Alan Brazil rips into Mykhailo Mudryk after damning injury update at Tottenham - but is he right?
Tottenham Hotspur will be without Mykhailo Mudryk for several weeks due to injury.
The Ukraine international has only been in North London for a week or so, but is already stuck on the treatment table.
That is a fate that many Spurs stars have faced in recent years as questions continue to be asked.
It is all the more frustrating for the 25-year-old after making just one appearance for the Lilywhites after his late move.
He now looks set to miss around eight weeks of action in N17.
It is certainly a gutting moment for Mudryk, but that hasn't stopped Alan Brazil from hitting out at him.
What has Alan Brazil said about Mykhailo Mudryk?
The Chelsea loanee has featured in just 16 minutes of competitive action since his return from a doping ban.
He came on against Nottingham Forest and managed just four touches in 16 minutes of action.
That summed up the issues that he's faced in the Premier League after putting up zero goals or assists in his seven league appearances before he was banned.
Mudryk is hopeful of turning things around at Tottenham and his injury has halted him from doing so.
Brazil has still taken a chance to slam the attacker in an ill-timed rant just after this setback.
Speaking live via talkSPORT on Thursday, he said: "I don't want to slag him off, right, but I don't rate him at all.
"I've watched him and I don't know if it's a confidence problem, but he's just not the player he was once upon a time, if he was a great player.
"We're talking about values of £70million if he comes back and gets a few games - not a hope in hell. I don't see what he's got, to be honest.
"This is just further bad news for the player. Good look to him and I hope he proves me wrong, but for me, he couldn't cross a road."
It feels as though Brazil has got this one wrong ripping into a player so soon after an injury blow.
Tottenham have questions to answer on injury latest
There is no hiding from just how frustrating injuries have become for the Lilywhites in recent years.
That has been summed up by Gabby Agbonlahor's discussion off the back of Brazil's rant.
He said: "We need to figure out what Spurs are doing in training because the amount of injuries they're getting. There's something going on at Spurs."
Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert are both currently out with ACL tears and have missed 33 and 29 games respectively.
James Maddison is now back in the treatment room having picked up a shoulder injury after missing the entirety of last season.
The biggest story in all of this is Dejan Kulusevski's knee injury which has seen him ruled out for over 480 days in North London.
Spurs will hope that Mudryk won't be the latest long-term concern, but who knows what happens on Hotspur Way.