Tottenham Hotspur return to Premier League action this afternoon as they make a short trip across the capital to battle out a London derby.

Jose Mourinho's side head to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea, where they will look to continue their rich vein of domestic form having won three straight games in the top-flight whilst they are also unbeaten in seven in all competitions.

It'll be the first time the two teams lock horns since the January transfer window, which means Spurs come into contact with one of their failed targets, Olivier Giroud.

Daniel Levy lined up a Deadline Day swoop for their rival forward, but it fell through as the Blues were unable to secure a replacement of their own, as per David Ornstein at The Athletic.

"I was about to leave," said the Frenchman in an interview with the Daily Mail earlier this week, so it very much could be a case of what might've been this afternoon.

Mourinho's striker nightmare went from bad, after they failed to secure one last month, to worse this week following a shock injury to makeshift centre-forward Heung-min Son, who had only just played the full 90 minutes and bagged the winner against Aston Villa on Sunday.

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He will join Harry Kane on the sidelines for the foreseeable future, maybe for the remainder of the campaign, meaning the Spurs boss has no real senior frontman on his books.

It will mean that Lucas Moura takes the reigns or young teen Troy Parrott has a weight of expectation thrown upon his shoulders.

Spurs were ever so close to securing the £8.1m-rated Giroud - a fee was even agreed. Oh, how they could do with his services now.

The 6 foot 4 colossus could step up to be an unlikely hero to resolve Frank Lampard's own issues in today's early kickoff. Tammy Abraham missed the Manchester United defeat through injury whilst Michy Batshuayi massively struggled in his absence.

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He won just 28.5% of his aerial duels, missed one big chance and recorded two shots off target, per SofaScore.

Giroud even came on and scored during the game, only for it to be ruled out for a tight offside call.

Therefore, the 33-year-old could be called upon to make an impact, and if so, it'll only compound Mourinho to further woe as he'll be witnessing what he could have had right before his own eyes all whilst he tries to fit square pegs in round holes.

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