Tottenham Hotspur star Dejan Kulusevski has not played for the Premier League team this season due to a long-term injury.
He suffered a knee injury in May 2025, causing him to miss Spurs’ Europa League final victory over Manchester United.
Due to injury, the Tottenham player will miss Sweden’s World Cup qualifier against Ukraine later this month. Sweden manager Graham Potter has left him out of the squad for the upcoming international break, having thought he would be available much sooner.
The 25-year-old last made an appearance for the north London club in a 2-0 league defeat to Crystal Palace on May 11 last year. He suffered an injury and was replaced by Mickey Moore in the 19th minute.
Timeline of the Tottenham star’s recovery process
Three days after the injury, Spurs confirmed that he had undergone successful surgery. Later that day, Anze Postecoglou, who was in charge of the club at the time, said that he would be out for “at least a few months”.
In August, reports stated that he would not return until the end of that year. On 9th September, Kulusevski got His “rehabilitation is going well” and he predicted a return to the field in the “very, very near future”.
- On 1 October, John Dahl Tomasson, who was the national team manager at the time, Spurs attacker explained He is in “a different phase of his rehabilitation”. Later that month, Sweden dismissed him and appointed Potter as his successor.
- Former Chelsea on 20 November the manager pointed out Kulusevski could return “around the New Year.”
- A month later, Potter was confident His players returned for the March international break, but optimism vanished in February. the coach accepted “It will be tough to get back in March.”
Earlier today, Potter announced his squad for the upcoming international break. After this he spoke to the media and soccer channel Has released his comments.
As well as the 25-year-old, Liverpool striker Alexander Isak is also a big miss for Sweden.
On the absence of both, he said: “Alexander Isak has made a lot of progress and is on the field. But the games are coming very quickly. Dejan is progressing but not as fast as we would like.”
What happened since Kulusevski played for Spurs?
There have been many developments at both the English club and national team since Dejan Kulusevski last arrived.
On May 21, 2025, Tottenham defeated Manchester United 1–0 to win the Europa League and secure a place in the Champions League. On 6 June, Tottenham parted ways with Anze Postecoglou, the manager who had helped them win the trophy.
Thomas Frank’s appointment was confirmed a few days later. In September of that year, Daniel Levy resigned as club president. A month later, Fabio Paratici returned, leaving him for Fiorentina in February.
Frank was dismissed on 11 February and Spurs appointed Igor Tudor until the end of the season.
Meanwhile, Sweden struggled in World Cup qualifiers and were dismissed [first time in their history] Tomasson. The national team appointed Potter in his place.
To recap, Kulusevski has yet to play under Tudor and Potter at Tottenham and Sweden respectively.
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