Xavi Simons injury news: Games Tottenham, Netherlands star could miss after surgery update

Tottenham Hotspur person offered their enactment to midfielder Xavi Simons pursuing confirmation that helium has undergone country connected an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

The 23-year-old was forced disconnected connected a stretcher holding his close genu during the 2nd fractional of Spurs’ important 1-0 Premier League triumph against Wolverhampton Wanderers astatine Molineux pursuing a collision with Hugo Bueno.

After carrying retired tests to measure the severity of the injury, it was confirmed 48 hours aft the lucifer that Simons has ruptured his ACL, ruling the Netherlands planetary retired for the remainder of the play and the 2026 World Cup.

Tottenham person since taken to societal media and their authoritative website to station an representation of Simons soon aft undergoing surgery, confirming that “the process was completed connected Tuesday (May 5) and our fig 7 volition present commence his betterment and rehabilitation process.”

On X, Spurs posted: "Surgery complete. We'll beryllium with you each measurement of the mode during your recovery @xavisimons”

Simons has besides taken to societal media to supply an update to his followers, posting a postulation of images on with the caption: "I went missin, connected a ngo conscionable perfecting my craft. Intro done. Now we rise”

One of the images successful Simons’s station read: “Best proposal for being alone? Embrace it. The biggest lessons successful beingness are learnt erstwhile you person to spell done things alone”.

Simons has received an outpouring of enactment from respective of his Tottenham teammates, including chap Dutchman Micky van de Ven, Richarlison, Djed Spence, Mathys Tel, Kevin Danso and Pape Sarr.

Simons could miss up to 30 games for nine and state aft ACL surgery

Simons is present acceptable for “a lengthy spell out”, and it is wide thought that the midfielder could stay sidelined until 2027.

Should that beryllium to beryllium the case, Simons could miss up to 30 matches for nine and state crossed each competitions for the remainder of the calendar year.

Simons is guaranteed to miss the Netherlands’ 3 Group F matches astatine this summer’s World Cup against Japan, Sweden and Tunisia, arsenic good arsenic a warm-up fixture earlier the tourney begins against Algeria successful aboriginal June.

The 34-cap planetary is besides expected to miss each six of the Netherlands’ UEFA Nations League fixtures scheduled betwixt September and November this twelvemonth – location and distant games against Germany, Greece and Serbia.

At nine level, Simons could beryllium sidelined for the archetypal fractional of the 2026-27 season, and should Spurs debar relegation from the Premier League this term, they could person arsenic galore arsenic 18 top-flight fixtures pencilled into their diary up until the extremity of December this year.

This season, Spurs played 18 times successful the Premier League betwixt August and December 2025, arsenic good arsenic 2 EFL Cup ties, and a akin fixture program is acceptable to beryllium applied for the adjacent campaign, though Tottenham’s EFL Cup information volition beryllium connected however acold they advancement successful the tournament.

Since joining Spurs from RB Leipzig for a reported £51.8m successful August 2025, Simons has played 41 times for the North Londoners successful each competitions, scoring 5 goals and registering six assists.

Simons scored 3 of those goals crossed 10 Champions League outings earlier Spurs were beaten 8-5 connected aggregate by Atletico Madrid successful the past 16 – helium scored doubly successful a 3-2 second-leg triumph implicit the Spanish side.

The versatile playmaker has besides contributed to 7 goals (two goals, 5 assists) successful 28 Premier League games this term, with Tottenham presently sitting 17th successful the table and conscionable 1 constituent wide of the relegation portion with 3 matches remaining.

Head manager Roberto De Zerbi volition person to header without Simons for games against Leeds United, Chelsea and Everton, with Spurs facing the erstwhile successful North London connected Monday night.