Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is unsure about when to recall Ryan Shawcross to his first team.
Pulis is certain the 22-year-old centre-half has overcome the emotional trauma that followed the challenge which left Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey with a double leg break.
But he explained to The Sentinel: "Ryan is fine as far as the Arsenal business is concerned. He's got an old head on young shoulders and dealt with it pretty well.
"He's also been well looked after by everyone here at the club and I'm sure the Arsenal thing has gone now.
"But I must admit I'm undecided at the moment about what defence to play against Spurs.
"There's a hell of a lot of strong competition in there at the minute and it's given me a problem, but a nice problem."