Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven ‘will not require surgery’ after limping off with a hamstring injury against Chelsea… but the £43m star is still set for an extended spell on the sidelines

• Micky van de Ven will be out for a while but reportedly does not require surgery
• The defender has been a pivotal part of Ange Postecoglou’s team since signing
• Why we should get excited about Cole Palmer – Listen here to It’s All Coming Up

Micky van de Ven will reportedly not need surgery on the hamstring injury that hauled him off in Tottenham’s 4-1 defeat to Chelsea. 

The centre-back pulled up clutching his hamstring after a footrace with Nicolas Jackson towards the end of the first half and was replaced by Eric Dier. 

There are fears he could be out for months after he was helped off the field. 

In welcome news for Spurs fans, The Athletic reports that the 22-year-old won’t require surgery on the injury, though he could still be out for some time. 

Van de Ven has been in shining form since joining in the summer for £43million from Wolfsburg, where he once suffered a similar injury and was out for around ten weeks. 

Micky van de Ven will reportedly not need surgery after his hamstring injury against Chelsea

The Tottenham defender was substituted in the first half after a footrace with Nicolas Jackson

His loss is a significant blow for Ange Postecoglou and he could still be out for some time

His speed has helped Ange Postecoglou enforce a high defensive line, a key component of his footballing philosophy. 

Postecoglou described the severity of his injury as ‘pretty significant’ in the immediate aftermath of the game against Chelsea. 

It was a thoroughly miserable day for Spurs who also lost James Maddison to injury and received two red cards.

Minutes after Van de Ven’s withdrawal, Maddison went down in the penalty area and was replaced by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, though Postecoglou seemed less worried about his knock. 

Cristian Romero fouled Enzo Fernandez to give away a penalty in the first period and Destiny Udogie saw red after the break.

Spurs had taken the lead through Dejan Kulusevski just six minutes in, but Cole Palmer levelled from the penalty spot after 35 minutes.

James Maddison also had to come off in the 4-1 defeat, though his blow is not seen to be as bad

Jackson stoled the headline with a late hat-trick on a torrid day for Spurs, involving two injuries and two red cards

A nine-man Spurs battled hard and retained their risky high line but eventually came unstuck to a Jackson hat-trick.

Jackson scored in the 75th minute and added two more in stoppage time to hand Postecoglou his first league defeat as Spurs manager and give Mauricio Pochettino a crucial London derby win.   

It was one of the craziest Premier League games of all time, with crunching challenges, petulant kicks, penalty claims, disallowed goals, potential elbows, and a full-blooded atmosphere. 

Mark Clattenburg likened it to a sequel to the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 2016, where Spurs threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 and surrendered their pursuit of Leicester City in the Premier League title race. 

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