Slaven Bilic has included Angelo Ogbonna, Alex Song and Michail Antonio in the squad which travels to Tottenham for tomorrow afternoon’s Sky TV game.
But training ground observers are finding it impossible to predict which X1 will take the field at 4pm given the changing scenarios adopted on the training ground..
ClaretandHugh was told that the previously injured Ogbona and Song are in the travelling squad along with the £7 million deadline day signing but that the manager has mixed things up so much on the training pitch that the starting X1 “is anybody’s guess.”
We were told: “We’ve seen Carroll playing through the middle and Diafra Sakho wide before being returned to his central role.
Mauro Zarate and Antonio have both been used in wide roles as the guessing game has gone on. It will be fascinating to see how Slaven Bilic goes on our first excursion without Dimi Payet.
Ogbonna s desperate to return but should he , Carroll, Song and Antonio start on the bench it will show how far the club has come this term for their collective worth in the transfer market amounts to around £45 million.
I’d like to see Antonio start.
Unleashing a pacey, powerful, born and bred London lad, who is desperate to prove himself, into a London Derby could be devastating.