Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski has disclosed the methods he is likely employing to recover from injury. The 25-year-old has been sidelined due to a knee problem since May, requiring surgical intervention to address the issue, and there is currently no definitive timeframe for his return.
Thomas Frank was questioned about his rehabilitation in early January, with his response offering little encouragement of an imminent return to training. He said: “It was not going forward as quickly as we thought but it’s an injury we haven’t seen that much in football history. It’s a complicated injury, where it’s important to make sure there’s no pain in the knee.
“That’s why he got an injection and it hopefully will help. So in three to four weeks’ time, he’ll be on the grass pain-free.” Though Frank has failed to deliver an update beyond that, the Sweden international has been commenting on his injury and recently responded to an Instagram comment that jokingly questioned if he was still alive.
In a fresh post to that platform, Kulusevski has shared an update in partnership with Flowlife, a Swedish health and wellness brand, where he explained how vital their recovery equipment has been to him. In the footage, he says: “Recovery is very important, especially now when I get a little bit older. It’s a lifestyle, I don’t really focus on recovering because I do it every day.
“So for me, it’s just a natural habit. I love to use the saunas. I like to sweat. After you sweat a lot, you need to hydrate a lot. If I have two hours free, I would go into the chamber and get extra oxygen, especially if I’m injured, it is important to recover more quickly. So I think it is a great tool for us athletes that we can use now. Honestly, the first time I used it, I felt so happy.
“As soon as you go out, it is like a burst of energy. You feel totally refreshed and it is an amazing feeling. But also like motivational, I feel like you have more energy in you so I experienced that and I think it is amazing for a human to feel energized.”
The timing of when the video was recorded is unclear, though it appears highly probable that Kulusevski has been utilising their products throughout the past nine months. Nevertheless, it sadly doesn’t appear to have aided his significant injury thus far, with Tottenham confirming their Champions League knockout stage squad without including Kulusevski, which indicates a comeback isn’t anticipated in the coming months.
Fellow long-term casualty James Maddison has similarly been omitted, whilst Radu Dragusin, Mathys Tel and Conor Gallagher have been named in place of injured players Rodrigo Bentancur and Ben Davies, who have been withdrawn, along with Brennan Johnson following his move to Crystal Palace.