Tottenham Hotspur take on La Liga side Getafe CF in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Hotspur Way on Saturday afternoon, with Roberto De Zerbi expected to name a strong line-up for the fixture.
After 10 days of work in New Zealand and Australia, Spurs flew back to London on Monday and have been hard at work on the training pitches. Tottenham are currently unbeaten in pre-season following victories over MK Dons, Auckland and Chelsea, while they beat Sydney FC on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
The match against Getafe will be the club's fifth pre-season friendly and there could be minutes given to the likes of summer arrival Marcos Senesi and Rodrigo Bentancur, who have been pictured in training this week. There's more good news in the shape of Mateus Fernandes resuming training following his fatigued calf, although James Maddison and Micky van de Ven were not spotted in the club's latest batch of training pictures.
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It's also worth noting that Mohammed Kudus and Dejan Kulusevski have stepped up their rehabilitation in recent days, with the pair taking to the grass and slowly building up their strength and fitness. football.london understands Kulusevski is not yet back in team training and will be phased back in slowly when he's ready, while De Zerbi said on the tour that Kudus should be rejoining the group once the team are back in the UK. The game against Getafe definitely comes too soon for Kulusevski and probably Kudus, too, but it remains to be seen if the Ghana international will feature in one of the two fixtures against Hoffenheim next weekend.
After performing well against Chelsea in Sydney last Saturday, Antonin Kinksy is expected to keep his place in between the sticks, although it's unclear at this stage if Guglielmo Vicario will be named in the squad. With Pedro Porro still on holiday after his World Cup success with Spain, Archie Gray may be needed at right-back yet again and could captain the side.
Jan Paul van Hecke may have a new centre-back partner in the form of Senesi, if De Zerbi feels the Argentina international is ready for his first minutes of pre-season. Fellow new signing Andy Robertson is expected to start at left-back once more.
Sandro Tonali and Fernandes could once again anchor Spurs' midfield as it looks like the latter has overcome his calf issue, with Conor Gallagher a tad further forward as he looks to answer his manager's pleas of being more clinical. "Maybe in the last third of the pitch, he has more quality than he thinks or maybe than he's showing now," De Zerbi said last week of the midfielder.
"He can score more goals. But when Conor is good, in a good condition, I said last season and I repeat, we play with one player more because he's like two players."
Manor Solomon has started all four of Spurs' pre-season fixtures so far and despite links with a summer exit, the 27-year-old could be named in the starting line-up once again. Mathys Tel has also looked bright in recent outings while Dominic Solanke will hope to improve on his performance against Chelsea.