
Tottenham Hotspur have a task on their hands if they are to secure back-to-back seasons of Champions League football next year.
Thomas Frank's men sit 14th in the Premier League table ahead of this weekend's fixtures and are without a host of first-team players through injury. Spurs are 11 points adrift of what is likely to be the Premier League's fifth automatic Champions League qualification place, but European football next term is not out of the question entirely.