Jan Vertonghen says he’s “fine” after head-to-head collision
We’ll see about that, Jan! One of the scariest moments of Tottenham’s 0-1 loss to Ajax in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals came in the first half after a sickening mid-air head-to-head collision left both Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld on the ground not moving. Jan got the worst of it — while going up for a headed shot on goal he accidentally rammed his nose into the back of Toby’s head. He bled profusely for several minutes and was attended to by Spurs physios.
But that wasn’t the worst of it — Vertonghen got up and after getting looked over by the medical staff and questioned by the match official, he was cleared (after a jersey change) to come back on the pitch. But it was very obvious the moment he started to...