Here's the Tottenham Hotspur team that we reckon Roberto De Zerbi will select to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday
Roberto De Zerbi must deliver his first win at the helm as Tottenham travel to Wolves in the Premier League.
Molineux has not been a happy hunting ground for Spurs and they have not won a league game there since a 1-0 victory in August 2021. With Tottenham now languishing in 18th place in the table and two points from safety with just five matches to go, they must bring that poor run to an end this weekend.
Destiny Udogie is a new injury for De Zerbi's list at Tottenham and he appeared to suggest at his press conference on Friday that his absence would spark the return of Djed Spence to the starting line-up with 19-year-old Souza also an option.
Guglielmo Vicario remains out after his hernia surgery, Pape Matar Sarr is missing with a shoulder problem and James Maddison is likely to be picked on the bench but not available to play after feeling some minor pain as he continues his return from his ACL injury.
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De Zerbi hinted that he is likely to stick with most of the team that performed well against Brighton for large periods on Saturday, including the experienced midfield pairing of Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma, together for the first time since the Europa League final in Bilbao 11 months ago.
The only change he might consider making is bringing in Mathys Tel in place of Randal Kolo Muani and the Spurs boss spoke about that decision in his press conference when asked what the 20-year-old needs to do to force his way into his starting line-up.
"Nothing more, because I'm happy with him. He has a great attitude, he has great qualities, he's very young. Kolo Muani has much experience, but we'll go to see in the next game," he said.
"Maybe he can start in the first XI, but I don't like to change too many players, one game, one game. Especially now, we have to find the connection between the players. They have to be able to communicate inside of the pitch."
Here's the team we reckon De Zerbi might go for: