New Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank will be without a number of important first-team players for his first competitive game in charge against Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday.
Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin were already out long term with serious knee injuries, and they have been joined on the treatment table by James Maddison, who tore his ACL against Newcastle United in preseason, and is set to miss most of the season.
With a less serious issue, but one that will likely keep him out here, Dominic Solanke is also nursing an injury, but a return for the striker is on the horizon, after missing the majority of preseason.
There are also question marks around Destiny Udogie’s fitness, as he has been made a doubt both for this clash, and Spurs’ Premier League opener against Burnley at the weekend, so Djed Spence could be forced to fill in at left-back.
Frank wants more additions to cope with their lengthening injury list, but they have brought in Joao Palhinha on loan from Bayern, and after he started against his parent club in a friendly last week, the midfielder is set to make his competitive debut this midweek.
Mohammed Kudus is also in line for his debut, and he will be called upon to make an immediate impact given the injuries to Maddison and Kulusevski, as well as the exit of club captain Son Heung-min, who joined LAFC last week.
Despite losing 4-0 to Bayern in their final friendly last week, that looks set to be Spurs’ XI for the next few weeks at least, until they can welcome players back from injury, and make any additions in the transfer market.
Tottenham Hotspur possible starting lineup:
Vicario; Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Bentancur, Palhinha, Sarr; Johnson, Richarlison, Kudus
Click here to see how PSG could line up on Wednesday.
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