Dilemma for Ramos

Tottenham boss Juande Ramos has to decide whether to stick with Radek Cerny in place of England goalkeeper Paul Robinson in the FA Cup third-round replay against Reading.

Ramos insists Robinson is still very much part of the squad but left him out of the side for the Carling Cup semi-final first leg against Arsenal and Saturday’s defeat at Chelsea.

Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone serves the final game of a three-game suspension and Gareth Bale (foot), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) and Anthony Gardner (ankle) are also out – but Jermaine Jenas is available after serving a one-match ban.

Provisional squad: Cerny, Robinson, Chimbonda, Lee, King, Dawson, Lennon, Jenas, Malbranque, O’Hara, Tainio, Boateng, Defoe, Keane, Berbatov, Stalteri, Taarabt, Rocha, Gunter, Kaboul.