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Spurs launch review after season of injury woe
Key takeaways
- PA Media Image caption, Xavi Simons is one of several Spurs players to have suffered a serious knee injury in the past 12 months
- Spurs avoided relegation on the final day of the season thanks to a 1-0 win over Everton but their difficult campaign was beset by a constant flow of injuries to key players.
- The club are now carrying out an internal audit - led by performance director Dan Lewindon, who joined the club from the City Football Group earlier this year - to work out why their season was so badly disrupted.
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PA Media Image caption, Xavi Simons is one of several Spurs players to have suffered a serious knee injury in the past 12 months
Senior football correspondent Published8 minutes ago Tottenham have launched an extensive review into why their season was heavily affected by fitness issues, with a key focus on the "unusual" spate of anterior cruciate ligament injuries.
Spurs avoided relegation on the final day of the season thanks to a 1-0 win over Everton but their difficult campaign was beset by a constant flow of injuries to key players.
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