Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke could get a rest at Tamworth

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou will not underestimate FA Cup minnows Tamworth, but has hinted key duo Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke may get an overdue rest on Sunday.

Spurs travel to National League club Tamworth buoyed by a midweek Carabao Cup victory over Liverpool, but are still without at least eight players for this third-round tie.

Tottenham have struggled over the past six weeks with a packed schedule coupled with injury problems, which has resulted in Kulusevski and Solanke starting each of the last seven games.

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Only full-back Pedro Porro has played more minutes than the attacking pair this term, but Kulusevski and Solanke may get to watch on from the substitutes’ bench at the Lamb Ground with Pape Sarr, James Maddison and Mikey Moore primed for minutes.

“We have got to be mindful of we don’t want it to turn into a tricky game for us, we want to make sure we play our best,” Postecoglou said.

“Having Mikey back helps in that front third for sure, getting Pape and Maddison back helps us in midfield.

“In terms of centre-half and right-back, we are still pretty limited in terms of what we can do there in terms of rotation, but hopefully we can rest at least a couple of players from a full 90 minutes of football.”

Postecoglou was asked if some of the inexperienced members of his squad could feature this weekend with academy graduates Alfie Dorrington and Will Lankshear regularly named on the bench over the last month.

While Lankshear has started twice for Tottenham to make himself a viable candidate to start versus Tamworth, centre-back Dorrington looks unlikely to come into the line-up and instead may leave on