Tottenham team news: Ange Postecoglou gets Radu Dragusin call totally wrong v Wolves
The starting lineup for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’s Premier League matchup against Wolves has been announced by manager Ange Postecoglou.
On Saturday, February 17, Spurs will visit midtable Wolves with the goal of winning the league at home for the sixth time in a row.
Pedro Porro and Destiny Udogie’s unavailability were known going into the weekend, thus Postecoglou made four changes for the match, as announced by Tottenham’s official website.
In their absence, Postecoglou should have chosen Radu Dragusin at the back for this game, but Ben Davies and Emerson Royal were called back up to the starting lineup.
Radu Dragusin awaiting first Tottenham start
Despite these back injury absences, the high-profile January acquisition is still waiting for his Tottenham debut.
Despite being a center-back by trade, Dragusin can also play full-back, so using him there would have been a wise move to counteract Wolves’ wide players who like to attack.
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The Romanian has only played for a total of eight minutes over his three substitute appearances, so we haven’t seen much of him yet.
Still, he’s already demonstrated more than a few flashes of his potential. He won all three of his duels, for instance, in the 2-2 draw with Everton [Sofascore].
Against Burnley in December, Royal made his final league start, misfiring on nine of his passes and winning just nine of his fifteen duels.
Son Heung-min hits ground running after Asian Cup exertions
Royal is still a good option at the back, so Dragusin shouldn’t be worrying about when he will join the team.
Son Heung-min, who made an immediate impression upon his return from the Asian Cup, was called up to the starting lineup in other news.
Son helped Brennan Johnson score the game-winning goal late in Brighton and Hove Albion’s 2-1 victory last Saturday. Out of 12 passes that he attempted, he completed 11 of them, misfiring on only one (92%).
In addition to making headlines with his thrilling victory, Johnson also successfully defended his lead in three of his four bouts.
It is rather unexpected that Johnson is listed as one of the substitutes for the match against Wolves, although Son and Richarlison were almost guaranteed to start.
As Spurs attempt to record only their second clean sheet in 16 league games and their first since December, Yves Bissouma replaces Rodrigo Bentancur in the fourth substitution..
