Brentford v Tottenham: Spurs boss Conte may rest all his World Cup stars

Tottenham volition resume the Premier League successful 4th position

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has suggested helium volition lone prime players who were not progressive successful the World Cup for his side's Boxing Day lucifer astatine Brentford.

Conte has already said his players who were progressive successful the last - France's Hugo Lloris and Argentina's Cristian Romero - volition not look the Bees.

"I americium not truly happy," Conte said.

"In 1 hand, you are blessed due to the fact that for my club, Tottenham, to person 12 players astatine the World Cup it means that we are successful the close mode to effort to beryllium competitory and to effort to triumph something.

"But it is mean that erstwhile you person truthful galore players play a tourney similar this, particularly during the season, that present it is not casual due to the fact that the carnal information is not astatine the top.

"It is intolerable to springiness them a batch of remainder and for definite with the players that didn't play the World Cup and we enactment for 4 weeks, present they are successful a large carnal condition.

"We worked a batch connected the tactical facet and carnal aspect. Now they are astatine a level that is amended than the players who finished the World Cup.

"For this crushed I deliberation I person to marque the champion determination for the crippled against Brentford. On 1 broadside I person players who I worked with for 4 weeks truly good and connected the different side, I person players who worked astatine the World Cup and are not astatine the apical astatine the moment."

Rodrigo Bentancur volition miss Monday's lunchtime kick-off owed to suspension but has besides been nursing a insignificant hamstring issue.

The aforesaid wounded volition sideline Richarlison for a period - helium picked it up playing for Brazil successful Qatar - and Lucas Moura's occupation with his tendon continues.

Conte said of Moura: "He is struggling a batch to find a solution.

"It's a hard situation, due to the fact that I person a bully subordinate successful my squad, but he's ne'er available. It's similar you don't person him.

"It's a pity due to the fact that we are talking astir a bully player, a bully guy, but helium is struggling a batch to lick this problem. I don't cognize what successful the aboriginal happens astir him."