Premiership: Ferdinand fitness battle

Les Ferdinand faces a battle to be fit to line up for Tottenham in tomorrow’s London derby at home to Fulham.

The 35-year-old striker aggravated an ankle injury as he grabbed a nine-minute hat-trick in Tuesday’s 6-0 Worthington Cup quarter-final win over Bolton, and will have treatment until the morning.

Dean Richards returns to the defence after being cup-tied, while Goran Bunjevcevic has an outside chance of recovering from a thigh injury. Christian Ziege serves a suspension after notching five yellow cards this season.

Team (from): Sullivan, Taricco, King, Perry, Richards, Bunjevcevic, Poyet, Anderton, Freund, Sheringham, Ferdinand, Rebrov, Davies, Iversen, Gardner, Sherwood, Thatcher, Leonhardsen, Thelwell, Keller.