What Tottenham Hotspur could look like with a back three
By Aaron Coe
Tottenham in the 5-3-2 formation
Santo often used either a 5-3-2 or a 5-4-1 formation at Wolves as an alternative to the 3-4-3. If hearing five in the back makes you think defense first, you would not be wrong. Essentially, if Tottenham is going to ever park the bus under Nuno, some variation of this formation would be it.
It was a back-five formation where you often saw Matt Doherty starting at fullback for the Wanderers. With less room to cover than you would in a back four and the odd opportunity to burst forward, it was a formation that suited Doherty and at times the Wolves well.
With the counter-attacking ability of Tottenham, using a back-five formation would not be obscene, however, it is certainly more defensive than most fans want to see the team. To compensate for that, we have Lo Celso in the midfield three and have dropped Oliver Skipp, leaving Pierre Hojbjerg as the loan defensive midfielder.
The team could be made ultra-conservative keeping Skipp in the middle and leaving Lo Celso on the pine. Given the need to run all day in the midfield Dele rounds out the three. Of course, Son is up top with Kane and could slot to either outside midfield position if the team really wanted to go 5-4-1.