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title: "Roberto De Zerbi shares what he really thinks about Tottenham’s medical department"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Vishal Subramanian"
section: "Tottenham News"
published: "2026-10-24T06:38:58Z"
modified: "2026-10-24T06:38:59Z"
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# Roberto De Zerbi shares what he really thinks about Tottenham’s medical department

**Tottenham Hotspur’s injury woes over the past three seasons are well documented.**

In fact, they were plunged into two relegation battles due to most of their key players not being available.

Naturally, a lot has been said about their medical department since, especially with key players like Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert still on the sidelines.

Roberto De Zerbi, however, doesn’t feel like they are to be blamed for Tottenham’s injury woes.

## Roberto De Zerbi defends Tottenham medical team

“It’s football. I am convinced our medical staff this season is high level. I follow them. I believe in them,” said the Spurs boss via [Football London](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/de-zerbi-tottenham-maddison-kulusevski-34808512).

“I have big confidence because I know how they are working and I think they are good enough to believe in them. We are suffering a normal situation in football.”

“I can say in the last six games \[of last season\] there were many, many injuries but the focus was totally different and this season we can speak about Pedro Porro’s injury.

> “We have the quality to play well and to win the game.”\
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> Watch Roberto De Zerbi preview our trip to Chelsea on the official Spurs app.\
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> — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) [October 23, 2026](https://x.com/SpursOfficial/status/2113707026068980142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

“Pedro played at the World Cup. He won the World Cup. He came \[back\] after two or three weeks, maybe with the head or the body; he didn’t recover enough to start this season without the pre-season.

“He already suffered in the World Cup the muscular problem of the hamstring. He felt it in the training session and played anyway against Aston Villa because he pushed to come back before the right time, and he suffered another injury. What is the responsibility of the medical staff?

To be fair to the gaffer, he does have a point. Maybe it’s all just a combination of bad luck and unfortunate coincidences, but the sooner Tottenham get out of this mess, the better.

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