Destiny Udogie (Tottenham) has been ruled out for the season after being sidelined with an injury.
Udogie announced the news on social media on Monday (June 21), posting a photo of herself in a hospital room with her mother and writing, “This season has unfortunately ended prematurely due to injury. Thank you to the many people who supported me this year,” he wrote, announcing the surgery.
Udogie, who played for Serie A side Udinese Calcio, finalized his move to Tottenham last summer. He was loaned out to Udinese upon his arrival and scored three goals and provided four assists in 34 games across all competitions last season. He returned to Spurs for the 2022-2023 season after his loan spell.
After the arrival of manager Enzi Postecoglou, Udogie was promoted to the first-team, especially with Postecoglou’s attacking style of play. With two goals and three assists in 28 games, he was considered one of the best fullbacks in the English Premier League (PL).
Notably, Udogie’s performances for Spurs earned him a call-up to the Italian national team. Udogie made his debut for the Azzurri in October, 카지노사이트 coming on as a second-half substitute in a Euro 2024 group game against Malta. He also made his first start against England.
Udogie’s performances have led Tottenham to extend his contract at the club until 2030.
The attacking-minded youngster was quickly recognized for his league-leading destructiveness alongside Son Heung-min on the left flank. But the pressure was on for the rookie.
Tottenham had just lost 0-4 at Newcastle. On top of that, Udogie didn’t react well, as if he wasn’t in the best of form. In fact, he was the source of the first goal in the first 30 minutes when he lost a challenge to Anthony Gordon. The injury was discovered shortly afterward.
Spurs are in fifth place with 60 points, three points behind fourth-place Aston Villa (63 points). Add to that the losses of both Arsenal and Manchester City, which dropped the PL’s European qualification coefficient to third place, behind the Bundesliga, and it’s a fight for fourth place.
On top of that, the schedule is awful. Spurs have a North London derby against Arsenal on April 28, a trip to Chelsea on May 3, and a trip to Liverpool on May 6. It’s literally a three-game stretch from hell. Coming off a loss at Newcastle, the pressure is on for the next three games.
To make matters worse, Spurs have limited options at left-back in Udogie’s absence.
Ben Davies and Ryan Sessegnon are both inferior to Udogie, especially Davies, who is fine defensively but lacks offense.
The timing of Udogie’s injury has been controversial. Udogie is still a young player, and there was a lot of speculation that he had a muscle injury that needed to be managed. Due to Tottenham”s situation, he was forced to play almost full-time, 사설 토토사이트 which put a lot of pressure on him and led to his departure at the end of the season.
“Udogi underwent surgery on his left quadriceps,” the club’s official website read. The injury was sustained in training and not during a match. He will most likely not return to the team until the pre-season ahead of next season,” the official Tottenham website said in further details.