Here's the Tottenham team that we reckon Roberto De Zerbi could select for the Premier League clash at Manchester United on Saturday
Tottenham return from the international break looking to climb out of the Premier League's basement as they travel to Manchester United.
Spurs have had a number of players getting plenty of minutes on international duty across the past three weeks but also a group of first team stars working at Hotspur Way, including Dominic Solanke, Savio, James Maddison, Mohammed Kudus, Destiny Udogie, Marcos Senesi, Conor Gallagher and Tosin Adarabioyo, on fitness and tactics with Roberto De Zerbi on the training pitches.
That will give some of them a leg up in the battle to start at Old Trafford although Maddison missed some training last week and this week through injury. De Zerbi strongly suggested that Conor Gallagher could start as the number 10 on Saturday with Mateus Fernandes still finding his feet at the club.
De Zerbi confirmed that Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro are not ready to return yet but will make the trip up to Manchester to be among the group. Mykhailo Mudryk is further away from returning following his training ground ankle injury last month.
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The Tottenham boss said that captain Micky van de Ven and Jan Paul van Hecke are both available despite hand and toe injuries respectively suffered with the Netherlands while Rodrigo Bentancur has undertaken plenty of travelling with Uruguay during the break and Andy Robertson played a lot of minutes for Scotland, along with Van de Ven for the Dutch.
De Zerbi said he is thinking about unleashing the "special" Luca Williams-Barnett on the Premier League so the 18-year-old could find himself in the matchday squad either on Saturday or for the next match against Coventry. The teenager scored a couple of goals on England under-19s duty while Mathys Tel netted five times for France under-21s during the break and Omar Marmoush twice for Egypt.
Here's the Tottenham team we reckon De Zerbi will select with plenty of options in various positions:
(4-2-3-1) Kinsky; Gray, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Tonali; Savio, Gallagher, Marmoush; Solanke.