Oliver Skipp is set to miss the opening two to three weeks of the Premier League season after suffering a hairline fracture in his heel, football.london understands.
The 21-year-old jumped for an aerial challenge with a team-mate on the training pitches at Hotspur Way on Friday ahead of the friendly against Rangers a week and a half ago and suffered the freak impact injury that is set to keep him out of the opening two to three weeks of the campaign.
A Spurs team-mate fell awkwardly on Skipp as the pair landed, leaving the England U21 midfielder with a deep cut in his foot from the stud impact and a hairline fracture in his heel. The cut, which required a lot of stitches, was so gruesome that many of the surrounding Tottenham players had to look away when they realised what had happened.
