Tottenham predicted team vs West Ham with Xavi Simons and Randal Kolo Muani decisions made

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Thomas Frank has plenty of decisions to make with his Tottenham line-up to face West Ham United on Saturday evening in the Premier League.

Spurs return to action after the international break and that means juggling various players at different stages of fitness with Rodrigo Bentancur and Richarlison the final ones to return from games in South America that kicked off at 12.30am UK time on Wednesday.

With Tottenham's first Champions League game coming up fast on Tuesday night against Villarreal, Frank will have to decide who can start in both games in quick succession and which players will only be in the starting line-up for one of the games.

Frank also has two new signings available in Xavi Simons and Randal Kolo Muani, who joined the club from RB Leipzig and PSG respectively at the end of the transfer window.

"Both of them are looking good. Both of them are definitely in contention to be ready for the squad. Xavi, for natural reasons, is further down the line. He just started the first game for Holland and played a few games for Leipzig," explained the head coach. "Definitely in terms of Randal, it's been a while since he's played. Last time was in the Club World Cup. Hasn't trained really with PSG. So he is not as fit as Xavi, but he looks good."

If Xavi does come straight into Tottenham's starting line-up to provide some much-needed creativity then one of Bentancur, Joao Palhinha and Pape Matar Sarr would have to drop out of the midfield, unless Frank chose to use the 22-year-old Dutchman off the left flank.

There is also a decision to be made at left-back with Djed Spence making his England debut late on in their win in Serbia and Destiny Udogie now back and fit. One will likely start against West Ham and the other in Europe in midweek.

Mohammed Kudus will also make his first trip back to the London Stadium following his £55million move across the capital in the summer.

Here's the Tottenham team that we reckon Frank will select to face the Hammers: