Tottenham Receive Injury Boost Ahead of West Ham as Star Back in Training
Tottenham Hotspur boss Thomas Frank applauding the supporters
Tottenham Hotspur’s defensive ranks will be improved upon in the coming weeks, the club have revealed – with footage on their X (formerly Twitter) account showing that Romanian defender Radu Dragusin is back in team training after a huge injury layoff.
Spurs massively struggled with injuries last season in their worst-ever Premier League campaign, only managing to finish 17th in the top-flight under Ange Postecoglou – and whilst performances weren’t great, that was due to the likes of diminutive teenager Archie Gray having to fill in whilst out of position at centre-back, essentially seeing them plummet in the Premier League.
Video: Tottenham Star Dragusin Now in Training, Could Return This Weekend
Tottenham Hotspur defender Radu Dragusin involved in an altercation with Luton Town midfielder Luke Berry
However, Dragusin is set to return to action in north London after an injury eight months ago – and he’s taken the current international break to prove his full fitness, with Tottenham releasing a 43-second-long video of Dragusin being back in training.
Dragusin’s injury has been ongoing since the end of January, where he suffered a cruciate ligament tear in the Europa League home win over Elfsborg – but he’ll now return to action to help out at the back, starting with the weekend’s Premier League clash with London rivals West Ham United.
Spurs star Dragusin joined them 18 months ago from Serie A side Genoa, and made his mark by stepping into their ranks from the get-go as they finished fifth under Postecoglou in 2023/24.
Starting four games in the Premier League, he won two and lost two of those, whilst he was also one of their starting defenders in the Europa League, as well as being a regular feature after Micky van de Ven’s layoff from injury, before suffering a knee injury himself.
GIVEMESPORT Key Statistic: Radu Dragusin has 27 caps for Romania, scoring once.
Dragusin, on paper, is likely the backup to Cristian Romero and Van de Ven, but there is no denying that Tottenham will look to benefit massively from Dragusin playing in the top-flight and the Champions League for rotation, alongside other backup star Kevin Danso.
Dragusin already has a lot of experience at the age of just 23. 40 appearances in Serie A, 25 in the Premier League and eight in European competitions have seen him marked as one of Romania’s finest products in years – and he’ll be hoping to tally up those appearances under Frank this season with Tottenham competing on all fronts.
