Tottenham injury news: Spurs playmaker suffers 'fresh' injury blow ahead of Nottingham Forest clash

Roberto De Zerbi has confirmed that Tottenham Hotspur attacker Dejan Kulusevski has suffered a caller wounded setback.

Kulusevski returned to grooming for Spurs aft much than a twelvemonth since helium past played for the nine during their 2-0 decision to Crystal Palace successful May 2025.

The 26-year-old had undergone 2 surgeries and, aft 450 days connected the sidelines, the Sweden planetary returned to afloat grooming earlier this week.

The playmaker was included successful Tottenham's squad for the upcoming Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest, but helium has present picked up a caller injury.

Tottenham wounded news: Spurs dealt Dejan Kulusevski blow

Ahead of the match, De Zerbi confirmed that Kulusevski has suffered a insignificant setback successful his betterment from a analyzable kneecap injury.

The Spurs brag said that the Sweden planetary has suffered a insignificant setback that has prevented him from taking portion successful grooming with the remainder of the squad successful caller days.

"Kulusevski started [training] with america astatine the opening of the week, and past the past 2 days, a small, tiny problem, stopped [him from training]," De Zerbi said.

"But I deliberation he’s successful a bully way. It’s going precise well. I already said the aesculapian unit is precise precocious level."

Tottenham indispensable beryllium cautious with injured players

Spurs had unspeakable luck with injuries past season, and De Zerbi indispensable beryllium cautious astir reintegrating players returning from wounded into the side.

Along with Kulusevski, the likes of Destiny Udogie and Dominic Solanke person returned to training, and Spurs volition anticipation they tin present stay acceptable for the remainder of the season.

James Maddison besides missed the bulk of past play with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Despite being eased backmost into enactment towards the extremity of past season, the England midfielder endured a disrupted pre-season earlier suffering a enarthrosis fracture connected the opening play of the play against Brentford.

Spurs mislaid some of their Premier League games against Brentford and Newcastle United and volition beryllium looking to debar a 3rd decision successful a enactment erstwhile they question to the City Ground to look Nottingham Forest.