Tottenham have been knocked out of the Carabao Cup, leaving Ange Postecoglou in a desperate position with Aston Villa in the FA Cup up next.

Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso are in line to make their Tottenham debuts against Liverpool in this week’s Carabao Cup semi-final decider. In a frantic conclusion to the January transfer window, Tel arrived in north London from Bayern Munich on loan with the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.

The major story surrounding Bayern Munich and a handful of Premier League clubs on transfer deadline day was the future of Mathys Tel. The versatile French forw

Dragusin has joined a long list of players out of action for Spurs, with Dominic Solanke, Cristian Romero, Wilson Odobert, James Maddison, Destiny Udogie, Guglielmo Vicario, Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson all currently out.

The Bayern Munich starlet initially rejected a switch to Tottenham last week to open the door to Manchester United and Arsenal - but Ange Postecoglou intervened to convine him to join Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou feels new signing Mathys Tel will have the opportunity to play in a system that suits him well and is a perfect addition to the Spurs squad. The Lilywhites agreed a loan deal with buy option to sign Tel from Bayern Munich on deadline day of the winter transfer window.

Ange Postecoglou persuaded Tel to join Tottenham on deadline day, and may need to drop the French 19-year-old into his starting XI for Thursday night’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Anfield

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou has claimed that Mathys Tel will stay with the Lilywhites beyond his initial loan from Bayern Munich.