Tottenham are without several senior players in Cyprus even though Mauricio Pochettino has vowed to try and win the Europa League since it now comes with an invitation into next year's Champions League.

Emmanuel Adebayor, Aaron Lennon and Christian Eriksen are among those who have not made the trip to Larnaca, where Spurs begin another European campaign against AEL Limassol in the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium.

Younes Kaboul and Etienne Capoue are also missing from the 21-man squad. Michel Vorm has not been included in the UEFA squad for this round. There will be another squad selected before the group stage begins, if the Londoners make it past AEL.

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Job at hand: Maurico Pochettino inspects the pitch at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium on Wednesday

Missing: But the visitos will be without playmaker Christian Eriksen in Cyprus

Left at home: Emmanuel Adebayor will also miss the Europa League match against AEL Limassol

TOTTENHAM SQUAD H Lloris, B Friedel, McGee, K Naughton, M Dawson, J Vertonghen, E Dier, B Davies, D Rose, M Velkjkovic, T Carroll, N Bentaleb, Sandro, Paulinho, M Dembele, E Lamela, N Chadli, A Townsend, L Holtby, H Kane, R Soldado. Advertisement

Pochettino, who criticised the Europa League when he was at Southampton, has a strong squad at White Hart Lane and is keen to control it carefully to avoid burning players out in a competition which involves 16 games for any team to go from this play-off stage to the final in Warsaw, next year.

It presents an opportunity for those players on a delayed return to pre-season after progressing to the latter stages of the World Cup. Belgium trio Jan Vertonghen, Nacer Chadli and Mousa Dembele are in contention.

There could also be another chance to impress for 21-year-old striker Harry Kane, who admits he can no longer be looked upon as one of the young, developing players at the club and is determined to establish himself in the first-team squad after loan spells at four different clubs.

'I feel like all the loan spells away from Spurs have helped me along the way,' said Kane, who has signed a new five-year deal. 'They've all been great experiences to push me in the right direction and now I feel I've developed and am ready to take the big stage in the Premier League.

Relaxed: Pochettino and Harry Kane speak at the press conference in Cyprus on Wednesday

'I hope my future is at Tottenham and I become very successful at Tottenham. That's the aim. Hopefully I can push on and do that.'

He is also aware the Europa League could be where he plays a key role for Spurs if Pochettino is to rotate his squad to ease the pressure of the Thursday-to-Sunday fixture cycle.

'It's a very important competition,' said Kane. 'There's a Champions League spot for the winners and we're going to take it seriously.