Mauricio Pochettino is contemplating resting Harry Kane for Tottenham's Europa League trip to Anderlecht despite a lack of fit forwards.
Head coach Pochettino has been rocked by injuries to Son Heung-min (foot) and Nacer Chadli (ankle) in the past week.
"Yes, it is possible he will start on the bench, as we need to manage in a good way and assess and analyse every little detail," Pochettino, whose side have four points from their first two Europa League fixtures, said.
"The player always wants to play. Afterwards I decide if the player is wrong.
"We need to assess because at the end of the game against Liverpool last week, Harry had a small problem."
Much was made of Tottenham's failure to sign another out-and-out striker in the last transfer window with a well-publicised pursuit of West Brom's Saido Berahino proving fruitless.
"Before January, Chadli and Son will be back," he added. "It is too far to January to decide - Son maybe three weeks maximum and Chadli maybe four, five or six.
"We have other players in the squad and we believe in all players. It is not a big problem. If we arrive in January and we believe we need to sign some players we will decide. I'm happy with the squad we have."
