Tottenham: James Maddison suffers ‘bad’ injury in pre-season friendly against Newcastle

Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank says the injury suffered by midfielder James Maddison during Sunday’s pre-season draw against Newcastle “looks bad”.

The former Leicester City playmaker, 28, pulled up off the ball seven minutes from time during Spurs’ 1-1 draw with the Magpies.

The England international looked in clear discomfort and had to be stretchered off from the field of play, while team-mate Son Heung-min, during his final appearance for the club, was visibly emotional watching on.

Frank says Maddison, who missed the Europa League final victory against Manchester United last season with a knee injury, has likely injured the same knee.

“Sometimes in life and football things can be both beautiful and brutal,” said Frank.

“That’s what we got today. It looks like with Madders a bad injury and then on the other side unbelievable scenes for Son from his team-mates and the respect from the Newcastle players.

“We’re pretty sure it was the same knee he injured before.”

Wales forward Brennan Johnson opened the scoring for Spurs within the first four minutes in Seoul, South Korea.

Former Leicester City winger Harvey Barnes equalised for Newcastle seven minutes before half-time.