Tottenham Injury Fears Grow as Summer Signing Withdraws From Squad
- On Wednesday, Van Hecke left The Netherlands' open training session in Zeist early before the match against Greece, with footage showing him conversing with head coach Xavi before sitting in the dugout.
- Der Oranje have faced significant injury issues during this international window, with Briaan Brobbey, Cody Gakpo, and Lutsharel Geertruida all forced to withdraw early from the squad.
- The Spurs centre-back joined from Brighton in a £52m deal this summer and has started next to Virgil in the centre of defence in both matches, completing 90 minutes in each.
- It remains unclear if Van Hecke's early exit indicates a new injury or was pre-planned, though Arsenal's Jurrien Timber is a candidate to replace him should he be ruled out.
- Tottenham are also managing a growing injury list, with Pedro Porro, Dejan Kulusevski, and Mykhailo Mudryk currently sidelined, while Xavi will provide an update at his press conference this evening.
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The Independent (US)Tottenham crisis deepens as summer signing suffers injury blow on international duty
Jan Paul Van Hecke left the Netherlands national team's last training session before the match against Greece in Toumba on Thursday night with a problem. The post Greece – Netherlands: Van Hecke left the "oranie" training session with discomfort appeared first on in.gr.
The main central defender of the "Oranie" has left training and his participation is up in the air
Algemeen Dagblad
Jan Paul van Hecke may have to miss the Dutch national team's away match against Greece on Thursday. The defender was taken off early during the final training session in Zeist on Wednesday.
Defender Jan Paul van Hecke drops out early in a Dutch national team training session and returns to his club. National coach Xavi is not calling up a replacement.
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