Cristian Stellini facing keeper quandary with captain Hugo Lloris fit again

Cristian Stellini’s first big decision since replacing Antonio Conte at Tottenham will be whether or not to instantly recall captain Hugo Lloris.

The former France goalkeeper, 36, has not played since the 1-0 victory over Manchester City on February 5 after he suffered a knee injury in the closing exchanges.

While Tottenham have exited the FA Cup and Champions League during the past two months, Lloris’ deputy Fraser Forster has been a rare positive and impressed throughout his time in goal.

Lloris’ returned to training last week and made an appearance in a behind closed doors friendly with Ipswich to prove his fitness, which leaves the new acting head coach with a big call to make ahead of Monday’s trip to Everton.

Stellini said: “Hugo Lloris has been training since last week so he is training also this week with the team.

“Obviously we didn’t have the team until Wednesday because they came back day by day from the national team so we train much more with the academy players.

“But Hugo is fit and well, so we have to take a decision with the keeper.”

Spurs have six players set to miss the clash on Merseyside with Ben Davies (hamstring), Richarlison (muscle) and Emerson Royal (knee) all injured during the past fortnight.

The trio join Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring), Yves Bissouma (ankle) and Rodrigo Bentancur (knee) on the treatment table, but Ivan Perisic is expected to shake off the knock he sustained on international duty with Croatia.

Ivan Perisic and Joe Rodon in action this evening