Van de Ven made his long-awaited return to action last Thursday, playing 45 minutes in Tottenham’s Europa League clash against Elfsborg. It was his first appearance since suffering a hamstring injury against Chelsea on December 8, a setback that sidelined him for seven weeks.

Current captain Son Heung-min featured in that Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City and is the longest serving player after Ben Davies, who joined in 2014. Postecoglou can sense in the duo a desire to end the club’s well-documented 17-year trophy drought.

Here are the Tottenham changes Ange Postecoglou could consider for Thursday evening's Carabao Cup semi-final clash against Liverpool

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou speaks ahead of Thursday's Carabao Cup semi-final second leg away to Liverpool, with Spurs leading 1-0 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur fans around the world would have been hoping that Micky van de Ven is fit to start in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool. Van de ven was benched against Brentford as a precaution as the Dutch defender did not feet fully fit to play.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou is confident Mathys Tel will be a success at Spurs after the forward joined on loan from Bayern Munich with a £45million option to buy

Ange Postecoglou has confirmed new signings Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso are available to make their Tottenham debuts against Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday. Both Tel and Danso will come straight into the squad after their moves to Spurs in the final week of the January transfer window.

Ange Postecoglou has provided the latest on the injury front ahead of Tottenham's Carabao Cup semi-final showdown against Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou simply cannot catch a break from injury problems that has been happening in the last few months. The Greek-Australian tactician has lost Radu Dragusin for the rest of the season with the Romanian centre-back suffering an ACL injury in the Lilywhites Europa League game last week.