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Alasdair Gold

Spurs predicted team vs Watford: Mourinho to spring surprise in defence to give Lo Celso start

While Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho has a lack of options in certain positions he has a plethora of attacking midfielders to chose from.

Giovani Lo Celso and Erik Lamela were the stars of the show against Middlesbrough but the biggest problem for the duo is how their bodies recover after their first full 90 minutes in a long time.

Mourinho admitted to football.london on Friday that Lo Celso was tired after the game in training as late as Thursday while Lamela has played even less football in recent weeks.

The Spurs boss also has Dele Alli, Ryan Sessegnon, Christian Eriksen, Son Heung-min and Lucas Moura to choose from for two or three spots.

Mourinho has already said Eriksen will play so he could well start in central midfield with Harry Winks or Eric Dier.

The Spurs boss also said in Friday that Lucas is in a 'good moment' so will likely start again.

In defence, Mourinho has to decide between sticking with a back four or reverting to the back three.

A back four would allow him to bring either Lo Celso or Lamela into his Premier League line-up without losing any of his trusted trio of Alli, Son and Lucas.

Japhet Tanganga is likely to get his third consecutive start for Spurs. We've decided to give the young centre-back a rather different role as the holding full-back in the team, but not on the side you would think to overcome the poor form of others in the role.

(4-2-3-1): Gazzaniga; Aurier, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Tanganga; Eriksen, Winks; Lo Celso, Alli, Son; Lucas.

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