Van de Ven made his long-awaited return to action last Thursday, playing 45 minutes in Tottenham’s Europa League clash against Elfsborg. It was his first appearance since suffering a hamstring injury against Chelsea on December 8, a setback that sidelined him for seven weeks.

Current captain Son Heung-min featured in that Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City and is the longest serving player after Ben Davies, who joined in 2014. Postecoglou can sense in the duo a desire to end the club’s well-documented 17-year trophy drought.

Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham Hotspur have announced the signing of a player Celtic were also linked with. Ange Postecoglou has not enjoyed the same success at Tottenham Hotspur that he did at Celtic. That will not come as a surprise to anybody though if you know the history of the two clubs.

Here are the Tottenham changes Ange Postecoglou could consider for Thursday evening's Carabao Cup semi-final clash against Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur fans around the world would have been hoping that Micky van de Ven is fit to start in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool. Van de ven was benched against Brentford as a precaution as the Dutch defender did not feet fully fit to play.

When the full-time whistle blew, angry home fans directed much of their discontent at long-time chairman Daniel Levy.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou said Spurs' rearguard action in a 2-0 win at Brentford on Sunday was simply because of the team's injury crisis.

Ange Postecoglou has confirmed new signings Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso are available to make their Tottenham debuts against Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday. Both Tel and Danso will come straight into the squad after their moves to Spurs in the final week of the January transfer window.

Ange Postecoglou has provided the latest on the injury front ahead of Tottenham's Carabao Cup semi-final showdown against Liverpool