The Tottenham manager might give one of his starting offensive players the chance to shine in place of Dejan Kulusevski.
Tottenham Hotspur can continue their unbeaten start to the new Premier League season this afternoon with another positive result at home to struggling newly promoted Sheffield United, with the Lilywhites currently riding a three-match winning streak in the top flight before the break for the national team.
A5-2 win away to Burnley last time out appears to epitomize the good start to life that new manager Ange Postecoglou has enjoyed in the Spurs dugout, with the 58-year-old subsequently named the division’s Manager of the Month for August.
.The north Londoners’ great efforts were also further recognized when James Maddison, who scored two goals and two assists in just four league appearances this season, succeeded his manager by being named League Player of the Month, with the 26-year-old . ..old apparently among those destined to face the Blades again from the beginning.
What’sthe news on the Tottenham-Sheffield United team?
There will be a strong sense of relief for Postecoglou and his colleagues in the news that both Heung-min Son and Cristian Romero will be fit to feature later today, despite the pair having respectively suffered injuries in recent times during their international duty. week or so.
However, the Lilywhites are likely to be without playmaker Giovani Lo Celso, 27, as the Argentine is still suffering from a muscle injury, while long-term absentee Rodrigo Bentancur is still working his way back to fitness.
With the rest of the squad largely “fit, good and available” – according to Postecoglou – this should see Brennan Johnson in line for a deadline day debut, with the Wales international just looking on from the recent win at Turf Moor .
.Will Brennan Johnson play against Sheffield United?
Although, as the old cliché goes, no match at the highest level is ever easy, it could prove to be a good time to start the 22-year-old against a team who have picked up just one point so far this season. , against a team threatened by relegation, Everton away for the last time.
The Nottingham native is a player who “causes so many problems with his pace and vision” – as previously praised by journalist Josh Bunting – and the Bramall Lane side appear to be aware of this as Spurs’ new man scored two goals in just five matches against today’s opponents in his career so far.
Fresh from the 2022/23 season, which saw the youngster score eight times in his debut Premier League season, the hope is that it won’t be long before Johnson shines at the Lily white and helps strengthen an attacking unit that has struggled under the blow caused by the loss of talisman Harry Kane last month.
Although Son is a recent hat-trick hero, he is likely to retain his place in the centre, joined by Manor Solomon – who recorded two assists against the Clarets – on the left, the right spot could be the place to add £47.5 millions are a permanent home.
Dejan Kulusevski has started every large-scale league game so far this season, scoring against Bournemouth in August, although the jury is still out on whether the Swede is particularly suited to Postecoglou’s demands, with 90 minutes to start of the summer that they had reported that the ex-Celtic boss was not too convinced by the wing wizard.
A position in the midfield ranks may be preferable for Kulusevski because playing on the right just “doesn’t maximise Kulusevski’s ball-striking, large space ball-carrying, ability to turn with pressure on his back & weighting of [through] balls” (recognized within Premier League Panel).
Regarding Johnson, the 6 foot 1 superstar, whose potential has been dubbed “quite scary” by international teammate Aaron Ramsey, will undoubtedly be eager to get settled in quickly. Postecoglou may not have chosen a better day to begin the process than today.
