Tottenham Hotspur are guaranteed a vested interest in the World Cup final on Sunday December 18.
The victories for Argentina and Croatia against the Netherlands and Brazil respectively in the quarter-finals in Qatar this week mean Spurs are guaranteed to have a representative in the World Cup final, meaning a player in the final of a fifth international tournament in recent years. As long as they can avoid injury, both Cristian Romero and Ivan Perisic are likely to start in the semi-final on Tuesday night with a place in the final the reward for the victor.
The winner of that semi-final might not be the only Spurs representative there because the club are guaranteed to have a player in the other semi-final as Hugo Lloris comes up against Harry Kane and Eric Dier when France face England in Saturday night's quarter-final with the prize of a match against Morocco in the semis.
