Rotation is likely to be in order this weekend when Tottenham Hotspur travel to Ipswich Town. Having gone so long with having to field the same players every three or four days due to an injury crisis at the club, things do appear to be easing up on that front now.

Last Sunday saw Guglielmo Vicario and James Maddison return to the Tottenham team in the win against Manchester United, with Brennan Johnson and Wilson Odobert introduced off the bench in the second half following their time in the treatment room. Destiny Udogie was also part of the squad for the first time in 2025 but remained an unused substitute for the 1-0 victory.

Speaking last Friday, Postecoglou revealed that it will be "the next two or three weeks" when injured players such as Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Richarlison and Dominic Solanke make their comeback. One player who could possibly be included in the matchday squad at Portman Road this weekend is Timo Werner.

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Recently returning to the training pitch with the first-team squad, the German was not included in the matchday party for last weekend's win over Manchester United but the boss did mention prior to the match that Werner "is getting pretty close to being available".

The possible addition of Werner to the matchday squad would add to the attacking options available to the head coach. Boosted by Johnson and Odobert returning to the pitch in their previous Premier League game, Postecoglou may now want to introduce one or possibly both to the starting XI for Saturday's trip to Ipswich.

After all, he did mention in his pre-match press conference last Friday that he wants his players making their comeback to "have played significant minutes" ahead of next Wednesday's Premier League home encounter against Manchester City.

"Madders is a possibility. Destiny, with the guys who have missed a little bit more, Madders has been a shorter term one, we will see," he said when asked if Maddison or Udogie could start at home to Manchester United.

"They may be on the bench and we look at our schedule when next week we have no game and can train and then the following week we have got a midweeker so what I really want is when we get to that midweeker that Destiny, Brennan, Wilson and Timo, at a stretch, call get some gametime so when we need to rotate from Ipswich into City that these guys have played significant minutes."

As Johnson and Odobert could be pushing for a starting spot in Suffolk, a rare Son Heung-min opportunity could arise for Postecoglou. The South Korean has struggled to hit top form this season and a reason for that may be to do without the amount of football he has played.

The 32-year-old has played 34 of Tottenham's 40 games this term, with the captain missing out through injury six times. Out of his 34 appearances, Son has started 30 of them and come on as a substitute on the other four occasions.

Even in the cup games against Tamworth and Coventry, Son was needed from the bench to help get the job done rather than getting a rest for the full game. The Europa League was seen as a competition to help Postecoglou rotate his team and give regulars a rest and start those on the periphery of the starting XI.

However, Son has started all six of his appearances in the competition this season as Spurs haven't been in a position to give him a breather due to the amount of injuries and also the need to get points on the board for qualification. It is worth pointing out, though, that he did only play the first half of the Galatasaray and Elfsborg games as Postecoglou didn't want to push him too much.

Amid question marks over his form this season coupled with the return of Johnson and Odobert, the opportunity will be there for Postecoglou this weekend to drop his captain down to the bench if he so wishes. As Manchester City are next on the calendar and with midweek football to ramp up again from the start of March when Tottenham next play in the Europa League, it is an opportunity Postecoglou has to take given how the season has panned out so far.

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