Some Spurs fans want to see Joe Rodon being handed his Tottenham debut against Burnley on Monday in order to cope with the aerial threat from the Clarets.
The central defender, who was snapped up by Tottenham from Swansea on deadline day, was not signed in time to be registered in the club’s Europa League group stage squad.
He watched on from the sidelines against LASK on Thursday as a makeshift centre-back pairing of Ben Davies and Davinson Sanchez put in a solid display and helped Jose Mourinho’s men to register their first clean sheet of the season.
Mourinho confirmed after the match that Japhet Tanganga and Eric Dier are both doubts for their trip to Turf Moor as the pair continue to recover from their injuries (Football.London).
Some Spurs fans believe that the game represents the perfect opportunity to throw Rodon in, with a few suggesting that he might be the man to nullify Chris Wood’s threat in Dier’s absence.
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I cannot see Jose Mourinho handing Rodon his Premier League debut at a tough place like Turf Moor. I expect him to stick with the Sanchez-Alderweireld partnership if Dier is not fit. I expect Rodon to be eased in over the next few months. While Davies was impressive on Thursday, Burnley offer a completely different kind of threat to the one LASK did. So, I cannot see the Welshman starting in central defence, unless Mourinho decides to go with three at the back.
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