Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Tottenham ace Dejan Kulusevski could soon be about to get his football career motoring once again — but his time behind the wheel might be postponed.
uncertain
time → get → wheel
The winger missed the whole of last season and the 2026 World Cup with a right kneecap injury.
asserted
winger → miss → injury
He finally resumed training recently after a freak incident in May 2025 — that at the time then-Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou said looked like “just a knock” — left him long-term on the sidelines.
uncertain
Postecoglou → resume → sidelines
But before he can get back on the pitch, Kulusevski faces a possible driving ban after being caught speeding in east London.
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Kulusevski → get → London
The 26-year-old Swedish international has been prosecuted by the Metropolitan Police after being clocked speeding in his Audi through the Limehouse Link tunnel last September.
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international → prosecute → tunnel
The Premier League star is due to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court for sentencing on Monday.
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star → appear → Monday
The Met said, in written submissions to the court, that Kulusevski would now have at least 12 penalty points on his licence, putting him at risk of a six-month driving ban.
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Kulusevski → say → ban
In an email to the court, the father of one said family duties and late night finishes meant he needed to be able to continue to drive.
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he → say → one
I drive to work and back where the hours can be antisocial eg.
asserted
hours → drive → work
I return from an away game very late at night
Dejan Kulusevski
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I → return → night
The former Juventus player wrote: “I would ask that when you are considering my case you take the following mitigating circumstances into consideration as an appeal.
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you → write → appeal
“My young family need me to drive them to various appointments and in case there are necessities to go to a hospital with them I have to be on hand.
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I → need → hand
“I also drive to work and back where the hours can be antisocial eg.
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hours → drive → work
I return from an away game very late at night.”
asserted
I → return → night
The midfielder argued that his speeding offences “were mostly just over the varying speed limits in London areas” before adding: “However, I understand I was over the speed limit.”
Motorists who reach 12 penalty points on their licence can appeal to a magistrate to be spared a six-month ban.
However, they must prove a disqualification would cause “exceptional hardship” if imposed.
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disqualification → argue → hardship
Spurs narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League last season without Kulusevski to call upon, needing a 1-0 victory in their final game against Everton to clinch survival.
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Spurs → avoid → survival
Kulusevski returned to full training last week, but did not join Spurs’ home game against Aston Villa on Saturday, which Tottenham lost 2-3.
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Tottenham → return → which
The playmaker was not called up by his international manager Graham Potter, who previously said that he had hoped to include him for the nation’s upcoming four fixtures.
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he → call → fixtures
"He [Kulusevski] is taking it step by step,” Potter said when explaining his decision.
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Potter → take → decision
“First he has to be involved with Tottenham, and they are the ones who ultimately decide.
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who → have → Tottenham
They see him every day and can best make the decision.
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They → see → decision
When he is not involved there it is difficult for us to take him out — even if we want to."
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we → involve → him
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