Atouba's back for Villa clash

Tottenham will welcome back winger Thimothee Atouba to their squad for the visit to Aston Villa on Monday.

New head coach Martin Jol, seeking to avoid the team’s sixth consecutive Premiership defeat, is still without midfielder Sean Davis, who is recovering from a knee operation but the dilemma of where to accommodate skipper Jamie Redknapp remains.

Ledley King, who missed the England game in midweek with a knee injury, is expected to be fit to help shore-up Spurs’ leaky defence, but Anthony Gardner is missing again with a recurrence of foot problems.

Team (from): Robinson, Pamarot, Naybet, King, Edman, Mendes, Redknapp, Keane, Kanoute, Davies, Jackson, Brown, Carrick, Ziegler, Atouba, Fulop (gk).