Tottenham have played down an injury scare over Fredi Kanoute after the Mali striker was taken off after 43 minutes of last night’s reserve clash at Nottingham Forest.

Jermain Defoe is relishing teaming up with Fredi Kanoute again after completing a £7million move from West Ham to Tottenham tonight.

Tottenham’s attempts to block leading scoring Frederic Kanoute playing for Mali in the African Nations Cup later this month have been dashed by FIFA.

Tottenham will learn today whether or not they will lose leading scorer Frederic Kanoute to Mali for the African Nations Cup.

Tottenham today confirmed Frederic Kanoute is facing two months on the sidelines after the Frenchman suffered an ankle injury against Leicester last weekend.

West Ham’s survival hopes are in danger of being hampered by a combination of illness, injury and suspension to key players.

Bolton manager Sam Allardyce is hoping to bring striker Fredi Bobic back to the Reebok Stadium on loan.

Bolton manager Sam Allardyce looks set to pull out of the race to sign Nigerian World Cup midfielder Jay-Jay Okocha due to the Paris St Germain player’s pay demands.

Paolo di Canio fears he may be eased out of West Ham by manager Glenn Roeder.