Ange Postecoglou will be concerned after Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven was withdrawn from the new 26 Netherlands national team.
It has not been the most positive start to Postecoglou’s second full season in charge of Tottenham.
After three Premier League matches the North London outfit have picked up just four points, with their most recent result a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United at St James’ Park on Sunday (1 September).
Micky van de ven send three word message on instagram after the Dutch manager decided to leave him out of New selected 26 nether land players
Therefore, the Australian will need all of his players fit and firing after the international break, especially with Arsenal set to visit the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 15 September.
However, it appears as though van de Ven is unlikely to be at 100 per cent for the North London derby.
Hey, ‘member that time? When Micky van de Ven? Like, went into a tackle and his knee looked like it buckled the wrong way? And ‘member how he was, like on the ground? For a long time? And then got back up again and played like he was okay? And then, like didn’t play for Spurs in Sunday’s loss at Newcastle ? ‘Member that?
That was awesome.
Well, I have more good news for you — and you can interpret “good” as either something ironic or completely straight truth, depending on how you like to interpret Rorschach tests. Because according to the Internet™, Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman has replaced Micky in the Oranje team with Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke, because of Micky’s injury, assumedly the same one he sustained against Everton and that kept him out of the Newcastle lineup.
Now here’s where your ability to read news headlines clashes right into your general outlook on life. Because I can guarantee half of you read that are are all Oh FUCK Micky’s seriously hurt he’s gonna be out months and we’re screwed and the other half of you are Thank God, now Micky can rest for two weeks so he’ll be back in time for us to kick Arsenal’s butts in the North London Derby.
Now here’s where your ability to read news headlines clashes right into your general outlook on life. Because I can guarantee half of you read that are are all Oh FUCK Micky’s seriously hurt he’s gonna be out months and we’re screwed and the other half of you are Thank God, now Micky can rest for two weeks so he’ll be back in time for us to kick Arsenal’s butts in the North London Derby.
The truth is likely somewhere in the middle. Yes, it’s not GREAT that Micky is apparently hurt enough to miss both the Newcastle match and get recalled from international duty, but spending time recuperating is certainly better than limping around at 50% or whatever playing stupid Nations League matches with his national team and possibly prolonging whatever’s wrong with him.
So I choose to be optimistic. We didn’t get anything from Ange (and he pointedly avoided talking about Micky in his pre-match presser) and we might not, but I choose to believe he’ll be okay.
