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Alasdair Gold & Rob Guest

Tottenham team confirmed vs West Ham: Dele Alli, Giovani Lo Celso and Lucas Moura start

Jose Mourinho has named his Tottenham team to take on West Ham in the Premier League this evening.

Registering a point on their return to action on Friday with a 1-1 draw against Manchester United, the Lilywhites must pick up a win if they want to seal a Champions League place for next season.

Boosted by the return of a number of key players ahead of the United game, Mourinho now has Dele Alli and Lucas Moura to select from again.

The former missed out through suspension on Friday evening, with the latter not making the matchday squad due to injury.

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Speaking about the pair and his attacking options at his pre-match press conference ahead of the game, he said: "We have only good news, Lucas is back from injury, Dele Alli is back from punishment and no injuries coming from the game against United so we didn’t lose any players and we have two extra players that make our squad really, really good.

"That gives me for the first time since I arrived, it’s the first time I have all six attacking players available for the game.

"I had matches with only one and now finally I have six.

"I can have people playing, people on the bench, rotate the players. Our attacking options for this match are really good."

Both Dele and Lucas come straight into the starting XI as does Giovani Lo Celso to add some playmaking ability to the midfield after just coming off the bench against Manchester United.

The players who drop to the bench are Harry Winks, Erik Lamela and the goalscorer from Friday night, Steven Bergwijn.

West Ham are also in desperate need of victory as they are level on points with Bournemouth in 18th with eight games to play.

The Hammers lost 2-0 in their first game back against Wolves and they will be keen to follow up on last season's 1-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Here is the team Mourinho has selected to take on David Moyes' men:

Spurs XI: Lloris; Aurier, Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Sissoko, Lo Celso; Lucas, Dele, Son; Kane. Subs: Gazzaniga, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sessegnon, Winks, Gedson, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Lamela.

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