Redknapp reveals Woodgate’s injury misery

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admits defender Jonathan Woodgate is struggling to cope with the strain of battling back from a groin injury that threatens to wreck his career.

The 30-year-old has been unable to find a solution to the persistent groin problem which has sidelined him for virtually the entire campaign.

While his Tottenham team-mates have qualified for the Champions League after the club’s best season for years, the former Real Madrid and Leeds United star has been travelling the globe in search of an injury cure.

The England international had a failed trip to surgeons in the United States and has been forced to travel to Australia in a bid to get fit.

Redknapp is in constant contact with Woodgate and revealed that his player is at a low ebb.

“He texts me all the time – he has been very low, obviously,” Redknapp said.

“He is at a very low point in his life. He is stuck in a little flat somewhere and he goes to the gym all day doing his work trying to recover.

“Can you imagine what his life has been like? He has treatment all day and he is doing recovery work.

“They have kept him out there so we will have to wait and see.”

Woodgate had a hernia operation at the end of last season and underwent further surgery in early August.

He has only played three matches this season, the last of which was the 9-1 defeat of Wigan at White Hart Lane on November 22, and some are saying he might not play again.

Redknapp added: “He is a great lad, a top bloke, but his problem is that nobody can get to the bottom of his injury.

“You are better off with a broken leg. Aaron Lennon had the same thing – they said he would be out for two weeks and then suddenly it is five months. It takes time and even now he has not played 90 minutes.