Conte has hinted at starting ‘formidable’ Tottenham attacking talent tonight, Ten Hag will be terrified – TBR View

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Tottenham Hotspur play Manchester United away in Wednesday’s Premier League fixture at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils sit fifth in the table and welcome a Spurs side currently sitting third in the standings.

Erik ten Hag’s charges had to settle for a 0-0 draw with Newcastle United last time out.

Meanwhile, Antonio Conte’s Tottenham ran out 2-0 winners against Everton at the weekend.

Both United and Spurs are heading in the right direction and will fancy their chances to climb further up the table.

Antonio Conte has some thinking to do in terms of who will make up his front line.

The Spurs boss, talking to football.london earlier this week, said he’d prefer to stick with 3-4-3.

This is despite Richarlison’s absence and Dejan Kulusevski remaining a doubt.

With Harry Kane and Son Heung-min all-but guaranteed to start, that leaves a third place up for grabs in attack.

‘Good physical condition’

While Ivan Perisic and Bryan Gil are in with a shout, the likelihood is that Lucas Moura will complete the front three.

Speaking before the match, Conte said: “Lucas Moura is available.

“He’s working. He’s starting to have a good physical condition.”

Moura has returned to action following a calf injury, coming off the bench against Eintracht Frankfurt and Everton.

Now, there’s a decent chance the Brazilian will get his first start of the season against the Red Devils.

Erik ten Hag will surely not be pleased to see Moura feature against his side.

The last time the Tottenham ace played a Ten Hag team, he scored the most dramatic of hat-tricks to send Spurs to the Champions League final at Ajax’s expense.

Moura, Conte and everyone connected with Tottenham will be hoping for a repeat from the “formidable” talent.