Player Watch Player Watch: Micky van de Ven

[HildoSpur]

Media reports this morning that the club fear it’s months rather than weeks and he could require surgery

Not unexpected but still awful news. He certainly won't be back before the new year. Let's hope he makes a full recovery.

 

[Tucker]

Better to have the surgery and sort it out than to soldier on and come back too soon (see Sessegnon.)

 

[cjbyid]

Yeah after the initial disappoint I think it's better he gets it fully healed.

No point in trying to rush him back.

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Media reports this morning that the club fear it’s months rather than weeks and he could require surgery

Let’s wait for official confirmation before speculating

 

[philll]

Anyone with eyes would say "months not weeks" looking at how he went off. It feels like any hopes of it somehow luckily being a shorter recovery time are diminishing to zero. If he's out until after the January transfer window at least it might force us to go out and get another proper centre back (depending on how whoever takes his spot when Cuti is back does of course).

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Anyone with eyes would say "months not weeks" looking at how he went off. It feels like any hopes of it somehow luckily being a shorter recovery time are diminishing to zero. If he's out until after the January transfer window at least it might force us to go out and get another proper centre back (depending on how whoever takes his spot when Cuti is back does of course).

Should have been done in the Summer, let alone January.

No excuses not to be brining in one now, the first week of the window.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Anyone with eyes would say "months not weeks" looking at how he went off. It feels like any hopes of it somehow luckily being a shorter recovery time are diminishing to zero. If he's out until after the January transfer window at least it might force us to go out and get another proper centre back (depending on how whoever takes his spot when Cuti is back does of course).

Yeah the difference between VDV vs Chelsea and Johnson in the NLD was huge and suggests it is much more serious.

As I said above it was reminiscent of Toby vs Madrid at Wembley, which kept him out from 1st November until the end of January.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

He could barley walk, would be shocked if he’s back for city.

All depends on the grade of the tear and if he needs an op or not.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

I would imagine the club will have a decent idea of the severity by now (a couple of days later). The bruising will be coming out and if it's significant and covering most of the hamstring that will be a sign it's likely a Grade 3 tear.

You can get bruising and swelling with Grade 2 but it will be much more significant with a Grade 3.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Neto is back after the international break, yet he went off on a stretcher in some distress:

 

[Japhet]

Better to have the surgery and sort it out than to soldier on and come back too soon (see Sessegnon.)

Sessegnon had surgery months ago didn't he?

 

[spursfan77]

Let’s wait for official confirmation before speculating

Yep, just because someone has read it on Twitter doesn’t make it true. He’s probably only had the scan today.

 

[Tucker]

Sessegnon had surgery months ago didn't he?

He did, but there are reports that he really should have had it long before that, and was soldiering on in the hope that all would be fine.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Neto is back after the international break, yet he went off on a stretcher in some distress:

Can he play CB for us?

Just joking matey, good share and lets hope its something similar for Micky, we'd all take that right now.

 

[SpursSince1980]

Media reports this morning that the club fear it’s months rather than weeks and he could require surgery

Question is… what reports?

 

[allatsea]

Question is… what reports?

Excellent question. Why do people post and then not say where the information is coming from ?

 

[Gb160]

Excellent question. Why do people post and then not say where the information is coming from

When people post like that, I just instantly file it under ‘twitter’.
Especially if none of the reputable outlets have a whisper of it.

 

[yankspurs]

Any updates here?

 

[TOLBINY]

Neto is back after the international break, yet he went off on a stretcher in some distress:

Might want to get the Wolves medical team to have a look at VDV - ours seem poor at managing injuries.

 

[philll]

Any updates here?

Do you see any updates here?