Following the international break, Spurs are first in action as they travel to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace. Nuno Espirito Santo, newly crowned manager of the month, will be looking to extend his side’s 100% record which has seen the lilywhites at the top of the table for the international fixtures.

However, they are set to be stretched today, with a trio of players absent after international duty due to quarantine, and both Steven Bergwijn and Heung Min Son are unavailable due to injury sustained in the international break.

On the other hand, they will be boosted by the arrival of right-back Emerson Royal and the reintegration of Tanguy Ndombele after he was thought to want out earlier in the summer, both of whom have made the trip to South London.

When is Son expected back?

Of course, the biggest question mark for the Spurs faithful will be the fitness of Son, who has scored twice in the opening three games of the season, but sustained an injury while on international duty with South Korea, which saw him miss their tie with Lebanon.

This injury was later diagnosed as a calf strain, although the severity of it was not disclosed.

And now, as per the Evening Standard, he is expected not to be fit for the game against Chelsea next weekend either, meaning that he will miss at least three games for the lily whites, with the Europa conference league fixture sandwiched between Palace and the Blues.

With Tottenham’s failure to add a striker to their ranks this summer, how much will this hurt them?