No Spurs debut yet for Gudjohnsen

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will give loan signing Eidur Gudjohnsen a “week or so” to settle in at White Hart Lane so he will not feature in the match at Birmingham.

Aaron Lennon is still out with a hernia problem which the club hope to cure with physio treatment while Roman Pavlyuchenko will be out for at least a week with a groin strain.

Full-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto, meanwhile, has been cleared by a specialist to start rehabilitation on the hip problem which has kept him out since early January.

With five matches in a fortnight, Redknapp will decide tomorrow whether to risk Ledley King, who played against Fulham on Tuesday.

Team (from): Gomes, Bale, Dawson, Corluka, King, Bentley, Huddlestone, Palacios, Modric, Crouch, Defoe, Keane, Alnwick, Hutton, Bassong, Jenas, Rose.