{"id":535369,"date":"2025-10-29T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/535369\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:52:11","slug":"tottenham-blow-as-midfielder-is-out-for-8-weeks-with-new-injury-joins-list-of-10-absent-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/535369\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham blow as midfielder is out for 8 weeks with new injury, joins list of 10 absent players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The injury woes continue for Thomas Frank as yet another Tottenham player has now been ruled out of action for the foreseeable future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/spurs-news\/thomas-frank-has-a-plan-to-prevent-another-injury-crisis-at-tottenham-this-season\/#:~:text=Thomas%20Frank%20has%20admitted%20that,digit%20absentees%20at%20certain%20times.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Frank has reiterated that plans are in place to avoid another injury crisis at Tottenham<\/a> this season, but it is fair to say that whatever the Dane\u2019s strategy is, it has not worked out so far.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/spurs-news\/tottenham-set-to-be-without-10-first-team-players-for-champions-league-clash-vs-monaco\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spurs have already had double-digit absentees at times at the early stage of the season<\/a>, with many of those on the treatment table being long-term absentees.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has just got worse, with another Tottenham midfielder going down with an injury.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/archie-gray022-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Archie Gray Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-352228\" \/>Credit: @myho_0218 \/ InstagramTottenham midfielder will miss eight weeks of action<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Tottenham\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/carabao-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carabao Cup<\/a> clash against Newcastle United this evening, news has now emerged that Archie Gray has picked up an injury.<\/p>\n<p>This information comes from The Sun\u2019s Jake Saunders, who does not provide information on what type of injury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/archie-gray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gray<\/a> has suffered.<\/p>\n<p>However, he reveals that the 19-year-old is expected to miss eight weeks of action, which severely depletes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/thomas-frank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Frank\u2019s<\/a> options.<\/p>\n<p>Gray joins Cristian Romero, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/james-maddison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Maddison<\/a>, Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/destiny-udogie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Destiny Udogie<\/a>, Ben Davies, Radu Dragusin, Kota Takai and Yves Bissouma on the injury table.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Understand Archie Gray is facing up to eight weeks out injured. Spurs now have just 15 fit senior outfield players.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Sanders (@JakeSanders92) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSanders92\/status\/1983330409330160038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Spurs are running out of midfielders<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/spurs-news\/looking-at-tottenhams-premier-league-fixtures-before-and-after-champions-league-games\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tottenham\u2019s schedule gets extremely busy over the next few months<\/a>, with fixtures coming thick and fast for the Lilywhites.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/spurs-news\/tottenham-midfielder-becomes-latest-squad-member-to-undergo-surgery-as-injuries-mount\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yves Bissouma is already out with a long-term injury<\/a>, and with Gray now joining him on the treatment table, it leaves Frank extremely short of options in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>It means that Tottenham now have just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/rodrigo-bentancur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rodrigo Bentancur<\/a>, Joao Palhinha and Pape Sarr as their three central midfield options, and if one of them were to go down with an injury, the Lilywhites may be in serious trouble.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>       Have something to tell us about this article? 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