Tottenham’s full back, Danny Rose, may be set for another long layoff as it is reported that the defender has suffered a relapse of the knee injury that had ruled him out for nine months.
Rose,coach Mauricio Pochettino’s most preferred option at left back, is renowned for his dynamism which enables him to effortlessly glide up and down the left side of the pitch stretching opponents. The Spurs defender, who has 14 caps to his credit at International level, has unarguably been the best left back in the Premier League untill his injury travails began. He had first ruptured his knee ligaments in a league match against Sunderland in January 2017, an injury which ruled him out for the best part of nine months. He came back in October when he came on as substitute in a Champions League group stage fixture against Real Madrid. A further eight starts were added untill the relapse.
Rose did not make the trip to South Wales for Spurs’ league clash with Swansea on Tuesday night and according to a Club source he had been feeling the knee in recent weeks and would undergo tests to determined the extent of the problem this week.
The length of Rose’s lay off is still a subject of speculation as he is yet to meet a specialist but what is categorically known is that he will not be an option for Pochettino in Spurs forthcoming fixtures against West Ham United in the League on Thursday and an FA Cup third-round match against AFC Wimbledon on Sunday.
The news is a significant blow for Spurs, and the 27-year-old who will have to be psychologically strong to battle back from another set back to a career that had barely caught the limelight.
Rose has previously said how difficult he found his injury absence, telling reporters in November: “It has been hard mentally watching the team do well over the last nine or 10 months. I am just grateful that I am back part of it.
“There are literally no words to describe how frustrating it has been. Even this season, sitting on the bench against Real Madrid [in the 3-1 win] — that wasn’t nice. It is nice that we won, but it is not nice when you want to be part of it.”
It leaves Spurs with just one fit left-back in Ben Davies, although Jan Vertonghen and youngster Kyle Walker-Peters can both cover there.