Tottenham face Champions League dilemma as Christian Eriksen joins absentee list

TOTTENHAM boss Mauricio Pochettino will have to field a patched up team in their Champions League clash against Apoel Nicosia.

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2017 by Dailystar.co.uk

Tottenham face Champions League dilemma as Christian Eriksen joins absentee list
Mauricio Pochettino is facing a selection dilemma for Spurs' clash against Apoel Nicosia

Spurs beat West Ham 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday and are now in Cyrpus this week for their Group H tie.

But Pochettino has mounting squad issues as he looks to build upon their win over Borussia Dortmund in their opening European game.

Christian Eriksen has joined a long list of Tottenham players who will be unavailable against Apoel tomorrow night.

Eriksen fell ill on Sunday and has not travelled.

The Dane joins Mousa Dembele who is out with a foot injury while Jan Vertonghen and Dele Alli are both banned.

Victor Wanyama and Danny Rose are out with knee problems.

And Erik Lamela is also missing as he recovers from an injury to his hips.

Pochettino will hope he still has more than enough quality to see off Apoel who lost 3-0 to Real Madrid two weeks ago.

Tottenham face Champions League dilemma as Christian Eriksen joins absentee list
Christian Eriksen will miss Tottenham's tie at Apoel Nicosia due to illness

But the Spurs chief will be wary of slipping up against the minnows in light of his lengthy list of absentees.

Tottenham beat Dortmund 3-1 at Wembley on September 13 thanks to goals from Son Heung-min, Harry Kane and Vertonghen.

Provisional squad: Lloris, Vorm, Gazzaniga, Davies, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Foyth, Trippier, Aurier, Dier, Sissoko, Georgiou, Oakley-Boothe, Son, Llorente, Kane.