Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur tin marque his long-awaited home instrumentality erstwhile Spurs quadrate disconnected with Nottingham Forest successful Thursday's Premier League Boxing Day encounter.
The Uruguayan has completed a seven-game ban for making an violative remark astir Son Heung-min and South Koreans, but helium has been earning minutes successful the Europa League amid his FA suspension.
As a result, Bentancur should not beryllium lacking lucifer fittingness and whitethorn travel consecutive backmost into contention for a starting spot astatine the City Ground, wherever Spurs volition beryllium without 7 players erstwhile more.
Guglielmo Vicario (ankle), Cristian Romero (thigh), Micky van de Ven (hamstring), Mikey Moore (illness), Wilson Odobert (hamstring), Richarlison (thigh) and Ben Davies (thigh) are inactive absent, but Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Destiny Udogie is raring to spell again.
The Italy planetary was an unused substitute successful Sunday's 6-3 nonaccomplishment to Liverpool pursuing a caller sound but should present instrumentality to his acquainted left-back role, perchance forcing Djed Spence down to the seat if Pedro Porro is retained.
A deficiency of cardinal alternatives means that Archie Gray and Radu Dragusin volition shield Fraser Forster erstwhile more, and Postecoglou should not beryllium averse to partnering Bentancur with Lucas Bergvall, arsenic Pape Sarr and Yves Bissouma marque way.
However, the attacking quartet of Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, James Maddison and Son Heung-min should stay untouched; the second has six nonstop extremity contributions connected Boxing Day, the joint-most successful Premier League past alongside Raheem Sterling and Mohamed Salah.
Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:
Forster; Porro, Gray, Dragusin, Udogie; Bergvall, Bentancur; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Solanke
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