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James Maddison says his ankle ligament injury is a \u201cslow burner\u201d but insists the recovery process is going well.<\/p>\n
The Tottenham playmaker began the season on fire after moving to North London from Leicester this summer, scoring three goals and providing five assists in 11 Premier League appearances.<\/p>\n
But Maddison\u2019s promising start to the campaign was cruelly interrupted when he picked up the serious problem in last month\u2019s 4-1 defeat to Chelsea.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old is expected to be out of action until January at the earliest and he says the injury situation is \u201cfrustrating\u201d, with Spurs also without the services of key players Micky van de Ven and Rodrigo Bentancur.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Ben Foster for Amazon Prime, Maddison said: \u201cIt\u2019s healing well, it\u2019s a bit of a slow burner which is obviously frustrating because like you said, I started the season so well. But it\u2019s healing, slowly but surely.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had a couple [of injuries], this is probably the longest one I\u2019ve had if it\u2019s three months. I\u2019ve never really gone past that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating, you know what it\u2019s like being injured, everyday is tough, especially at Spurs, the training ground has got the big window so the physio room is just looking perfectly out to the training pitch watching all the lads train and prepare for the games at the minute.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have that helpless feeling but it\u2019s recovering well. It\u2019s going to take a bit of time, you\u2019ve got to just accept it and then crack on with the rehab.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maddison told Foster a return in six to seven weeks time is on the cards, which could put him contention for Spurs\u2019 home match against Brentford on January 30.<\/p>\n
The five-cap international will be eager to pick up where he left off with Euro 2024 on the horizon \u2014 and serious competition for places in Gareth Southgate\u2019s final England squad.<\/p>\n