Tottenham: Mathys Tel 'on crutches' as Roberto De Zerbi fears 'bad injury' in huge blow

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Young French forward could be set for a significant spell on the sidelines

Roberto De Zerbi fears Mathys Tel could be out for a significant period after suffering a “bad injury” during Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat to Leeds.

Tel was on the receiving end of a heavy challenge from Leeds defender Jayden Bogle, who landed with his studs up on the Frenchman’s left Achillies as he contested for the ball shortly before half-time.

Despite initially trying to play on, Tel eventually signalled to come off and was replaced by Dominic Solanke.

Bogle’s challenge was looked at by VAR, but after a four-minute review for a possible red card they opted not to send referee John Brooks to the monitor, and Bogle escaped punishment entirely.

Tel was later seen leaving Elland Road on crutches and with a protective boot on as he made his way to Spurs’ team bus, and De Zerbi admits the initial prognosis is not encouraging.

“Bad injury, and now we have to make the medical check,” De Zerbi said in his post-match press conference.

Asked whether VAR should have sent Brooks to the monitor to look at Bogle’s challenge again, De Zerbi insisted he still had full confidence in VAR.

“Nothing changes if he goes to watch the clip or not. I think there was the VAR, and if they didn’t take the right decision, I don’t know. But we have confidence, we have to keep our eyes on the performance where we can improve.”

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