{"id":6294,"date":"2026-04-27T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/6294\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:00:09","slug":"netherlands-winger-xavi-simons-out-for-2026-world-cup-with-torn-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/6294\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands winger Xavi Simons out for 2026 World Cup with torn ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur winger Xavi Simons sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during a win over Wolves on Saturday in Wolverhampton, England. Photo by Andy Rain\/EPA<\/p>\n<p>April 27 (UPI) &#8212; Tottenham Hotspur winger Xavi Simons will not play for the Netherlands in the 2026 World Cup due to a torn ACL, Spurs announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tottenhamhotspur.com\/news\/1061881\/injury-update-xavi-simons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simons will undergo surgery<\/a> in the coming weeks and begin his rehabilitation with the club&#8217;s medical team. Simons, who sustained the right knee injury in the second half of Spurs&#8217; 1-0 win over Wolves on Saturday in Wolverhampton, England, said he is &#8220;heartbroken.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They say life can be cruel and today it feels that way,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXnD9pTiJtt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simons wrote Sunday<\/a> on Instagram, Facebook and X. &#8220;My season has come to an abrupt end and I&#8217;m just trying to process it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I&#8217;m heartbroken. None of it makes sense. All I&#8217;ve wanted to do is fight for my team and now the ability to do that has been snatched away from me&#8230;along with the World Cup. Representing my country this summer&#8230;just gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Simons totaled five goals and six assists over 41 appearances across all 2025-26 competitions for Spurs (8-16-10), who are in 18th place in the Premier League standings.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone at Tottenham Hotspur sends Xavi our love and support,&#8221; Spurs said. &#8220;We will be with him every step of the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spurs, who are in danger of relegation, sit two points behind 17th-place West Ham (9-16-9). Wolves (3-23-8) and Burnley (4-22-8) already confirmed their relegation to the Championship, the second tier of English soccer.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs will battle fifth-place Aston Villa (17-10-7) in another Premier League match at 2 p.m. EDT Sunday in Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands will host Algeria in a pre-World Cup friendly June 3 in Rotterdam. The Dutch will take on Japan in a Group F opener at the 2026 World Cup on June 14 in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;ll take time to find peace with this, but I&#8217;ll continue to be the best teammate I can be,&#8221; Simons said. &#8220;I have no doubt that together we&#8217;ll win this fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll walk this path now, guided by faith, with strength, with resilience, with belief, as I count down the days to getting back out there. Be patient with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ahead-of-the-2026-World-Cup-a-look-at-recent-winners_1_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"645\" height=\"431\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates with the FIFA World Cup trophy after Argentina&#8217;s 2022 FIFA World Cup Final win &#8212; its third tournament trophy &#8212; at Lusail Stadium in Lusail City, Qatar, on December 18, 2022. 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