Ange Postecoglou is likely to find himself in a familiar position this weekend: facing Manchester City and Erling Haaland without his first-choice centre-backs.
The Tottenham head coach has described new dad Cristian Romero as "definitely a doubt" for the Etihad after he was replaced at half-time of Argentina's game against Paraguay last week, while Micky van de Ven is still sidelined with the hamstring injury picked up in the Carabao Cup win over City last month.