Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is unsure when Ledley King will be available.
King is facing new surgery on an injured groin.
"He had a groin problem, which we waited and waited and waited to see if he'd need an operation or not, but he trained and was getting through the sessions okay, and then in the last minute the other day he struck a ball and felt that he had torn it right away from the bone," admitted Redknapp.
"They (the medical staff) say it could be a good thing. It could be better to have an operation to sort it out, but now we're back to long recovery sessions for him.
"How long it's going to be? I don't know.'