Tottenham Hotspur are due to take on Liverpool in the Champions League final on June 1st.
Mauricio Pochettino has a problem for the Champions League final if Harry Kane makes it back in time to play for Tottenham Hotspur, as that could make his team selection decision hugely difficult.
Spurs are due to face Liverpool in Madrid on June 1st, and Kane is expected to be fit enough to feature.
Kane will surely start for Tottenham if he is to make it off the treatment table, but picking a player to miss out is so difficult.
Lucas Moura would ordinarily be the Tottenham attacker to be dropped down to the substitutes’ bench, but his hat-trick against Ajax in the semi-final surely makes him undroppable.
Spurs could opt to leave Heung-Min Son on the bench, but he has arguably been their best player over the course of the season, and he is their biggest goalscoring threat other than Kane.
Dele Alli has been out of sorts of late, but the England international always plays better when Kane is around, and he was excellent against Ajax.
Christian Eriksen has also struggled more recently, but Pochettino is highly unlikely to take Spurs’ most creative player out of the team in such a crucial game.
Spurs could opt to line up in a diamond shape, which would allow Pochettino to get all five players into his line-up, but then his side could be exposed defensively – with Moussa Sissoko the only defensive-minded midfielder in the team.
And Pochettino’s task of picking a team for the Champions League final looks hugely difficult if Kane does make it back in time.
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