King out of Boro clash

Tottenham skipper Ledley King will miss the Premier League clash against Middlesbrough at White Hart Lane to rest his knee.

Jonathan Woodgate will need a late check on the Achilles injury that ruled him out of the Carling Cup final on Sunday, while Carlo Cudicini is back following a knee problem.

Cudicini, Robbie Keane, Pascal Chimbonda, Fraizer Campbell and Wilson Palacios - who were ineligible for Wembley – are back in the squad, but Jermain Defoe and Alan Hutton (both foot) remain sidelined.

Provisional squad: Gomes, Cudicini, Corluka, Gunter, Bale, Assou-Ekotto, Chimbonda, Dawson, Woodgate, Lennon, Modric, Jenas, Zokora, Palacios, Bentley, Keane, Pavlyuchenko, Campbell, Bent, Taarabt, O’Hara.