Salah can bother Spurs - Egypt coach

After producing a vintage performance at White Hart Lane in last week’s draw, the Egyptian wonderkid will be the man to watch when the Swiss champions host Spurs for the second leg.

Salah is expected to start in his favorite right-wing position, but according to Al-Sayed, the 20-year-old could perplex the Tottenham backline if he moved to left.

Alerting

“Salah is very quick and always alerting to any team he plays against,” Al-Sayed, who has been working with Salah since his early days with the Egypt U-20s, told FilGoal.com.

“That’s why it is possible that Tottenham will assign more than one player on their left side to stop him.

“But I think if Basel coach moved him to the left wing, the switch could baffle the opposition defense, and then he may be free to return to his original position during the game.”

Tottenham will be without influential duo Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon on Thursday night as they need a win at the St. Jakob Park to go through.