Tottenham are just a fortnight away from a major reset that Ange Postecoglou believes can relaunch their ailing season.
Postecoglou expects up to six of his injured players back before Manchester United visit North London, two weeks on Sunday, but knows Spurs could be out of two cup competitions and sunk deeper in the relegation mire by then.
Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner and Wilson Odobert are all closing in behind Micky van de Ven who returned for 45 minutes in the Europa League against Elfsborg on Thursday after three months of hamstring trouble.