Spurs Revamp XI vs Burnley: Bergvall Starts in 3 Changes

Spurs Tottenham team confirmed vs Burnley as Thomas Frank makes three changes Here is the team that Thomas Frank has selected to face Burnley in Tottenham Hotspur's opening match of the Premier League season footballlondon Bookmark Share Comments Spurs By Alasdair Gold Tottenham Hotspur correspondent 13:51, 16 AUG 2025 Bookmark Lucas Bergvall has come into the Tottenham team to face Burnley on Saturday Don't miss any of the latest and best Spurs news - sign up to the free Tottenham newsletter for updates straight to your inbox More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Don't miss any of the latest and best Spurs news - sign up to the free Tottenham newsletter for updates straight to your inbox Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Thomas Frank has made three changes to his Tottenham Hotspur side to open the club's Premier League campaign with the visit of Burnley on Saturday afternoon. The north London side host Scott Parker's promoted Clarets side following their penalty shoot-out defeat to PSG in the UEFA Super Cup in Udine on Wednesday night after a 2-2 draw against the Champions League winners. Frank has had to decide how many members of that Tottenham team are ready to go again so soon after the gruelling game in Italy and indicated on Friday that many have recovered well . Spurs will need to be more dominant with the ball at home against Burnley and that means a return to a back four. The Tottenham boss suggested that Micky van de Ven would start again and indicated it might be too early for Dominic Solanke to come into the line-up after his ankle injury and both are the case, with Solanke once again among the substitutes. Richarlison starts again while Brennan Johnson, Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall come into the team with Rodrigo Bentancur, Joao Palhinha and Kevin Danso coming out. Here's the team Frank has selected to face Burnley: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Gray, Sarr; Kudus, Bergvall, Johnson; Richarlison. Subs: Danso, Palhinha, Tel, Vuskovic, Solanke, Odobert, Bentancur, Kinsky, Davies. Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow Football London Facebook X (Twitter) Comment More On Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley Spurs Thomas Frank Cristian Romero Micky van de Ven

Lucas Bergvall has come into the Tottenham team to face Burnley on Saturday

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Thomas Frank has made three changes to his Tottenham Hotspur side to open the club's Premier League campaign with the visit of Burnley on Saturday afternoon.

The north London side host Scott Parker's promoted Clarets side following their penalty shoot-out defeat to PSG in the UEFA Super Cup in Udine on Wednesday night after a 2-2 draw against the Champions League winners.

Frank has had to decide how many members of that Tottenham team are ready to go again so soon after the gruelling game in Italy and indicated on Friday that many have recovered well . Spurs will need to be more dominant with the ball at home against Burnley and that means a return to a back four.

The Tottenham boss suggested that Micky van de Ven would start again and indicated it might be too early for Dominic Solanke to come into the line-up after his ankle injury and both are the case, with Solanke once again among the substitutes.

Richarlison starts again while Brennan Johnson, Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall come into the team with Rodrigo Bentancur, Joao Palhinha and Kevin Danso coming out.

Here's the team Frank has selected to face Burnley:

Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Gray, Sarr; Kudus, Bergvall, Johnson; Richarlison. Subs: Danso, Palhinha, Tel, Vuskovic, Solanke, Odobert, Bentancur, Kinsky, Davies.

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