Yesterday at midnight was the deadline for clubs in the knock-out phase of the Europa League to make changes to their roster. As I detailed a couple of days ago, Tottenham Hotspur could make a total three changes to their team, and there were a few obvious changes that could be made.
Today, those changes were announced, and it worked out pretty much exactly as I predicted — go me!
So it’s Kevin Danso, Mathys Del, and Djed Spence in, Radu Dragusin, Fraser Forster, and Timo Werner out. Danso for Dragusin was obvious, and bringing in Spence, who has turned into one of Tottenham’s best players of late, was also a smart move. Removing Timo may feel harsh, but Ange Postecoglou has clearly cooled on him, he’s only here on loan, and has been pretty poor before his long-term injury.
This also seems to corroborate the recent reporting that Spurs are set to get a bunch of first team players back from injury pretty soon, including Wilson Odobert. That’s also very good news for Tottenham’s Europa League campaign.
Until those players come back, Spurs will be relying on newcomers Tel and Danso to slot in and hopefully acclimate quickly.
Tottenham await the winners of the two-legged playoff round before they know who their next opponent will be; they will play the winner of either AZ Alkmaar vs. Galatasaray, or Real Sociedad vs. Midtjylland.