Tottenham Hotspur gives update on Jan Vertonghen injury

The club took the rare step of issuing an update about one of its injured players. A lot of people have been wondering how Jan Vertonghen is doing one day after he was forced off the pitch during last night’s Champions League semifinal loss to Ajax. Vertonghen bashed heads with teammate Toby Alderweireld, was attended to on the pitch bleeding profusely from the nose, was judged ok to return to action, but took himself off again after feeling woozy.

Initial reports from football journalists after the match was that Vertonghen had passed all of his tests for a concussion and that he was feeling fine. A lot of skepticism has surrounded those reports.

Today, Tottenham Hotspur put an official update out about Vertonghen on their website, ...