Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham team selection looks set to be a talking point one way or another when his side take on Aston Villa on Friday evening. As Spurs are in Europa League final action next Wednesday, the Australian will undoubtedly have one eye on the game in Bilbao and that may be clear to see when it comes to his starting XI.
Following the news that Dejan Kulusevski has had to undergo knee surgery after coming off injured in last weekend's defeat at Crystal Palace, Postecoglou may want to keep his top players on the sidelines amid the threat of new injury issues emerging. On the other hand, a number of his team do need to get minutes in the tank as they do not want to be going into the final after not playing for almost a fortnight.
So how exactly should Tottenham line up against Unai Emery's side? Our Tottenham writers at football.london have made their selection picks below.
Alasdair Gold - Tottenham Hotspur correspondent
Ange Postecoglou needs to strike a balance between ensuring no more injuries but also not having his players go almost two weeks without any match action before they take on Manchester United in Bilbao.
The likely starters next Wednesday will need tuning up but they don't need to play the full game and the Spurs boss could for instance change Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Yves Bissouma or Rodrigo Bentancur at half-time which is what he did against Forest late last month with the central defensive duo.
The midfield is a bit more challenging with so few bodies and up front Son Heung-min needs to play an hour I'd say to get his conditioning up and then Postecoglou could give Dominic Solanke and Richarlison a portion of the match each.
Ultimately the result of this game isn't as important as keeping the players fine tuned for a European final and not suffering any further injuries.
Gold's team: Vicario; Spence, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Bissouma, Sarr; Johnson, Solanke, Son.
Rob Guest - Football writer
All Tottenham supporters will want Ange Postecoglou's key players wrapped up in cotton wool over the next week considering the Dejan Kulusevski injury news that emerged on Wednesday. In what has been such a wretched season on the injury front, Spurs cannot afford any further issues ahead of next week's Europa League final.
With that said, Postecoglou does actually need to give some of his players minutes after they didn't feature in last weekend's home defeat against Crystal Palace. Players really don't want to be going into a final having not played for two weeks and it may be a case of the boss giving them 45 minutes and switching things up at half-time.
Guglielmo Vicario may return in goal, with Djed Spence, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies and Destiny Udogie making up the backline. Micky van de Ven can then come off the bench later in the game if Postecoglou opts to top his minutes up.
This may be the game to rest Rodrigo Bentancur as he started last weekend, although Spurs are rather short in the middle as things stand. Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr start together in midfield and then Wilson Odobert is given another go as a No.10 amid the lack of options in the position right now.
Son Heung-min has to start after only just returning from injury and Brennan Johnson gets the nod on the right. It will then be a decision between Richarlison and Dominic Solanke to lead the line to begin with in the Midlands.
Guest's team: Vicario; Spence, Romero, Davies, Udogie; Bissouma, Sarr; Johnson, Odobert, Son; Richarlison.