Antonio Conte stays in Italy, recuperating from gallbladder surgical treatment, so assistant coach Cristian Stellini will once again deputise and handle 4 long-lasting absentees.
Yves Bissouma, Ryan Sessegnon and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris are all suffering severe injuries and April is viewed as the earliest that any of them might make a return to the first string. Rodrigo Bentancur is out for the season.
“No new injuries,” assistant supervisor Stellini said on Friday. “We have a problem with Sessegnon but that was clear from the last game [as] Sessegnon was not in the squad. At the moment he’s not available.”
Left wing-back Sessegnon is anticipated to be out for 6 weeks after he suffered a hamstring injury in training soon prior to last weekend’s 4-1 hammering at the hands of Leicester City. Ivan Perisic will continue, with Pedro Porro promoting a 2nd start on the opposite flank.
Inexperienced midfield duo Pape Matar Sarr and Oliver Skipp satisfied in defeat to air conditioning Milan, though one will leave with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg serving his one-game Champions League suspension.
Richarlison will question what he needs to do – or, rather what Heung-minutes Son needs to continue not to do – to see him start.
“Sunday is an important match,” he said of the London derby versus West Ham. “We come from two difficult games and we want to change this situation.”
Predicted Tottenham XI: Forster; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Porro, Hojbjerg, Sarr, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.
