Babayaro back for Newcastle

Full-back Celestine Babayaro will return to the Newcastle squad for tomorrow’s Premiership clash with Tottenham after serving a one-match ban.

Manager Glenn Roeder will make a late check on winger Damien Duff, who suffered a slight reaction to his return from knee cartilage surgery after coming on as a substitute in the 2-1 win over Reading last weekend.

Michael Owen, Charles N’Zogbia and Tim Krul (all knee), Shola Ameobi and Olivier Bernard (both hip), Craig Moore (hamstring), Titus Bramble (calf), Stephen Carr (foot) and Steve Harper (groin) remain on the sidelines.

Provisional squad: Given, Srnicek, Solano, Babayaro, Taylor, Ramage, Huntington, Parker, Butt, Emre, Milner, Duff, Pattison, Troisi, Gate, Edgar, Martins, Dyer, Sibierski, Luque, Rossi, Carroll.