Boss Roy Keane expects his team to be taking on a strong Spurs XI at Portman Road on Tuesday evening (KO 7.45pm), despite many of the Premier League side’s senior players being involved in a game against Benfica in Portugal the same night.

Keane told the club site: "Tottenham will have a strong side whatever team they bring here, no doubt about that.

"The top clubs in the Premier League have squads big enough to field two sides so it will be another good test for us.

"With the injuries we have picked up lately and with players going out of the club, I'll have to think about the make up of the team tomorrow though, and whether we should look to give some of the younger players 90 minutes.

"Senior players like Pablo, Lee Martin and Steady, who missed out against West Ham, will come into contention as well, but we have to be careful because with the number of injuries we have picked up lately. We can't afford to get any more."

Central defender Damien Delaney (thigh) is expected to be out of action for three months, striker Connor Wickham (ankle) is four or five weeks away from a return and Luciano Civelli (knee) is likely to be sidelined for another week or two.

Midfielder Alan Quinn, who hurt his groin at Leiston last Tuesday, has been told to rest for two weeks, which is hoped will avoid him requiring surgery. Colin Healy, absent for the last couple of weeks with a hamstring injury, is likely to be back in action against Spurs.

The likes of Shane O’Connor, Reggie Lambe, Ronan Murray, Jack Ainsley, Conor Hourihane, Troy Brown, Tom Eastman and Billy Clark will also probably be included in Keane’s squad.

Former Blues loanee Giovani Dos Santos won't be in the Tottenham side facing Town as he's with the senior squad in Portugal..

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BrightBlue added 17:04 - Aug 3 According to the Spurs website Ledley King, Younes Kaboul & Roman Pavlyuchenko will be in the Spurs XI tonight.
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gibbo added 17:59 - Aug 3 I am not being negative but you have to ask the question why have we have 3 goalkeepers fit for Middlesbrough but only 2 fit strikers (excluding transfer listed), all the signings apart from one are either Sunderland, Irish or both. At the end of last season he said we need a 20 goal plus striker "still we have none".
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JetaimePeters added 18:07 - Aug 3 I am not being negative but = you are being negative, 'but', 'not' and 'negative' are 3 negatives which make a negative.
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JetaimePeters added 18:09 - Aug 3 Ripped
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