da dobrowin： Tottenham Hotspur take on Aston Villa this weekend in a potentially vital Premier League game.
da wazamba： The club are currently four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and they can ill-afford any slip-ups as they attempt to catch Frank Lampard’s men.
A win would take them within one point of the Blues prior to their Monday encounter with Manchester United.
Victory, then, is imperative; Football FanCast takes a look at the team that manager Jose Mourinho should select at Villa Park.
Hugo Lloris is the undisputed first-choice in goal and needs to play.
At right-back, Serge Aurier has been excellent in recent weeks and has averaged a rating of 7.29 in the Premier League.
In the centre of defence, Mourinho has a question to answer due to Ben Davies’ return to training.
The Wales international should play at left-back if he proves his fitness and that would free up Japhet Tanganga, who has been deputising, to play in his preferred centre-back role.
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Assuming that happens, who does the Portuguese drop? Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld, and Davinson Sanchez will all be vying for the spot next to Tanganga and one feels that Alderweireld is the best option. He is less erratic than Sanchez and is quicker than Vertonghen.
In midfield, both Erik Lamela and Giovani Lo Celso reportedly missed training ahead of this weekend’s game so it is safe to assume that both could miss out.
Thus, a midfield pivot of Harry Winks and Tanguy Ndombele would offer genuine dynamism as well as ball retention and assiduity.
Further forward, it would allow Dele Alli to slot into the No.10 role vacated by Lo Celso, and then there is the potential of playing Lucas Moura on the right and Ryan Sessegnon on the left.
The former Fulham star was on the bench against Manchester City but he played on the wing in the FA Cup fourth-round replay against Southampton; he should be playing on the left flank here.
And that would allow Son Heung-Min to deputise for the injured Harry Kane through the middle.
Meanwhile, Spurs have missed out on this absolute baller!