Dejan Kulusevski

[billyiddo]

I've been away for a couple of months and can't quite grasp that we've had a manager come and go and I've not seen a sing;le game that he managed!

Count your blessings

 

[metalgear]

Relearn walking and running? Do you think he's been stuck in a wheelchair for the last year?

his type of surgery - unlike keyhole for ACLs - probably requires a tourniquet around his thigh as a preventative measure (just in case they sever a major blood vessel). this has the effect of disabling the finer ends of the nervous system in the leg. My post-op physio mentioned up to 30-40% muscle memory loss, for up to an hour of surgery.

don't have to relearn walking and running, but first touch and instinctive turns and dribbling - skills that kulu thrives on will be affected. he will have to relearn or reactivate them.

 

[DubSpur]

his type of surgery - unlike keyhole for ACLs - probably requires a tourniquet around his thigh as a preventative measure (just in case they sever a major blood vessel). this has the effect of disabling the finer ends of the nervous system in the leg. My post-op physio mentioned up to 30-40% muscle memory loss, for up to an hour of surgery.

don't have to relearn walking and running, but first touch and instinctive turns and dribbling - skills that kulu thrives on will be affected. he will have to relearn or reactivate them.

There's a lot of assumptions there. Without any of us knowing the details of his surgery or being even qualified to have any idea of the outcome of his surgery I think guessing should be left aside and just wait to see how he comes back. Makes zero sense to just write off a top player because he might not come back at 100% with no evidence either way.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

i did a knee surgery and was off my foot for 2 months and light walking for another 2 and felt i lost a lot of muscle memory
not saying kulu can't make it - the question is how much risk are you willing to accomodate to get to top 4.

No guarantees with knee surgery, I've known family and friends have mixed results and 2 surgeons have confirmed my concerns, it's why I won't have replacement op.

 

[metalgear]

There's a lot of assumptions there. Without any of us knowing the details of his surgery or being even qualified to have any idea of the outcome of his surgery I think guessing should be left aside and just wait to see how he comes back. Makes zero sense to just write off a top player because he might not come back at 100% with no evidence either way.

you may not have seen this


said he should be on the field by November and then recently had to have another surgery




no videos of him strength training his legs or kicking a ball so far. last match was May 2025.

at this rate maddison will be featuring in a match sooner, a testament to how advanced ACL surgeries have become.

 

[Gutter Boy]

you may not have seen this
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said he should be on the field by November and then recently had to have another surgery


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no videos of him strength training his legs or kicking a ball so far. last match was May 2025.

at this rate maddison will be featuring in a match sooner, a testament to how advanced ACL surgeries have become.

ACLs have always been 6 month recoveries, going back to the late 80s when they first came in. If anything the last two we've seen (Bentancur and Dragusin) have taken longer (9 months) and had less successful outcomes (some notable performance decline) than normal

 

[DubSpur]

you may not have seen this
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said he should be on the field by November and then recently had to have another surgery


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no videos of him strength training his legs or kicking a ball so far. last match was May 2025.

at this rate maddison will be featuring in a match sooner, a testament to how advanced ACL surgeries have become.

What's he training in this clip if it's not his legs?

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[SteveAWOL]

What's he training in this clip if it's not his legs?

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Perhaps he overdid it in February which is why he had to undergo the 2nd surgical procedure in March.

Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski insists his ‘knee is great now’ after second surgery

Two weeks ago, Kulusevski had a minor surgical intervention to clean up the knee that has left him unable to play since May 2025.

www.nytimes.com