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Richarlison and Perisic in, Emerson decision - Tottenham line-up Conte should pick vs Wolves

Tottenham Hotspur are looking to continue their unbeaten start to the season as they welcome Wolves in Saturday's lunch-time kick-off.

Antonio Conte's men picked up a point at Chelsea last weekend with a 96th minute leveller from Harry Kane and now they face the very different challenge of Bruno Lage's Wolves. The Midlands side won at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in February as Spurs spluttered to a disappointing defeat.

Now the Spurs boss will have to decide whether to change up his Tottenham starting XI for the first time this season as Wolves come to town.

We asked our three Tottenham Hotspur reporters to name the team they would select to take to the pitch on Saturday.

Alasdair Gold - Tottenham Hotspur correspondent

Conte has not had to shuffle his pack yet because with one game every week he's been sticking with his tried and tested players so far and hasn't had to throw in the new boys.

Instead he's been working with them on the training pitches to get across his demands and philosophy as well as the extra fitness required.

Now it might be time to just keep a few of those in the last two starting XIs on their toes with a couple of changes to the line-up.

Conte might want to switch up his full-backs to increase the fitness and match sharpness of either Ivan Perisic or Matt Doherty, who both suffered serious injuries last season, before the games come thick and fast.

With Cristian Romero out injured with his adductor muscle injury, Davinson Sanchez is likely to get the nod as the other player Conte turns to on that right-hand side of the back three.

Richarlison also impressed when he came on at Chelsea and the Spurs boss might want to reward him with a start to keep Dejan Kulusevski on this toes.

Gold's team: Lloris; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.

Rob Guest - Tottenham Hotspur reporter

Tottenham were far from their best at Stamford Bridge last Sunday and that may result in a few changes against Wolves. One alteration that will definitely take place comes at centre-back as Cristian Romero is not going to be risked after picking up a muscle injury at Chelsea.

Davinson Sanchez will be the man to come in and he will be intent on seizing his chance as he did when Romero wasn't in the side last campaign. Another change that could very well happen is Ivan Perisic replacing Ryan Sessegnon at left wing-back.

The Croat has come off the bench in the past two games and should now be in a decent position to start after trying to build his way back to full fitness over the summer. One player who perhaps has played his way into the starting XI is Richarlison after such a bright cameo last weekend.

However, it will be a tough choice between Son Heung-min or Dejan Kulusevski missing out if the Brazilian is to make his full Spurs debut.

Guest's team: Lloris; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Richarlison, Kane, Son.

Emma de Duve - Tottenham Hotspur reporter

Saturday could be where Tottenham fans start to see Conte making some changes. Spurs need to bounce back after the poor performance against Chelsea, despite securing a point.

Sanchez is the most obvious choice to fill in for Romero, with the Colombian stepping in for him, when he was injured last season. Perisic and Doherty are yet to start a game this season, with Conte saying both needed to work on their fitness.

However both Sessegnon and Royal were two of the players who saw a drop in their performance against Chelsea. The wing-back spots will cause a lot of competition this season and it could be a chance for the Italian to see two of his other options in action.

Both Kulusevski and Son had a quiet day at Stamford Bridge and with Richarlison's impact when coming on as a substitute, he could get his first start in the Spurs shirt. Conte may not make all four changes to the starting line-up, but we are definitely starting to already see a battle for places in the starting XI.

de Duve's team: Lloris; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Doherty, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Perisic; Son, Kane, Richarlison

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