Ange Postecoglou is holding his FA Cup press conference on Thursday afternoon ahead of Tottenham's third round clash with Burnley on Friday night.
Tottenham have struggled to make much of an impact in the FA Cup for a long time and with the Carabao Cup exit the only real blip on Postecoglou's start to life in north London, he will be looking to ensure his team goes on a strong run in the famous old cup competition this year.
There will be plenty of questions for the Australian to answer around the game, not least Spurs' January transfer window activities including their attempts to sign 21-year-old Romanian centre-back Radu Dragusin from Serie A side Genoa as well as other potential moves in and out of the club.
Postecoglou could be asked who will captain his side in the absence of Son Heung-min, who has flown off to compete at the Asian Cup, and the injured vice-captains Cristian Romero and James Maddison.
There are also injury updates to be delivered with Pape Matar Sarr and Alejo Veliz both taken off in tears during the 3-1 win against Bournemouth on New Year's Eve. There is also the potential return of various players with Micky van de Ven, Maddison and Manor Solomon all nearing the end of their long-term injury recoveries.
Our Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold is among those putting the questions to Postecoglou. Scroll down for his latest updates from the press conference at Hotspur Way.
Here's everything Ange Postecoglou said
You can find a transcript with the answers the Tottenham boss gave by heading right here or scroll down for some highlights.
Does Postecoglou have an ideal number of new faces he'd like
No, it doesn’t work that way. There are a lot of moving parts in a window like this. Like I said, January you don’t expect too much in terms of activity but again I’ve said before is that every opportunity we have to strengthen the team, strengthen the squad, we should try and take. Depending on sort of the opportunities we have to do that this month, we’ll try and do.
The Spurs boss was asked if he wants to keep Eric Dier
I think Eric is contracted to this football club, and he's as much in control of his destiny as anyone else.
Postecoglou on signing a centre-back early in the window
It's hard to say because I don't get involved in that side of it. As I said leading into the window, we've got some objectives and some targets and we're working towards that. People behind the scenes and in charge of those areas are working towards that and my role within that is when I'm sought for guidance and clarity on which way we need to go, I provide that.
Postecoglou on Maddison and Romero
[Maddison] not training with us yet mate and I’ve said before until they training with us, it is hard for me to put a timeline on it. He’s running with the sports science crew but not with us and not likely to be with us in the next couple of weeks I don’t think.
Cristian is still very early stages.
Postecoglou on injury news
Unfortunately Alejo was a fairly significant injury. He had scans, will keep him out for a couple of months. Won't need surgery. Micky van de Ven has trained with us, he's been involved for three sessions. Not sure about tomorrow and whether he'll be involved or not.
Spurs are in talks for Radu Dragusin
You can find a piece on Tottenham's pursuit of the young Romanian centre-back and why he would be the perfect fit for Postecoglou if they can prise him away from Genoa by heading right here.
A couple of Spurs players have returned
Sergio Reguilon has joined Dane Scarlett in coming back to Tottenham after their loan spells came to an end. You can find out how the rest of the loan players are getting on away from the north London club by heading right here.
Postecoglou must decide on a new captain
With Son away at the Asian Cup and Romero and Maddison both still out of action, the Tottenham boss must decide who wears the armband for the next game or two. You can find the five contenders for the role by heading right here.
Welcome to Hotspur Way
We'll have plenty of updates from Ange Postecoglou shortly ahead of Tottenham's FA Cup match against Burnley.
