'Brutal moment' – Thomas Frank’s initial prognosis of James Maddison’s injury doesn’t bode well for Tottenham

A brutal moment, says Thomas Frank

After the game, Thomas Frank was asked about his assessment of the injury and the coach’s initial prognosis did not offer much optimism. As quoted by Craig Hope of the Daily Mail via Fabrizio Romano, here is what he had to say:

“James Maddison’s injury looks bad. It was a brutal moment”

What was supposed to be a celebration of the glorious career Son Heung-min has spent at Tottenham and his last game wearing the jersey of the club turned out to be a match clouded by Maddison’s injury.

It is yet another iteration of the same story with the ex-Foxes midfielder, whose body keeps letting him down continually. For a player with Maddison’s talent, he should have been at a different level at this point of his career.

Thomas Frank now needs to wear his creative hat

Instead, the 28-year-old will now have to spend some time on the sidelines, looking to recover from this latest setback. It is also worth remembering that he was one of the likely candidates to take over the armband from the out-going captain.

Thomas Frank will now have to wear his creative hat for the number 10 position in the early weeks of the new season. One option is to play Mohammed Kudus there. The ex-Hammers star can play in that position.

The other option would be to play Pape Matar Sarr in the advanced role. The Senegalese midfielder has shown he can play that role with aplomb, and let’s wait and see how Tottenham go about this situation in the coming weeks.