Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas is anxious for Mousa Dembele to recover from a hip injury.

Dembele, who has been a big hit since arriving for £15million on deadline day, had to come off at half-time during Belgium's win over Scotland on Tuesday after the 25-year-old fell and triggered an old hip injury he suffered at Fulham last season.

"Top players are missed," the Spurs boss said.

"He had a scan, but we haven't seen the results yet. He suffers discomfort and pain on his hip which is not something that shows on the scan so it's difficult to assess.

"Fulham took him off for a period of two weeks. He had a chance to play (on Saturday) and had a late fitness test but the pain didn't go away.

"It's something that comes back to him. He fell awkwardly in the Scotland game against Belgium and felt the pain."