaker trudged off the field.
However, Maddison withdrew from the England squad for November's Euro 2024 qualifiers with Malta and North Macedonia on Friday morning, and Postecoglou confirmed the worst in his pre-Wolverhampton Wanderers press conference.
«Don't get a lot of time to enjoy the moment. There's a fair bit happened after Monday night. Micky with a hamstring injury we knew was fairly significant. We're looking at a couple of months into the new year,» football.london quotes Postecoglou as saying.
«Madders is a lot worse than we thought. He came off with an ankle injury, and the next day wasn't great so we sent him off for a scan. Probably into the new year for him.»
Maddison and Van de Ven represent two of seven long-term injury concerns for a ravaged Tottenham, who are also coping without Ivan Perisic, Ryan Sessegnon, Manor Solomon and Alfie Whiteman for the time being.
In addition, Richarlison recently underwent surgery to treat a «chronic» groin problem, which had forced the
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