Spurs hopes suffer double blow

Tottenham’s hopes of sealing qualification for the Champions League knockout phase with a game to spare suffered a blow today when star men Rafael van der Vaart and Gareth Bale emerged as injury doubts for tomorrow’s clash with Werder Bremen.

Van der Vaart, who has become the club’s new talisman since his summer move from Real Madrid, failed to train this morning and went for a scan on an ankle knock.