Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is facing a right-back dilemma for Sunday’s North London derby against Arsenal.

But Jan Vertonghen could give Pochettino a defensive boost, as the Belgian attempts to prove he is fit enough to start for the first time this season.

Pochettino fears Kyle Walker-Peters, who started Tottenham’s first three games, will be ruled out with the suspected hamstring injury that forced him off in the defeat to Newcastle United.

Spurs will scan Walker-Peters, but Pochettino is having to make alternative plans in preparation for the trip to the Emirates.

If Walker-Peters is ruled out, it will leave Serge Aurier as Tottenham’s only recognised fit right-back but the club are ready to consider offers for the Ivory Coast international before the European transfer window shuts next Monday.