Julius OkorieNigeria born England international and Tottenham forward, Dominic Solanke, will be out for at least six weeks, no thanks to knee injury, it has been confirmed.
Tottenham Manager Ange Postecoglou gave the hint on Thursday.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelSolanke sustained the injury in training last week and missed the Premier League game against Everton on Sunday and Thursday’s Europa League win against Hoffenheim.
“With Dom, the information now is that we are looking at around the six-week mark,” Postecoglou said after his team’s 3-2 win in Germany. “No surgery. Maybe we can get him back a little bit earlier, just see how he progresses.
“But, at this stage, it’s saying around six weeks.”
Solanke was a £55 million ($68 million) signing from Bournemouth in the offseason and has scored 11 goals in 29 appearances for Spurs.
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Tottenham have been reeling from injuries in recent weeks, with Postecoglou adding Pape Matar Sarr to the list ahead of the trip to Hoffenheim. Other key first-team players missing for Spurs include; Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, and Brennan Johnson.
Meanwhile, New Zealand forward, Chris Wood, has signed a two-year contract extension with Nottingham Forest until 2027. Wood has scored 14 Premier League goals to help Forest climb to third in the table.
The 33-year-old, initially joined Forest on loan from Newcastle in January 2023, with the deal becoming permanent at the end of the season.
‘I am very excited and very happy to have it completed and done, and I am looking forward to the next couple of years, at least,’ Wood said on the Forest club website.
Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis, feels Wood’s positive attitude has played a big part in his achievements so far.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
