Gabby Agbonlahor has conveyed concerns for Dejan Kulusevski after eye-opening comments on his lengthy injury absence at Tottenham.The Sweden international spent 526 days on the sidelines recovering from a knee injury he suffered near the end of the 2024/25 season.Kulusevksi has spent a year-and-a-half out injured at Spurs, and Agbonlahor is concerned about the rest of his careerGettyKulusevski missed Spurs’ Europa League final win against Manchester United and the entirety of the 2025/26 campaign, but has returned to the pitch with two substitute appearances in the Premier League.What has Kulusevski said about his injury?In a candid interview with the club, he said: “You get stressed because you tried everything, and nothing works still. “I told my mother… I sat with her and I told her, ‘Listen, I don’t think this is going to work out’. I had to prepare her for, ‘I don’t think I can play anymore.'”“I still can’t walk on stairs like a normal guy, I have to play football,” he added. “In my head, I’m not going to give up, but I have to think that if this doesn’t work out, what do I do? “I’m 26-years-old, I have to have some kind of plan, I have to know what I have to do if this doesn’t work out.”What has Agbonlahor said about Kulusevski?Agbonlahor, who made 391 appearances for Aston Villa, reflected on how it feels to be an injured player and recalled his own experience.“I think it’s a lot better now,” he told talkSPORT. “I think if you go back 20 years… the (Jose) Mourinho documentary, John Terry said that he didn’t want to speak to anyone that was injured, that was normal.“I remember being in a reserve team, the reserve team coach used to come round to the injured players and call us ‘non-producers.'”Agbonlahor then explained: “I’m worried for him because, before his injury, he wasn’t a player you said was a quick player, he’s always lacked a yard of pace. “What’s he going to be like now? Also, what painkillers is he on? Maybe he’s on injections to get through games, we know a lot of players have done that in the past. Kulusevski has played a handful of minutes off the bench for Spurs upon his long-awaited returnGetty“I do fear for the rest of his career. Sometimes, this happened with Micah Richards. He got told, ‘Listen, you continue to try and get back from this injury. Do you want to play football with your son when he’s older? Do you want to walk when you’re older?'”“To hear that interview there from Kulusevski, you feel for him,” he added. “You’re happy that he got to come back and play, but I fear for how much he’s going to be involved for the rest of his career.”Kulusevski made his first appearance since May 2025 last week when he came off the bench for Spurs in a 3-1 win over Coventry City.He then played the final moments of their 2-0 win at Chelsea, and is waiting for his first start since the injury.Spurs return on Saturday evening to host Crystal Palace – the club who Kulusevski got injured against almost a year-and-a-half ago.The Swede is unlikely to appear from the off in a bid to manage his fitness after such a long lay-off.