Van de Ven 'pivotal' to Luton's chances against Spurspublished at 12:05 29 March
BBC Luton commentator Geoff Doyle spoke to the Luton in the Prem podcast before the Hatters' trip to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday: "I think Luton might have half a chance [depending on] if Van de Ven is fit or not. He is absolutely pivotal to them at centre-half.
"They play this really high line and if a ball gets played over the top, Van de Ven is the quickest player in the league. He's clocked ahead of [Chiedozie] Ogbene, he's that quick. He gets them out of a massive load of trouble. When they play that high line and he's not there, and Luton can play that through ball, that might be a chance to exploit them.
"This is me looking at it optimistically. [They have] Son, Richarlison and Kulusevski, you can run through the list."
Fellow Luton commentator Simon Oxley added: "They [Tottenham] should have been three up in the first 10 minutes [in the previous fixture], they cut Luton apart. That was the early days of Luton - before they'd got their heads round it all, but it's still a huge task."