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Tottenham confirmed team vs Galatasaray - Will Lankshear, Lucas Bergvall and Son Heung-min start

Will Lankshear starts for Tottenham against Galatasaray
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Ange Postecoglou has made changes to his Tottenham team to take on Galatasaray in the Europa League. Three from three in the competition so far, Spurs will be aiming to keep up their 100 per cent start to the league phase when they face the Turkish giants this evening.

In what will be Tottenham's toughest European game so far in 2024/25, Postecoglou's side are going to have to try and contend with a very hostile atmosphere inside RAMS Park. Galatasaray have made a strong start to the competition after winning two and drawing one of their first three fixtures.

Fresh from last Sunday's 4-1 win over Aston Villa, Postecoglou has made changes to his Tottenham team for the encounter against Galatasaray. Fraser Forster continues in goal in Europe once again after excelling against AZ Alkmaar two weeks ago, with Pedro Porro, Radu Dragusin, Ben Davies and Archie Gray making up the backline.

In midfield, Yves Bissouma, James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall all come in after not starting last weekend against Villa. Will Lankshear then leads the line for Spurs, with Brennan Johnson and Son Heung-min starting either side of him.

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Speaking to the media ahead of the game in Istanbul, Postecoglou opened up on the challenge facing his team.

"They definitely have a lot of threat in the front third," said the 59-year-old. "As I said, their attacking players are very, very good individually. They're a strong team physically, so we're going have to match the attacking threats they have with the way we play.

"Obviously, like I said here at Galatasaray, at this home stadium with the fans behind them, there's a great energy in all their games, so it's a great test for us, but as I said one we're looking forward to. We're in good form, we're playing good football ourselves. It should hopefully be a good game."

Here is the Tottenham team Postecoglou has selected to face Galatasaray:

Confirmed Tottenham XI: Forster; Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Gray; Bissouma, Maddison, Bergvall; Johnson, Lankshear, Son.

Subs: Vicario, Austin, Udogie, Dorrington, Cassanova, Kulusevski, Sarr, Bentancur, Olusesi, Williams-Barnett, Solanke.

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