Harry Redknapp has suggested Antonio Conte could be ‘bold’ enough to start all four of Son Heung-min, Harry Kane, Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski for Tottenham Hotspur, as he told talkSPORT.
The former Spurs manager was reacting to the possible selection headache awaiting Conte and ‘does he leave Son out of the team?’.
The South Korean forward started his side’s 2-0 defeat to Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday night, and once again, he failed to get on the scoresheet.
With big pressure from Kulusevski and Richarlison behind him, a lot more is being made of Son’s form in front of goal during these early stages.
Spurs will host rock-bottom Leicester City at the weekend and Conte could be forced to drop one of his most important players.
During his days in the dugout, Redknapp would have been in many situations like this, as he pointed towards the ‘good options’ Conte has to pick from.
“They have good options haven’t they, that’s the thing,” said Redknapp. “Does he leave Son out of the team? I mean he’s a fantastic player, isn’t he!? He’s just having a slow start to the season.
“What nice options to have with them four. Maybe even bold enough to go and stick the four of them in, who knows?”
LEICESTER WON’T BE PUSHOVERS
The Foxes may well be sitting bottom of the Premier League table, but they can’t be taken lightly, despite the gulf in quality this season between the two.
On paper, Leicester have a much better squad than their form and the table suggests, including goalscoring midfielder, James Maddison.
Added to that, Conte and his players are just coming off a pretty gruelling European trip, so that might just way too heavy on their legs.
On the other hand, Leicester was last in action 11 days ago when the now-Chelsea boss, Graham Potter, watched his Brighton side put five past the struggling Midlands outfit.
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