The Blades have injury concerns over key players such as George Baldock and John Egan, while Will Osula also returned from international duty with a fitness issue. One of that trio will not be fit for the trip to Spurs, with Heckingbottom understandably tight-lipped as to their identity to avoid giving Spurs an insight into his line-up.
Elsewhere James McAtee is in line for his second United ‘debut’ after returning from Manchester City, while Heckingbottom’s midfield options have been boosted by the return of Anis Slimane from injury. With that in mind, we tasked our man Danny Hall with selecting the side he would send out to face Spurs - do you agree, or what would you do differently?
9. Gus Hamer
A player capable of popping up all over the field, from the edge of his own box to deep in enemy territory, Hamer can also crucially look after himself physically and also create that bit of magic that United may need to get something from this game
10. Oli McBurnie
After showing signs of a really promising partnership with Cameron Archer against Everton, there seems little point in disrupting it already. That means a place on the bench for ‘new’ signing James McAtee in my squad, potentially to come on later and look to make something happen
11. Cameron Archer
One league start, one goal (and one assist, via Jordan Pickford’s back against Everton). You can’t ask for much more than that