Jol awaits update

Tottenham head coach Martin Jol was today facing an anxious wait to discover whether Robbie Keane and Thimothee Atouba will be available to face Manchester City.

Atouba was contesting a Football Association charge of violent conduct following a clash with Blackburn’s Paul Dickov.

Keane is a major doubt after suffering a knee injury but Jol was to make a final decision after training this afternoon.

If Keane is out and with Jermain Defoe suspended, Frederic Kanoute would be Tottenham’s only available first-team striker. Jol indicated he might start with Kanoute as a lone striker in front of a five-man midfield with perhaps Michael Brown pushed forward.

Left winger Reto Ziegler is out with a hamstring strain while Simon Davies is still a few weeks off a first team return as he recovers from a virus.

Goran Bunjevcevic and Erik Edman both returned to training this week.

Provisional squad: Robinson, Pamarot, King, Davenport, Kelly, Naybet, Gardner, Jackson, Atouba, Ricketts, Pedro Mendes, Carrick, Redknapp, Brown, Keane, Kanoute, Defoe, Fulop.