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Alasdair Gold

Predicted Spurs team vs Olympiacos: Forgotten man to return as Jose Mourinho makes key decision

Jose Mourinho has one main decision to make with his second ever Tottenham Hotspur line-up.

Spurs welcome Olympiacos to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday night off the back of a debut victory for Mourinho at West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday.

Now the new head coach must decide whether to keep the momentum from that victory by naming almost the same side again or he could choose to give other players the chance to impress him and earn a spot in the team to face Bournemouth on Saturday.

Mourinho does have injured players. Ben Davies needed to come off against West Ham with an ankle injury while Erik Lamela, Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm remain out.

He does, however, have Jan Vertonghen and Tanguy Ndombele back in full training and available for selection.

Spurs fans will be hoping to see the Frenchman back in action as well fellow summer signings Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon.

Mourinho also told football.london on Monday that his team selections going forward would be governed by the future, hinting that Christian Eriksen may not start key matches in the coming months, a similar way of dealing with him to Mauricio Pochettino.

He could decide that this match, with Olympiacos coming in without a win in the Champions League this season, might be a match he can use Eriksen in.

Players like Kyle Walker-Peters and Victor Wanyama may also feel they have a fresh chance to impress the new head coach.

Here is the team we reckon Mourinho could go with: (4-2-3-1) Gazzaniga; Walker-Peters, Foyth, Vertonghen, Rose; Ndombele, Sissoko; Lo Celso, Alli, Son; Kane.

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