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Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino is expected to get the backing of chairman Daniel Levy in the weeks ahead but what does that mean for his players?

There is only so long the Spurs manager can keep trying to get performances out of a squad that has certain players who clearly are not pulling their weight.

Pochettino is currently out in Qatar, taking part in a conference he had committed to some time ago, and while out there, he and his coaching team will be discussing how they get Tottenham back on track.

It harks back to his first season at Spurs when he had to make some drastic mid-season changes to fix problems within the club.

There have been question marks over the commitment of some players and whether others have simply gone stale at the club and, with almost three months until the January transfer window opens, Pochettino will have to rely on others in his squad to steady the ship.

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Paulo Gazzaniga will be coming into the team with Hugo Lloris out until January at the earliest with his dislocated elbow and subsequent ligament damage.

Here are seven other players we reckon will get more game time in the coming months as Pochettino reassesses his side:

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Lucas Moura

The fans have been calling for him to get game time. The Brazilian probably didn't expect when he signed a new five-year deal just two months ago that he would start just two Premier League from then on.

Pochettino has never seemed entirely convinced when it comes to the all-round play of Lucas, that Champions League final omission after his Amsterdam heroics the greatest example of that.

However, what Saturday proved once again was that Lucas is one of those players who gives everything he has for the shirt and at this time that's exactly what the manager needs.

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Davinson Sanchez

What has been quite alarming in recent weeks has been the struggles of Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen. What was once one of Europe's best central defensive partnerships now looks slow and ponderous.

Whether that's the lack of cover they're getting from the midfield or the fact that both are now in their 30s, or a combination of both, it's a problem that Pochettino needs an answer to.

Davinson Sanchez is Pochettino's man. He adores the Colombian and believes he can turn him into one of the world's best defenders. The young Colombian had an impressive first season, a shaky second one which was fragmented by an injury midway through and this season has been played out of position twice at right-back.

Sanchez, who only turned 23 this summer, could well be introduced into a back three to firm up the defence or in place of one of the Belgians.

Juan Foyth

The 21-year-old is now fully recovered after his ankle injury and has been back in training for the past two weeks.

The Argentine will likely get his first minutes of the season now with his national team after being called up by Lionel Scaloni to the Argentina squad.

Scaloni has previously said that Foyth's future for the national team is at right-back after his impressive displays in the role during the Copa America knockout stages.

With Pochettino struggling to find a regular right-back this season, having tried four different players in the role, he could soon turn to Foyth as number five.

Giovani Lo Celso

This of course depends on when the Argentine returns to first team action. Lo Celso is expected to return to the first team set-up not long after this international break, following the hip injury he picked up during the last set of internationals in September.

With Eriksen's form dropping off a cliff this season after nobody came in to buy him in the summer, Lo Celso will quickly become the chosen one when he returns.

He is a player Pochettino was keen for Spurs to secure and the playmaker, who is as dynamic on the ball as he is with it, will provide fresh impetus into the team's attacking play.

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Ryan Sessegnon

Similar to Lo Celso, Pochettino has been robbed of another player who was meant to infuse new blood into the Spurs set up and fresh options to the team.

Sessegnon, like Lo Celso, is now in the final stages of his rehabilitation following his hamstring injury and the 19-year-old will provide pace and drive down the left in both attack and eventually in the left-back spot.

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Eric Dier

After Saturday's performance Eric Dier might not be the most popular name on this list, but if anyone deserved a bit of leeway at the weekend it was the 25-year-old.

Dier has found minutes hard to come by this season, with yet more injury problems, and Saturday was his first Premier League start of the campaign.

The midfielder could find in the weeks ahead that he gets more starts in midfield and possibly defence as Pochettino shakes things up.

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Dele Alli

Another who might divide opinion, but Pochettino is determined that Alli is going to be an important player for Tottenham again.

Alli was not involved in the mess at Brighton, although he started in the other mess against Bayern, and Spurs are managing him carefully after his various hamstring problems.

If Pochettino can get the 23-year-old firing on all cylinders again then they will likely find Harry Kane start hitting form again. Kane has never been better than with Alli playing behind him and that could be the key to a return to the way things were.