The hits keep coming for Tottenham Hotspur Women this offseason. First, Spurs were unable to secure a deal to bring in Grace Clinton from Manchester United after a season where she excelled in midfield, then the news this week that Spurs had sold Celin Bizet to United for £60k.
Today there’s more bad news — the club announced that attacking midfielder and club stalwart Kit Graham suffered an ACL injury in training and will miss a substantial amount of time. She is set to undergo surgery, and the club did not release a timetable as to when we might expect her back.
We can confirm that Kit Graham has suffered an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury in her left knee.
We’re all here to support you, Kit
— Tottenham Hotspur Women (@SpursWomen) September 5, 2024
This sucks. Y’all might remember that Kit went down with another knee injury in the opening stages of the 2021-22 season and missed the remainder of that season and most of the next. She came back in the closing weeks of 2022-23 and played all of last season, mostly as a reserve midfielder. But this is still the second major knee injury in just over two years for Kit and it sucks.
It also leaves central midfield even thinner than it was before Clinton left. I don’t know if this will finally light a fire under Spurs Women’s asses to get some additional bodies into the club, but it’s pretty clear they need at least one more central midfielder to stay competitive. There’s still time left in the window, but not much. Time to get moving.
