Erik Lamela and his first-team absence has been a sore subject for Spurs fans for a while now. The Argentine started the 2016/17 season well, but his game time waned and at the time few predicted the club’s 2-1 loss at Liverpool in the EFL Cup way back in October would be his final one of the campaign, but that it indeed the case.

Spurs announced on Twitter this afternoon that Lamela will undergo hip surgery this weekend that will rule him out for the rest of this term, with his return date scheduled for 2017/18.

Although this seems like a fairly reasonable explanation, plenty of Lilywhites supporters are calling conspiracy, predicting that the news is just a ruse designed to mask that he will never play for the club again.

It has been reported this year that Lamela is suffering with homesickness following his 2013 move from Roma and is craving a move back to the Stadio Olimpico, so it’s not a crazy leap!

Here are some of the best reactions to the tweet above...

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