Ange Postecoglou must name a Tottenham team without any creative central midfielders as they take on Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.
The two sides have had torrid times in the Premier League this season but one can redeem that all if they triumph in Bilbao to land the European trophy and gain qualification to next season's Champions League. Postecoglou's side have won three times against United during this campaign, home and away in the league and in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
However, this time Spurs will have to do it without their creative midfielders with James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Bergvall all unable to take part in the final in Spain.
That could force Postecoglou into a formation switch if he does not want to go for a more industrious midfield trio of Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr, who is available for selection after his back issue in the second half at Aston Villa on Sunday.
The alternative is a 4-4-2 that can also become a 4-2-3-1 with either Dominic Solanke playing behind Richarlison up front or skipper Son Heung-min playing off of Solanke with Richarlison or Mathys Tel on the left. Postecoglou did appear to be taking a look at the 4-4-2 albeit with different players on Sunday.
The rest of the team mostly picks itself from the players that Postecoglou was looking to protect by leaving them out of the starting line-up at Villa Park.
Here's the Tottenham starting XI that we reckon Postecoglou could select to face Ruben Amorim's side in Bilbao.
(4-4-2/4-2-3-1): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Johnson, Bentancur, Bissouma, Son; Solanke, Richarlison.