Gardner gives Blues options

Birmingham have new £3m midfielder Craig Gardner available for the first time against Tottenham at St Andrew’s tomorrow.

Gardner, who joined Birmingham on a four-and-a-half year deal from Aston Villa earlier this week, will be the only addition to the squad from Wednesday’s 3-0 defeat at Chelsea.

Kevin Phillips is still missing with a groin problem but fellow forward Cameron Jerome is fit having suffered no reaction to his ankle injury after making his comeback against Chelsea.

Despite the defeat at Stamford Bridge, manager Alex McLeish is set to name an unchanged starting line-up.

Provisional squad: Hart, Carr, R Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Bowyer, Ferguson, McFadden, Jerome, Benitez, Gardner, Michel, Fahey, Queudrue, D Johnson, Vignal, Maik Taylor.