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Irish Daily Star
|August 04, 2025
Frank's 'beautiful' farewell for Spurs legend ruined by Maddison injury
THOMAS FRANK rued the “beautiful and brutal” nature of football after James Maddison went off on a stretcher on Heung-Min Son's Tottenham farewell.
Spurs captain Son is leaving the club after a decade and was given a standing ovation and a guard of honour from players of both teams when he was substituted in the 64th minute of their draw with Newcastle yesterday.
But the emotional reception for the South Korean - in his home city Seoul - was overshadowed by Maddison’s injury late on which Frank admitted: “Looks bad”
The 28-year-old missed the closing stages of last season, including Spurs’ Europa League final triumph, with a knee issue and appears to have suffered the same problem.
“Sometimes in life and football things can be both beautiful and brutal,’ said Frank (with Son, circle).
This story is from the August 04, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Star.
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