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Alasdair Gold

Predicted Spurs team vs Red Star: Plenty of changes as Pochettino brings in playmakers

Mauricio Pochettino is looking to rediscover the winning formula for Tottenham Hotspur as they take on Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League.

He made seven changes for the game against Watford and will shuffle his pack once again as the Serbian side visit the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Various players who began on the bench on Saturday come into the team, including Juan Foyth, Ben Davies, Tanguy Ndombele, Christian Eriksen, Son Heung-min and Erik Lamela.

The Spurs boss revealed on Monday that one of the returning midfielders, Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon, would be involved in the match day squad while the other will not be, but didn't say which.

The likelihood is that Lo Celso will be the one to get the nod as he has played football this season whereas Sessegnon has not touched a ball competitively for four months.

Pochettino must decide whether Saturday's goalscorer Dele Alli is fit enough to play two games in quick succession after his past hamstring issues.

There is also plenty of questions over Tottenham's creaking defence which looks vulnerable in every match at the moment.

Here is the team we reckon Pochettino will go with against Red Star:

(4-2-3-1) Gazzaniga; Foyth, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Sissoko, Ndombele; Lamela, Eriksen, Son; Kane.

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