Antonio Conte wants to stick with his favoured 3-4-3 formation for Tottenham's trip to Manchester United on Wednesday, despite injuries to Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski. Richarlison will miss the visit to Old Trafford with a calf injury sustained against Everton, while Conte has admitted that he 'doesn't know' whether Kulusevski will be available.
It means that Conte could be without two of his key forwards and now there are question marks over who the Italian head coach will select alongside Harry Kane and Son Heung-min to complete Spurs' front three. Lucas Moura, Ivan Perisic and Bryan Gil are the three frontrunners to get a starting berth against Erik ten Hag's side if Kulusevski is not available.
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Lucas came off the bench against Everton for his first appearance in two months, Perisic started in a wing-back role in the win over the Toffees, while Gil is yet to feature in the Premier League this season. Conte spoke about all three players in his pre-Man United press conference and hinted that Perisic could move forward to join Kane and Son in the front three.
"Lucas can be a possibility, Gil can be a possibility, Perisic like a striker in a three is a possibility," said Conte. "We have another training session to decide. I prefer to play with a 3-4-3 but we'll see.
"Yes [I would like to stick with 3-4-3], because in my idea we've worked a lot with this system. Lucas Moura is recovering from his injury, Gil is making progress and then I have Ivan Perisic who can play like a striker."
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