TOTTENHAM new-boy Manor Solomon underwent knee surgery on Thursday.
The Israeli, 24, tore his meniscus in training and is expected to be out for around three months.
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It is a big blow for Spurs given they are already without Ivan Perisic with an anterior cruciate ligament problem for most, if not all, of the season.
While fellow wideman Brennan Johnson is set to miss Saturday’s trip to Luton, though there is a hope he will be fit to take on Fulham after the international break.
Solomon has started two of Tottenham’s opening seven Premier League games, contributing two assists.
He arrived at Spurs as a free agent in the summer.
The forward spent last season on loan at Fulham where he bagged five goals in 24 matches for Marco Silva’s men.
Meanwhile, Tottenham are in a row with Shakhtar after the Ukrainian side’s chief executive, Sergei Palkin, claimed he is expecting compensation from Spurs following Solomon’s transfer.
Solomon, 24, arrived at Spurs for nothing in July after capitalising on a Fifa rule permitting foreign players in Russia and Ukraine to suspend their contracts after war broke out in the region.
The Israel star was contracted to Shakhtar until the end of 2023, meaning Spurs would have had to have paid a fee had the legislation change not existed – albeit a small one as there was only six months remaining on the winger’s deal.
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Palkin told ESPN: “We had conversations with Tottenham, with Rebecca. We agreed she will send propositions.
“We are now in, let’s say, a negotiation process with them.
“I hope and I believe we will find a solution. At this moment, it is quite early to tell something specific because we are on the way in these negotiations.”
SunSport understands there was a conversation in the boardroom between Spurs and Shakhtar officials during the pre-season friendly between the two sides at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on August 6.
That exhibition, in which Harry Kane netted four goals before leaving for Bayern Munich, was arranged to raise funds to support the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
Yet Spurs believe the matter to be dealt with and do not expect to pay anything.