Tottenham face losing Rafael van der Vaart for the remainder of the year.
Van der Vaart fears a torn hamstring will rule him out for the rest of the year.
He limped off 10 minutes into Tottenham's win against Liverpool on Sunday when the muscle which has been causing him discomfort for weeks finally gave way.
The 27-year-old Holland international will wait on confirmation from an MRI scan but has told friends he expects to be missing for four weeks, says the Daily Mail.
That would rule him out of five Barclays Premier League games, including the London derby against Chelsea, and a return to Holland next week for the final Champions League group game against FC Twente.
