The upshot to Richarlison joining Solanke on the sidelines is that deadline-day signing Mathys Tel, who replaced him at Anfield, will likely have to lead the line in Sunday's FA Cup fourth-round tie at Aston Villa – now an enormous game in Spurs' season.

Mathys Tel was the story of the January transfer window, with the Bayern Munich wonderkid the subject of a thrilling transfer race between several Premier League giants. Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United were all interested in signing the 19-year-old after he decided to leave Munich in pursuit of more regular game time.

The major story surrounding Bayern Munich and a handful of Premier League clubs on transfer deadline day was the future of Mathys Tel. The versatile French forw

Mathys Tel is primed to make his first start for Tottenham at Aston Villa on Sunday. Tel was brought on for his debut in the first half of Thursday’s 4-0 thrashing at Liverpool in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup after Richarlison sustained a fresh calf injury.

For a start, Tottenham have an option to buy Tel for £45m – whereas it feels unlikely Chelsea would have allowed such a clause for any loan involving Felix – which gives Spurs assurance they can sign the teenager permanently if he does succeed, rather than improving another club’s player for no long term gain.

We asked our Tottenham Hotspur correspondents Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest to name the starting XI they would select to face Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur starlet Mathys Tel was introduced off the bench in their crushing Carabao Cup defeat at Anfield.