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Rob Guest

Antonio Conte has another Djed Spence situation to deal with at Tottenham after FA Cup exit

Arnaut Danjuma's wait for his first Tottenham start goes on after he was once again named amongst the substitutes for their FA Cup fifth round tie away at Sheffield United. Featuring off the bench in three games prior to their trip to Bramall Lane, the cup encounter looked the perfect opportunity to give him a go from the off, with attacking changes always going to take place.

There were two alterations to the Spurs frontline that started in the 2-0 win over Chelsea last Sunday, with Richarlison keeping his place and Harry Kane and Dejan Kulusevski the duo to miss out. Son Heung-min, as expected, came back into the side and there was also a surprise recall for Lucas Moura, who last started for the Lilywhites in their Champions League win over Marseille at the beginning of November.

"We need Lucas like all the players," said Cristian Stellini when asked about the experienced attacker in his post-match press conference. "We thought this was the right moment to use Lucas from the start. His effort was good.

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