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Tottenham injury fears as summer signing leaves training after seven minutes

Jan Paul van Hecke leaves Roberto De Zerbi with a new headache

By Arthur Ferridge · Evening Standard

Published: Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at 11:33 AM

Key Things to Know

Jan Paul van Hecke has withdrawn from the Netherlands squad due to injury and returned to Tottenham.
The central defender had lasted only seven minutes in an open training session before leaving the pitch.
Van Hecke will miss Nations League fixtures against Greece and Serbia following the injury.

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Tottenham Hotspur defender Jan Paul van Hecke has withdrawn from the Netherlands national squad after suffering an injury. The central defender, who joined Spurs from Brighton in a £52 million deal this summer, left a Netherlands training session after just seven minutes and has returned to his club for treatment.

Van Hecke was injured during a match against Serbia and will now miss upcoming Nations League fixtures against Greece and Serbia. His departure adds to growing injury concerns for Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi, who is already without sidelined players Pedro Porro, Dejan Kulusevski, and Mykhailo Mudryk.

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