Tottenham team vs Aston Villa confirmed - Solanke and Udogie back in squad as Frank makes 5 changes

Here's the Tottenham Hotspur team that Thomas Frank has named to face Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Saturday evening

Thomas Frank has stuck to his word and named a full strength Spurs team to take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round on Saturday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with some long-awaited faces back on the bench.

The Lilywhites need to bounce back from the 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth and the Spurs boss will be hoping they can progress in the cup. The aftermath has been difficult for Spurs with Micky van de Ven clashing with a fan after the game and captain Cristian Romero hitting out at figures at the club in an Instagram post before getting an additional game ban for the events after his red card at Liverpool.

Along with that Thomas Frank was booed again by the fans, then revealed summer signing Mohammed Kudus is out until April with midfielders Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Bergvall also injured. There was a furore over the Tottenham boss drinking coffee from an Arsenal-branded cup and frustration from the fans at a lack of transfer activity, beyond an impending move for Santos' teenage left-back Souza, to boost an ever-shrinking squad.

Without the suspended Romero, Kevin Danso comes in alongside Micky van de Ven. Pedro Porro and Djed Spence are again the full-backs but Destiny Udogie is back on the bench following his recovery from a hamstring problem and so is Dominic Solanke after four-and-a-half months out.

Archie Gray and Joao Palhinha start as Frank's only fit central midfielders. In attack, the Dane had to leave something on the bench to be able to bring into the game and after a disappointing display at the Vitality Stadium, Randal Kolo Muani is the man who finds himself placed among the substitutes with youngsters Luca Williams-Barnett and Jun'ai Byfield.

Here's the Tottenham team Frank has selected:

Vicario; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Davies; Palhinha, Gray; Tel, Xavi, Odobert; Richarlison. Substitutes: Kinsky, Dragusin, Udogie, Solanke, Spence, Kolo Muani, Scarlett, Byfield, Williams-Barnett.