James Maddison suffers ‘brutal’ knee injury in Son Spurs Farewell Match

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison suffered a knee injury on Sunday during his pre-season match against Newcastle United in the Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Leave in the 1-1 draw, Maddison went down during an off-the-ball incident where he seemed to adjust his knee. He then had to be stretched off the field.

Maddison, 28, had recently returned from a seasonal knee injury, which he had sustained in May.

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«The injury of James Maddison looks bad. It was a cheeky moment,» said Spurs -Baas Thomas Frank after the game. «We are pretty sure that it was the same knee that he previously wounded.»

The highlight of the pre-season friendly was the second half of the second half of son Heung-Min in probably his last match for Tottenham. The 33-year-old captain was surrounded by both sets of players before he finally sat in tears on the couch.

I think that sometimes in life and football things can be both beautiful and cheeky, «Frank added.» That’s what we have today. It looks like Madders, a bad injury and then on the other hand, incredible scenes for son of his teammates and the respect of the Newcastle players. «