Redknapp admits numbers worry

TOTTENHAM boss Harry Redknapp admits he cannot fill his bench with senior players for today’s FA Cup quarter-final against Fulham after Jermain Defoe returned from England duty with a hamstring complaint.

Defoe is rated as 50-50 for the clash at Craven Cottage, with Ledley King already ruled out with a thigh injury and groin problems accounting for Aaron Lennon, David Bentley and Jermaine Jenas, while Tom Huddlestone has damaged ankle ligaments.

“Jermain has had tight hamstrings, run down his legs like sciatica-type pain,” Redknapp said. “He felt it after the game at Wembley, he didn’t feel very good with it at all.