Dejan Kulusevski details doctor’s drastic injury proposal he rejected before Tottenham return

Tottenham Hotspur attacker Dejan Kulusevski has revealed he rejected a knee transplant operation before finally making his comeback to competitive football. After being sidelined for 526 days and enduring two unsuccessful surgeries, the Swedish forward opted against exchanging his knee with a donor, deciding instead to manage the discomfort and play through pain.

Kulusevski returned to action last month as a substitute against Coventry City and has featured off the bench in Tottenham's last four Premier League matches. Following his first Sweden call-up in two years, national team manager Graham Potter praised Kulusevski's resilience ahead of Nations League matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland.