Tottenham Hotspur star forward Dejan Kulusvski has yet to play at all this season after suffering a serious knee injury at the end of the 2024/25 Premier League and Europa League campaign, but there are finally positive indications regarding the status of the Swedish international.
Speaking at the Tottenham press conference to reporters ahead of this weekend's latest London derby matchup against Fulham, Spurs manager Igor Tudor relayed, via Chris Cowlin, that both Kulusevski and team doctors are "positive" about Kulu's status. However, Spurs need to wait a week to hear more about the player's status.
Compared to Thomas Frank, Tudor has been refreshingly a lot more forthcoming about giving inforamtion to fans, including speaking more candidly about injury updates and player returns. So instead of Frank saying nothing about Kulusevski or giving vague, dark updates, we may be able to expect more concrete news from Tudor on the beloved attacking midfielder and winger.
Doctors are 'positive' about Dejan Kulusevski
Kulusevski did take a bit of a step back at times last season, but his absence has revealed just how important he is. Mohammed Kudus made fans forget a bit about Kulu early in the season, but with Kudus injured, too, Kulu's pending return has become an even bigger topic of conversation.
There is no doubt that Kulusevski's knee injury was a serious one, and it has taken him even longer than expected to return, with some Spurs supporters even giving up hope that they would ever see the former Juventus, Atalanta, and Parma star in the Premier League again.
It looks like the biggest pessimists in the fan base can slow their roll a bit, but that being said, it is important to be realistic here. Even if Kulusevski is able to return in a few weeks or at any point in the 2025/26 Premier League (and Champions League!) season, it is totally unfair to expect the 25-year-old star to be 100 percent.
But since it has been so long since Tottenham fans received even a remotely positive sliver of an update on Kulusevski's injury status, Tudor mentioning the words "positive" and "doctors" in the same sentence regarding him is a massive deal.
Meanwhile, Tottenham fans are still waiting to hear back about other injured stars like Destiny Udogie, Lucas Bergvall, James Maddison, Rodrigo Bentancur, and Kudus, who have all been out for at least weeks and may be out for still weeks more.