Tottenham team vs Luton confirmed - Micky van de Ven back on the bench, Timo Werner starts
Ange Postecoglou has named the Tottenham side that he believes can beat Luton in Saturday's return of the Premier League.
Spurs will look to put that dismal defeat at Fulham behind them with the visit of the Hatters to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Ange Postecoglou has got all of his international players back now with many of them playing little to no part in their country's second games this fortnight which should in theory hand him a fresher side to face Luton than he probably expected.
He does need to have his mind on the next fixture as well as it is just two days in between this Premier League match against Rob Edwards' side and the derby at West Ham on Tuesday night.
Micky van de Ven is back in training following his hamstring problem at Villa but Postecoglou has decided to hold off on bringing him back into the starting line-up just yet and sticks with Radu Dragusin.
Richarlison trained well on Friday after some knee issues remained from his previous injury which meant he did not play a minute for Brazil during the international break and he is on the bench for Spurs. In contrast Son Heung-min played every minute for South Korea in their double header against Thailand and the captain plays through the centre for Postecoglou.
Timo Werner gets the nod ahead of Brennan Johnson after two weeks spent at Hotspur Way as the only change to the side that lost at Fulham.
Here is the team the Tottenham head coach has selected:
Vicario; Porro, Romero, Dragusin, Udogie; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Kulusevski, Son, Werner. Subs: Austin, Emerson, Davies, Van de Ven, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Lo Celso, Johnson, Richarlison.
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