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It's been a promising start to the 2019/20 Premier League season for Tottenham Hotspur.

A come-from-behind win over newly-promoted Aston Villa on the opening weekend of the campaign was followed up with a credible 2-2 draw away at champions Manchester City six days ago.

Although, the latter had some last minute VAR drama.

The Lilywhites face Newcastle United on Sunday, have a north London derby next weekend, plus the group stage draw for the Champions League is fast approaching, so there's plenty for fans to look forward in the next few days.

Our Spurs writer Alasdair Gold gave his thoughts on some of the big talking points at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium right now during an Q&A session with fans on Wednesday where he was asked questions on topics ranging from future transfer targets to the latest key contract talks.

Here is what he had to say on what is going on behind the scenes in north London.

Can you see us going back in for Dybala?

Alasdair Gold says: "I'd still be worried about PSG. They haven’t made a move for Dybala yet but what happens with Neymar over the next 10 days or so is going to shake up the transfer market a lot.

"It will spark those who didn’t buy him into action to look for their own star signings and of course PSG will have to replace the Brazilian. If the window closes and Dybala is still at Juventus then Spurs would be right to think they still have a chance to sign him in January.

"Much will still depend on his situation at the Old Lady and whether Maurizio Sarri gives him regular football and whether he makes it into that Champions League squad despite the fact that the Serie A side have to leave out foreign players from their bloated squad for the European competition.

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"There’s a lot of ifs, buts and maybes but it is believed that Spurs had an agreement with Juventus and Dybala but it was just the messy situation with the image rights that couldn’t be sorted. over the four weeks or so that the parties were all in negotiations.

"Four months of course is a lot longer to fix those issues but that’s also a long time for anything to happen. If the window closes and he’s still in Turin, then I wouldn’t rule out Spurs making another attempt to bring him to England."

Do you think it is worth keeping Christian Eriksen or selling him now?

Alasdair Gold says: "It's all down to Eriksen, Pochettino and Levy. "The club have offered him a deal to stay but I’d imagine until those foreign transfer windows close he’s unlikely to even consider committing himself again to Spurs.

"Even then there is the lure of agreeing a free transfer in January with a foreign club to make the switch in the summer. A player free of the chains of a transfer fee can command a massive weekly wage in exchange.

"The biggest surprise for Eriksen’s camp will have been the lack of interest thus far in his services. Pochettino and Levy will have to decide, if a suitable bid comes in as teams start to get desperate (or believe Spurs are desperate), whether Eriksen’s departure can be lessened by the players already at the club until the winter at least.

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"It would be a big decision.

"Lo Celso is a slightly different kind of player and will have to adapt to the Premier League and Pochettino’s demands. Eriksen was poor against Manchester City but showed against Aston Villa that he can help Spurs break down teams that sit behind the ball.

"If Eriksen does move on the Spurs would likely have to strengthen in January to fill the void."

How do you think Pochettino is handling the Lucas Moura situation?

Alasdair Gold says: "I'm somewhere in the middle when it comes to Lucas. I think he’s done really well in the last year to adapt to English football and he’s come up with some massive goals for the club, not only during that amazing night in Amsterdam.

"He’s really finding his feet in goalscoring terms and Pochettino knows he’s a threat, particularly as a striker alongside Kane, able to stretch defences.

"However, for me, I still think there’s so much more to come from Lucas. For a player with his pace and technique he should be setting up goals for others, which he’s just not doing, or at least creating space for others to run into.

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"Until he adds that side of the game to his performances and becomes more of an all round player, I get the feeling the Spurs boss won’t see him as a regular starter, particularly with all the attacking midfielders the club currently has.

"Lucas should be heartened though by Son’s situation. The South Korean star was in a similar boat, often finding himself out of the team when everyone was fit in his first 18 months or so. He added to his game and made himself undroppable and Lucas has got the ability to do something similar if he keeps working at his game."

Will Kyle Walker-Peters be sufficient at right-back and will Aurier still be at the club by the end of the foreign transfer windows?

Alasdair Gold says: "Let's see how Walker-Peters does with a run of games. Many people have wanted him to have that opportunity in recent seasons.

"Now he’s getting it and he’s going to have a few highs and lows as a young player but we need to see how he deals with being the main man there. Pochettino pretty much said that on Saturday after the game.

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"He’s not the finished article but he’s got the raw potential to be much more like his namesake Kyle Walker who showed in his pomp how that position needs to be played under Pochettino.

"I think Walker-Peters and Juan Foyth, with Eric Dier as back-up there, is probably enough should Spurs receive a suitable offer for Serge Aurier in the next 10 days or so.

"If they don’t then he might have a real battle on his hands if Walker-Peters finds his sharpness and rhythm with these matches."

How have the club gone from being probably the best in the league at getting players to sign long term contracts to having 3 top class first team players all out of contract in under a year?

Alasdair Gold says: "It's a weird situation. You have to wonder how the club have allowed themselves to get to a point where Eriksen, Alderweireld and Vertonghen are all in the final 11 months of their contracts.

"Much of it comes from a surprising lack of interest in the players from outside meaning they never had suitable bids for their services.

"Would anyone have thought that not one club would have been interested in signing Toby Alderweireld for £25m this summer. It’s peanuts for a top class defender.

"Pochettino spoke about the painful rebuild he expected this summer but if those expected departures of Eriksen and Alderweireld didn’t come (as of yet) then that rebuild may just have to hold off.

"You can’t force a player to sign a new deal, especially if they’ve been at the club so six years or so and want a new challenge, but if you can’t sell them you’re left in a mess of a scenario and Spurs do seem to manage to get themselves into such situations.

"Personally I still feel, despite his recent absence from the team, that Vertonghen is one of the trio most likely to sign a new deal. He seems to be the one who really would like to stay.

Do you think Eric Dier will ever get back into the first 11?

Alasdair Gold says : "It's about fitness right now with him.

"Eric Dier has had a nightmare 10 months or so. He’s had appendicitis, injury problems and then when he returned to the club this summer his medical tests discovered something that required minor surgery which kept him out of the tour and all of those key Pochettino pre-season sessions.

"That’s why Oliver Skipp has been getting in ahead of him in recent matches.

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"Dier should still be an important player this season. He can fill so many roles, midfield, centre-back and right-back, but for now it’s about getting him back up to speed."

Team to face Newcastle?

Alasdair Gold says: "For this weekend I'd go for...(4-2-3-1) Lloris; Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Winks, Ndombele; Lamela, Eriksen, Lucas; Kane..

"I think if Vertonghen is going to be fit for Arsenal then he needs minutes against Newcastle. That’s if his little thing with Pochettino is done and dusted or whether Pochettino feels Sanchez deserves to come out.

"We’ve been here before with Alderweireld a couple of seasons ago.

"I’m not sure Son would be thrown straight back in, it’s probably a bit unfair on the goalscorers Lucas and Lamela who have been plugging away in his self-enforced absence, although it will be hard to leave him out.

"I also reckon that against Newcastle at home Spurs shouldn’t need all three of Winks, Ndombele and Sissoko so unless the latter players higher up the pitch it might be time to see who Pochettino goes for if he has to pick two."