A former defender of Tottenham can be forced to retire out of the game two months earlier than planned, after a devastating thigh injury.
The player in question, who spent six seasons in North Londs, revealed earlier this season that he would hang his boots to the conclusion of the current campaign.
Currently, the captain of his Boyhood Club Royal Antwerp, the Belgian Center-Back, was set to say goodbye to football on 25 May at the end of the competition season, depending on the progression of the club in the play-offs.
With only five minutes left in the clock in the stalling of the Reds with Standard Liège, the Toby Alderweireld, 36, stopped after a tackle.
Since then, it has been confirmed that Alderweireld has torn his quadriceps muscle, which is an injury that can take up to three months to recover, so that he can possibly exclude the rest of the season.
A statement from Royal Antwerp wrote: 'Recovery of such injuries often takes a considerable period, which unfortunately makes Toby's appearance uncertain.
'From today everything is focused on his rehabilitation. I wish you a quick recovery, captain! '
Alderweirald, who was born in Antwerp, joined the Reds in 2022 and won both the Belgian competition – the very first – and the club's cup in its very first season.
The next term, the Belgian, which Captain was on the part – also Royal Antwerp was to the Champions League Group phases for the first time in the history of the club.
In November, after the international pension of the previous year, he announced 'with almost certainty' that he would leave the sport when the current season comes.
Alderweireld has now been established with the prospect of a heartbreaking end of both his career and time in his hometown team, is determined to fight with every ounce of his being to beat the chances and to contain it again this season.
“I never expected this … At the moment I don't have the words for this,” Alderweireld wrote on social media. 'What I do know is that I will do everything I can do to wear that beautiful shirt again.
'To be the captain of the most beautiful club in the world again … It will be a tough fight against the time, and I know I am not on the winning side.
'I want to thank everyone for the heart -warming messages and the support I received. You are all fantastic! '
Alderweireld joined Tottenham from Atletico Madrid in the summer of 2015, after a season loan in Southampton.
The defender played 236 times in all matches for Spurs and was a key figure in the side that reached the Champions League final in 2019.
After six years in the club, Alderweirald finally left for Qatar-Kant Al-Duhail, where he would only spend one season before he returned to his home country.
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