Antonio Conte has admitted that he has not considered Eric Dier starting in the Tottenham midfield against AC Milan due to a lack of time. Following injuries to Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur over the past few days, Spurs are extremely short in midfield for the Champions League Round of 16 tie at the San Siro as Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg will also not feature as he is serving a one-match ban.
That means youngsters Oliver Skipp and Pape Matar Sarr are the two central midfielders available to Conte. A big ask for the players due to their age and inexperience in such a big game, one option would be to move Dier forward from his centre-back role but that is something that Conte has not considered in the two days since Bentancur ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament.
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