Tottenham are confident goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes will be fit for their clash with Manchester United after the international break.

The Brazil goalkeeper has returned to training after sustaining the problem in last month's 5-1 win away to Hull City.

Gomes's improving fitness goes some way to explaining Tottenham's failure to sign David James from Portsmouth this week, because Daniel Levy, the chairman, did not want to have three experienced goalkeepers on the payroll.