Trio missing for Spurs

Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto is suspended for tomorrow’s Carling Cup fourth-round clash against Liverpool at White Hart Lane.

Skipper Ledley King is set to be rested, while Giovani dos Santos is out with an ankle injury.

Boss Harry Redknapp has the option of looking at players such as Paul Stalteri, Ricardo Rocha, Adel Taarabt, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Hossam Ghaly, who all struggled under former head coach Juande Ramos.

Provisional squad: Gomes, Cesar, Hutton, Bale, Gunter, Dawson, Woodgate, Corluka, O’Hara, Zokora, Bentley, Huddlestone, Jenas, Gilberto, Modric, Bostock, Dervite, Lennon, Bent, Campbell, Pavlyuchenko, Stalteri, Rocha, Taarabt, Boateng, Ghaly.