Eric Dier is a key player at Tottenham Hotspur but Mauricio Pochettino may reshuffle to replace Harry Kane’s goals.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has some decisions to make for Saturday’s trip to Manchester United after Harry Kane was ruled out with a hamstring injury, as Sky Sports reports.
Kane has scored eight of Tottenham’s last 15 league goals and will be a huge miss for the crunch match against a title rival.
Son Heung-min and Fernando Llorente are the options to replace the England striker, but neither can fill Kane’s boots on their own. Son lacks the physical presence and Llorente does not have the mobility.
Pochettino should consider playing both the South Korean and the Spaniard in the subtly-changed two-up-top formation that he used in recent matches against Real Madrid and Liverpool.
That means one unfortunate midfielder would have to miss out, and Spurs did beat Liverpool without Eric Dier last weekend.
Harry Winks is in the best form of his young career and was flanked by Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen at Wembley.
Dier has started 79 of Tottenham’s last 85 league matches and it would be a brave call by Pochettino to leave him out.
In this system, the Argentine would also have the option of dropping Dier into the back three and benching Davinson Sanchez.
Either way, without Kane, Spurs need to pack the team with potential goalscorers if they are to come away from Old Trafford with victory.
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