{"id":50729,"date":"2026-04-28T18:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=50729"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:08:25","slug":"tottenhams-nightmare-season-4-acl-injuries-3-managers-just-2-home-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/tottenhams-nightmare-season-4-acl-injuries-3-managers-just-2-home-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham\u2019s nightmare season: 4 ACL injuries, 3 managers, just 2 home wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s 2025\/26 Premier League season has spiralled into crisis, captured in one viral statistic: <strong>4 ACL injuries, 3 managers, and only 2 home wins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The latest blow came when attacking midfielder <strong>Xavi Simons<\/strong>\u00a0ruptured his right anterior cruciate ligament during Spurs\u2019 1-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 23-year-old was stretchered off and will miss the remainder of the campaign plus the summer World Cup. Club statements confirmed the ACL tear, leaving Simons \u201cheartbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simons joined three other players sidelined by ACL ruptures this season: <strong>James Maddison<\/strong>(pre-season), <strong>Radu Dragusin<\/strong>\u00a0(December 2025), and <strong>Wilson Odobert<\/strong>(February 2026 during a loss to Newcastle). That\u2019s four serious knee injuries in a little over a year, with only Dragusin and Maddison recently returning in limited capacity. The club has faced calls to investigate its medical and training protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Managerial instability has compounded the damage. Thomas Frank started the season but was sacked in February after a 2-1 home defeat to Newcastle left Spurs in 16th and following early cup exits. Igor Tudor lasted just 44 days as interim before his dismissal on 29 March. <strong>Roberto De Zerbi<\/strong>\u00a0was appointed as the third head coach, tasked with steering the side away from the drop zone.<\/p>\n<p>Home form has been catastrophic. Spurs recorded just two Premier League victories at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium all season: 3-0 against Burnley on the opening day (16 August 2025) and 2-0 against Brentford on 6 December. They have failed to win any league game at home in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>After 34 matches, Tottenham sit on 34 points with a negative goal difference, fighting to avoid relegation. The combination of devastating injuries, rapid coaching changes, and home ground sterility has created a perfect storm for one of the club\u2019s most difficult modern campaigns. A major summer rebuild now looks essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s 2025\/26 Premier League season has spiralled into crisis, captured in one viral statistic: 4 ACL injuries, 3 managers,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":50730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50731,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50729\/revisions\/50731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}