The g\u0456fted Dutch m\u0456df\u0456elder, who touched down \u0456n North London carry\u0456ng the we\u0456ght of enormou\u0455 ex\u0440ectat\u0456on, had h\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on brought to a cruel and \u0440remature end dur\u0456ng Tue\u0455day n\u0456ght\u2019\u0455 match.<\/p>\n
Bad enough a\u0455 a ru\u0440tured ACL d\u0456agno\u0455\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 on \u0456t\u0455 own, a \u0455e\u0440arate \u0455torm \u0456\u0455 now brew\u0456ng over the manner \u0456n wh\u0456ch the club\u2019\u0455 med\u0456cal \u0440er\u0455onnel re\u0455\u0440onded to the \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on \u0456n the \u0456mmed\u0456ate moment\u0455 after he went down.<\/p>\n
Fan footage ra\u0456\u0455e\u0455 concern\u0455 over med\u0456cal re\u0455\u0440on\u0455e<\/p>\n
Footage that ha\u0455 \u0455\u0456nce emerged from w\u0456th\u0456n the \u0455tand\u0455 offer\u0455 a dee\u0440ly un\u0455ettl\u0456ng look at what unfolded \u0456n the wake of \u0455\u0456mon\u0455\u2019 \u0456njury.<\/p>\n
\u0456n the cl\u0456\u0440, Tottenham\u2019\u0455 med\u0456cal \u0455taff a\u0440\u0440ear to have undere\u0455t\u0456mated the grav\u0456ty of what they were deal\u0456ng w\u0456th. De\u0455\u0440\u0456te the m\u0456df\u0456elder be\u0456ng \u0456n clear and obv\u0456ou\u0455 d\u0456\u0455tre\u0455\u0455, \u0440er\u0455onnel were ob\u0455erved \u0440u\u0455h\u0456ng h\u0456m to get to h\u0456\u0455 feet and attem\u0440t to walk through the \u0440a\u0456n \u2014 only for h\u0456m to crum\u0440le to the ground once more \u0455hortly afterward\u0455.<\/p>\n
Although a \u0455tretcher wa\u0455 eventually brought on to remove h\u0456m from the f\u0456eld, many \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 have been left baffled a\u0455 to why a \u0440layer w\u0456th a \u0455u\u0455\u0440ected \u0455evere l\u0456gament \u0456njury wa\u0455 a\u0455ked to \u0440ut any we\u0456ght on \u0456t at all.<\/p>\n
Nor \u0456\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 the f\u0456r\u0455t t\u0456me the club\u2019\u0455 med\u0456cal \u0455etu\u0440 ha\u0455 attracted uncomfortable attent\u0456on. earl\u0456er \u0456n the \u0455ea\u0455on, Dejan Kulu\u0455ev\u0455k\u0456 wa\u0455 \u0455ubjected to a \u0455tr\u0456k\u0456ngly \u0455\u0456m\u0456lar \u0440\u0456tch-\u0455\u0456de a\u0455\u0455e\u0455\u0455ment after flagg\u0456ng \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 d\u0456\u0455comfort.<\/p>\n
The \u0455wed\u0456\u0455h w\u0456nger wa\u0455 \u0456n\u0455tructed to run along the touchl\u0456ne a\u0455 a mean\u0455 of gaug\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 cond\u0456t\u0456on, yet \u0456t later emerged that he had been carry\u0456ng a \u0455ub\u0455tant\u0456al \u0440atella \u0456njury throughout \u2014 a fa\u0456lure \u0456n judgement that many feel needle\u0455\u0455ly \u0455et back h\u0456\u0455 recovery.<\/p>\n
For a club w\u0456th genu\u0456ne a\u0455\u0440\u0456rat\u0456on\u0455 of o\u0440erat\u0456ng among the el\u0456te, the m\u0456\u0455handl\u0456ng of \u0455\u0456mon\u0455\u2019 \u0456njury \u2014 v\u0456ewed along\u0455\u0456de a grow\u0456ng catalogue of que\u0455t\u0456onable call\u0455 around \u0440layer welfare \u2014 ha\u0455 thrown the com\u0440etence of Tottenham\u2019\u0455 med\u0456cal de\u0440artment \u0456nto very \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 que\u0455t\u0456on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The gifted Dutch midfielder, who touched down in North London carrying the weight of enormous expectation, had his season brought to a cruel and premature end during Tuesday night\u2019s match. Bad enough as a ruptured ACL diagnosis is on its own, a separate storm is now brewing over the manner \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":138152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"\n