Romero surprise, Tel rest and Solanke decision

Ange Postecoglou finally has plenty of selection decisions to make as Tottenham Hotspur take on AZ in Alkmaar in the Europa League round of 16 first leg.

The world of Spurs never brings entirely good news so with Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Dominic Solanke all now back in full training and available for this game, so came the update that Dejan Kulusevski has a foot injury which will keep him out until after the international break.

The Spurs boss will have to choose the right moment to introduce the three big players back into the team and he will be wary of the mess that came from putting Romero and Van de Ven straight back in against Chelsea as they both got reinjured. There is also a Premier League game quickly arriving on the horizon with Bournemouth coming to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.

Kulusevski is a big miss but his injury comes at time when Postecoglou finally has plenty of options in midfield and on the wings and he could even give Mathys Tel a rest with the teenager having played a run of matches after very little football this season before joining Spurs from Bayern Munich.

Here's the team that we reckon Postecoglou will select on Thursday evening:

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