Tottenham Hotspur will be without four players for Thursday's Premier League clash with London rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
While Radu Dragusin is ruled out with a season-ending ACL injury, Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Dejan Kulusevski (foot), Kevin Danso (hamstring) and Richarlison (calf) will not recover in time to feature against the Blues.
However, Postecoglou is able to call upon midfielder Lucas Bergvall, who is fit to face Chelsea after withdrawing from the Sweden squad during the international break due to illness.
In the absence of Danso, Cristian Romero could link arms with Micky van de Ven at centre-back for the first time in a Premier League game since the reverse fixture against Chelsea in December (a 4-3 home defeat), while Postecoglou will weigh up whether to start in-form Djed Spence ahead of either Pedro Porro or Destiny Udogie at right-back or left-back respectively.
Bergvall, Pape Matar Sarr and James Maddison will all be pushing to start in midfield ahead of either Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur or Archie Gray after beginning as substitutes in Spurs' disappointing 2-0 loss at Fulham before the international break.
Captain Son Heung-min has, to the surprise of some, been benched for the last three Premier League games, but the South Korean could be recalled to start on the left flank at the expense of Mathys Tel.
Brennan Johnson will hope to get the nod ahead of Wilson Odobert to continue on the right, while ex-Chelsea man Dominic Solanke is set to lead the line.
Tottenham Hotspur possible starting lineup: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Sarr, Bentancur, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Son
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Oliver Thomas
