Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to keep the momentum going this week as they travel to Fulham on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League but he needs to make plenty of changes.
Spurs did the job on Thursday night with the 3-2 aggregate comeback Europa League win over AZ to fire Ange Postecoglou’s side into the quarter-finals of the competition. Now they have to head across London to Craven Cottage with just two days’ recovery while Marco Silva’s Fulham players have had eight days in between fixtures.
Postecoglou will have to decide which players can be pushed into the risk zone if they play three games in a week. That might include Cristian Romero and Thursday’s matchwinner Wilson Odobert, who have started in back-to-back games after months out. The Spurs head coach could bring in fresh legs in the shape of Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentancur and Brennan Johnson to start as well as Archie Gray and potentially Mathys Tel.
Postecoglou spoke about Djed Spence needing a rest at some point but after missing out on the England squad, the 24-year-old will get two and a half weeks without a fixture during the upcoming international break.
Here’s the Tottenham Hotspur team that we reckon Postecoglou could select for the match at Craven Cottage on Sunday:
The Italian has been in fine form since his return and needs to keep that going.- 1 of 11
It’ll be a choice between Porro and Spence and with the latter getting the international break without a match, he might get the job and he’s the in-form full-back.- 2 of 11
It might be a stretch to ask Cristian Romero to start three times in a week after so long out but Postecoglou needs him.- (Image: Nigel French/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)3 of 11
This could come down to Davies or Gray as they might be cautious with Van de Ven.- (Image: Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images)4 of 11
The Italian has been on the bench for the past two matches and he’s likely to bring fresh legs to the defence.- (Image: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)5 of 11
