Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi has given the fans hope of survival with a draw against Brighton and a win over Wolves in their last two matchups, but things will get a lot more difficult for the Lilywhites both this weekend against former top four rivals Aston Villa and even the following weekend against Leeds United, who have nearly scrambled themselves to safety.
Spurs are mostly forging forward with the veteran players in the squad, and young Mathys Tel has been one of the biggest casualties of that, despite being the team's best attacking player over the past couple of months. Though, of course, given the state of the competition, that isn't necessarily saying much.
Still, Tel's importance to Tottenham was pretty evident even last weekend, as he came off the bench and changed he game, winning the corner that led to the crucial goal to push Spurs to a three points that, had they not obtained them would have meant almost sure fire relegation at this point.
Mathys Tel is a solution
The fight Tel has is beyond what his attacking teammates are offering, and though Dominic Solanke was not actually a big help these last several games, the injury to the striker takes a mainstay of the early Roberto De Zerbi early out of the Tottenham Hotspur starting XI.
Though De Zerbi may prefer the experience of the veteran players, Mathys Tel is his best option. And though Tel primarly plays as a left winger, some of his most decisive performances this season, including against the very same Leeds, have been as a left sided forward in a two striker system.
Richarlison is the far superior option to Randal Kolo Muani and also meshes better with Tel, especially from what Spurs fans have seen this season. For De Zerbi, with Xavi SImons injured, Solanke out, and no right winger in the squad, shifting Tel back into the starting lineup and utilizing a two striker formation, which will be even more dangerous once James Maddison returns to be the No. 10, is the obvious conclusion here.
Tel has to start. Tottenham fans have been screaming that fact to three managers now, and if Tel's key play against Wolves wasn't an indication, then maybe the entirety of the season's data that De Zerbi has to reflect on will be. It's do or die for Spurs at this point, and with De Zerbi showing he is not married to one way of playing or one idea in order to survive, then, perhaps, he should make that same decision with Tel and play him despite his youth.
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