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Alasdair Gold

Expected Spurs team vs Juventus: Tanguy Ndombele to start but key midfielder on the bench

Tottenham Hotspur take on Juventus in their first friendly of the new season in the International Champions Cup in Singapore.

Spurs will take to the pitch at the national stadium on Sunday and manager Mauricio Pochettino has plenty of decisions to make in some departments and less options in others.

Eric Dier, Ben Davies and Cameron Carter-Vickers have been left back at Hotspur Way as they continue their rehabilitation after injuries while Danny Rose and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou were omitted from the tour squad in order to find moves elsewhere and Vincent Janssen is set to join Mexican club Monterrey.

Victor Wanyama, Serge Aurier and Davinson Sanchez will all reported back to training in Enfield next week after their international exploits this summer.

Then there is Christian Eriksen. The Dane was training alone on Friday as he is behind the group in terms of fitness after minor surgery in the summer but he appeared to be back with his team-mates in Saturday's sessions.

Hugo Lloris has been absent from training after coming down with tonsillitis soon after landing in Singapore.

New signing Tanguy Ndombele has looked sharp in training and Pochettino has plenty of midfield options to choose from for the game against Cristiano Ronaldo, Matthijs de Ligt & Co.

His defensive options are less plentiful and some of the development squad players who have travelled to Asia could find themselves getting game time during the tour.

It's always tough to pick a predicted team for a friendly, not least because various players came back at different times to pre-season, but here's our stab at it.

(4-2-3-1) Gazzaniga; Foyth, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Walker-Peters; Ndombele, Winks; Lamela, Alli, Lucas; Kane.

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