{"id":2109,"date":"2026-04-29T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:16:52","slug":"he-is-the-only-one-jamie-carragher-says-tottenham-survival-hopes-rest-on-one-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2109","title":{"rendered":"‘He is the only one’ – Jamie Carragher says Tottenham survival hopes rest on one player"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jamie Carragher believes Tottenham\u2019s hopes of completing a great escape and avoiding relegation could rely entirely on just one man.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spurs continue to be hamstrung by serious injuries, with Xavi Simons becoming the latest Tottenham star to tear his ACL.<\/p>\n

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The attacking midfielder joins a long list of injured players on the treatment table at Hotspur Way, and his absence comes as a huge blow to Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s men, who are running out of games to secure their Premier League status.<\/p>\n

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Injured player<\/strong><\/td>\nInjury<\/strong><\/td>\nPotential Return<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilson Odobert<\/td>\nKnee<\/td>\nNovember 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dejan Kulusevski<\/td>\nKnee<\/td>\nMay 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mohammed Jerusalem<\/td>\nQuad<\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Davies<\/td>\nAnkle<\/td>\nMid April 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Vicar<\/td>\nHernia<\/td>\nMay 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christian Romero<\/td>\nKnee<\/td>\nJune 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Destiny Udogie<\/td>\nMuscular<\/td>\nMay 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pape Matar Sarr<\/td>\nSholulder<\/td>\nMay 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xavi Simons<\/td>\nKnee<\/td>\n2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominic Solanke<\/td>\nHamstring<\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

Spurs find themselves two points off West Ham in 17th place with four games left, and a Sky Sports pundit believes that only one man can get them out of trouble.<\/p>\n

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Jamie Carragher claims James Maddison could save Tottenham from relegation<\/h2>\n

James Maddison was an unused substitute against Brighton and Wolves as the 29-year-old steps up his recovery after missing the entire season with an ACL injury.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that Spurs are hopeful that Maddison could feature for them before the end of the season, and Carragher believes the former Leicester City star is the only one who can provide the creativity and spark that the Lilywhites need to get out of trouble.<\/p>\n

The former Liverpool centre-back told Sky Sports: \u201cSpurs have been really unfortunate with injuries. If they didn\u2019t have this injury record they wouldn\u2019t be in this position. However, they have had ACL injuries to three players in the same position, Kulusevski, Maddison and now Simons.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now I feel Maddison, who is returning from injury, may have to play a role in terms of keeping Tottenham up. He is the only one I can think of in terms of doing something special. He\u2019s got that quality I mention in terms of Jarrod Bowen and Morgan Gibbs-White.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is coming back from a big injury and we might only be talking about 15 to 20 minutes off the bench, but he is the only one when I look at that squad and think he could produce that little bit of magic Spurs need, especially in the away games at Aston Villa and Chelsea.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I think of the Spurs players and that little bit of fear of going down, and it may have gone a little after the win at Wolves, but Maddison would continue to take the ball. He\u2019d still want to take it no matter what the situation. For Spurs to stay up, I feel he has a role to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carragher explains why he fears for Spurs ahead of final run-in<\/h2>\n

Carragher is not too hopeful that De Zerbi\u2019s men can pull themselves out of the bottom three in the remaining four matches.<\/p>\n

The pundit suggested that, unlike their relegation rivals, who have plenty of quality in the forward areas, it is difficult to see how Tottenham are going to find the back of the net.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be really tough for Spurs. The fans will now be thinking they have won a game of football \u2013 they haven\u2019t won a game of football all year and it\u2019s hard to comprehend that. However, their rivals West Ham and Nottingham Forest both won also. If you add that to the injuries they got at the weekend, even though they have won a game, they are actually in a worse position than last week because they\u2019ve got the easiest game on paper out of the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWest Ham and Nottingham Forest have difficult fixtures on paper, there\u2019s no doubt about that, but when you look at the players they both have and with both playing with a front four, Morgan Gibbs-White or Jarrod Bowen, Spurs don\u2019t have a player in the attack that can even come close to either of those players. That is what worries me for Spurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter watching the Wolves game and also the injuries in attack, who is going to score a goal for Spurs? Who is going to create something? I look at the games they\u2019ve got at Aston Villa and at Chelsea. They are tough games no matter how you are playing or how good a team you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

But I can\u2019t see them scoring a goal. If they do score, I can only see it being one so they have to then keep a clean sheet to win the game, so I find it difficult to make a case for them in those two games. That then puts huge pressure on the home games against Leeds and Everton.\u201d<\/p>\n