Ange Postecoglou has revealed that the constant absence of Micky van de Ven Tottenham was looking for help from external help to understand the stress of his extreme speed on his hamstring muscles.
Van de Ven has not completed 90 minutes since October when he came to Manchester City in a Carabao Cup.
He suffered a repeat on his return to Chelsea in December and played 45 minutes against Elfsborg on January 30 and has not appeared since.
“He's just understanding his body,” said Postecoglou. 'You look at the experts in that space and there are people who look at it in different ways, because he is an elite athlete, but he is also at the extremities of speed and with those athletes you look at how they are at the optimum level Perform without jeopardizing their bodies.
'He does a number of different things and works with some different people.
'We have had a few people externally to him and have given him and our employees some guidance and information. It is not so much about the injury, but about the mechanics of him and ensuring that his body is better equipped to process the type of athlete it is.
“He is still a very young man in terms of football experience and his career. What you want is Micky to play at the best possible level for 10 years, this gives us the opportunity to tackle what we can do while we can become in the middle of the season to get him to the best possible level where he can go. '
Van de Ven, 23, is besieged by hamstring injuries since he arrived from Wolfsburg in the summer of 2023. He missed more than two months of his first season at Spurs.
He trains regularly and Postecoglou expects him back quickly, but says that a little extra caution will be an advantage in the long term at the moment.
“He was frustrated, but I had a good conversation with him,” said the Spursbaas. 'I think he just wanted to continue, but I told him that he still has a 10-year career for him and as soon as he is and fly well in his career, this period will seem insignificant, an extra two or three weeks.
'He is a large part of this football club, not only now but also for the future. It is in our interests, you must always protect your assets and it is a great asset to this football club.
“His career is much more important than doing some extra work for one or two weeks.”
Guglielmo Vicario, James Maddison and Destiny Udogie are all suitable for returning and to illuminate the Spurs injury crisis against Manchester United on Sunday, with Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner and Wilson Odobert all contrary to Ipswich opposite Ippswich a week later .
Van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke – three crucial players in the way Tottenham wants to play – will all be a little longer.
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