Tottenham Hotspur's Alan Hutton will be sidelined for up to a few months with an ongoing foot problem.

The Scotland international is expected to have surgery on his foot but the Spurs are believed to be seeking further specialist advice.

"It's quite serious; it is certainly going to be a few months. It looks like it will be long-term," sad Spurs manager Harry Redknapp.

"It's the same injury that kept him out at the start of the year and they decided not to operate and it seems to have flared up again."