Exclusive: Tottenham losing £145,000-a-day as injury crisis deepens
Tottenham are paying out more than £1million per week to players currently sidelined through injury, sources have told Football Insider.
Thomas Frank has endured a difficult start to life at Spurs, but the injury situation isn’t helping his cause.
Tottenham started their 2-2 draw against Manchester City on Sunday (1 February) without 11 first-team players.
James Maddison, Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Micky van de Ven, Ben Davies, Lucas Bergvall, Richarlison, Pedro Porro, Dejan Kulusevski, Kevin Danso and Djed Spence all missed the clash in north London.
Tottenham captain Cristian Romero, who was withdrawn at half-time through illness, took to social media on Monday (2 February) to vent his frustrations at the situation, labelling it “disgraceful” his side only had 11 senior players available against Man City.
How much are Tottenham’s injured stars earning?
Sources have told Football Insider Tottenham are paying £1.02m per week – or just over £145,000 each day – to players currently sidelined through injury.
Maddison is likely to miss the rest of the season with an anterior crucial ligament injury, with the midfielder believed to be earning £170k a week, the highest wage of the injured Spurs stars.
Kudus is expected to be out until April with a thigh injury, costing Tottenham 150k per week in his absence.
Kulusevski, who rakes in around £110k weekly, is yet to feature this season after being sidelined with a knee injury.
Elsewhere, Van de Ven and Richarlison both earn £90k a week, with Porro banking £85k, Davies receiving £80k and Bentancur on £75k.
Danso’s wage is worth £65k per week, while Bergvall is on £60k and Spence is understood to be the lowest earner of the injured stars at £40k.
How Tottenham responded to injury crisis in January transfer window
Despite the injury crisis, Tottenham decided against strengthening heavily in the January transfer window.
Spurs signed midfielder Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid for around £35m, with Brazilian left-back Souza joining from Santos for £13m.
It was believed the north London giants could bring in more new faces before the window closed on Monday, but there was little activity.
James Wilson joined on loan from Hearts, with Spurs holding an option to buy the 18-year-old striker at the end of the season.
Tottenham sit 14th in the Premier League table after fighting back from two goals down to claim a draw against Man City.
Frank is now preparing his side to take on in-form Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday (7 February).
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