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Alasdair Gold & Rob Guest

Tottenham team confirmed vs Dinamo Zagreb as Harry Kane, Son and Dele start with Bale rested

Jose Mourinho has shuffled his pack but still named a strong Tottenham Hotspur team to face Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League round of 16 first leg.

Gareth Bale, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Toby Alderweireld are among those rested as the Spurs boss makes seven changes.

However, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min both remain in the starting line-up and Tanguy Ndombele comes back after his rest against Crystal Palace and lines up alongside Moussa Sissoko in the midfield.

Eric Dier and Dele Alli are back in the line-up for the Europa League again along with Ben Davies, while Serge Aurier returns from feeling discomfort in his calf.

The strength of the bench is shown by the absence of young academy players on the bench.

Tottenham's open training session ahead of Dinamo Zagreb

After cruising past Wolfsberger AC in the Round of 32 following an 8-1 aggregate victory, it will now get a bit more tricky for Spurs in their quest to reach the final in Gdansk at the end of May.

Dinamo Zagreb come into the match in fine form and also having beaten Krasnodar in both of their games in the last round.

"They play in Europe every year, they played in the Champions League recently, they have international players from different countries. It is a big step up in relation to the previous challenges we had before," said Mourinho in his pre-match press conference.

"The teams we have played before are in a completely different level to Dinamo. It is a difficult tie for us. They have good players.

"Can they play in the Premier League? Their agents will be very happy if they I say yes and they will use my words to promote the players so I am not going to do that."

Here is the Tottenham team Mourinho has chosen:

Spurs XI vs Dinamo Zagreb: Lloris; Aurier, Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Sissoko, Ndombele; Lamela, Alli, Son; Kane.

Subs: Hart, Whiteman, Doherty, Reguilon, Alderweireld, Tanganga, Hojbjerg, Winks, Bale, Bergwijn, Lucas, Vinicius

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