Van der Vaart a doubt for Spurs

Harry Redknapp could have a number of his first-team regulars back from injury for Sunday’s match against Birmingham, but Rafael van der Vaart is a big doubt with a calf problem he suffered last week against Liverpool.

Alan Hutton (knee), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (hamstring) and Jermaine Jenas (thigh) are all fit but star winger Gareth Bale remains sidelined with an ankle injury.

Steven Pienaar is a doubt with a groin problem, but Heurelho Gomes (back), Tom Huddlestone (ankle), Wilson Palacios (knee) and Ledley King (groin) could all play despite spending time in the treatment room recently.

Provisional squad: Gomes, Cudicini, Pletikosa, Hutton, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Dawson, Kaboul, King, Woodgate, Lennon, Jenas, Huddlestone, Pienaar, Sandro, Modric, Jenas, Rose, Kranjcar, Palacios, Van der Vaart, Defoe, Pavlyuchenko, Crouch.