Mauricio Pochettino responds when asked if Paulo Gazzaniga will start for Tottenham Hotspur against Barcelona

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Tottenham Hotspur are due to take on Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Mauricio Pochettino has admitted to the Daily Mail that he still doesn’t know if Paulo Gazzaniga will start for Tottenham Hotspur against Barcelona.

Gazzaniga has done his claim for a place in Tottenham’s team no harm in recent weeks.

The Argentine has done an admirable job since being put in to replace Hugo Lloris, and he helped keep Huddersfield Town at bay at the weekend.

Spurs won 2-0 against Huddersfield, but Pochettino is yet to decide whether Gazzaniga will start in midweek against Barcelona, as he wants to give Lloris a chance to get fit again.

“I don’t know, we have to see how Hugo is,” Pochettino said, when asked if the back-up goalkeeper would feature in the Champions League.

Gazzaniga was Spurs’ third choice goalkeeper at the start of the campaign, but he may well have moved above Michel Vorm in the pecking order for places now.

Tottenham go into their Champions League match with Barcelona as underdogs, but they could really do with the three points.

Spurs lost to Inter Milan in their opening European match of the season, which piles the pressure on them.