James Maddison suffers slight shoulder fracture, expected back in 10 days to 2 weeks

James Maddison can’t seem to catch a break. Or rather, he keeps catching them, just not the kind anyone wants. The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder sustained a slight shoulder fracture during the club’s 3-0 Premier League defeat to Brentford on August 23, 2026. He’s expected to recover in 10 days to two weeks, a relatively minor timeline that nonetheless carries extra weight given what Maddison has already been through. What happened at Brentford Maddison came off the bench against Brentford and lasted just 22 minutes before an awkward fall ended his afternoon early. Manager Roberto De Zerbi described it as “a small injury” in his post-match comments, though subsequent assessments revealed the slight fracture. De Zerbi confirmed during a pre-match press conference that the club will take no risks with Maddison’s recovery. The long shadow of the ACL tear Maddison, now 29, tore his anterior cruciate ligament back in August 2025. That injury kept him out for roughly 254 days, wiping out the vast majority of his 2025-26 season. He managed just three Premier League appearances across the entire campaign. Maddison finally returned around April or May 2026, giving him a small window to get mi...