Rafael Van der Vaart is “struggling” to make Tottenham’s season finale against Birmingham on Sunday according to Harry Redknapp.
Speaking to press in this morning’s conference before today’s training session, the Spurs boss stated…
“He has a calf problem and he’s struggling”
The Dutch midfielder would have been backed strongly for returns against Alex McLeish’s basement dwellers but the growing doubt over his appearance on Sunday’s teamsheet will now cause plenty of Fantasy Managers a headache.
As we reported earlier in the week, Van der Vaart is owned by over 27% of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers who will now face a conundrum. Amongst that pack there will also be owners of Wayne Rooney who must now be considering whether to spend points on additional transfers, or risk having a high-price player relegated to their bench.
Significantly, 8 of the top 10 FPL managers own Van der Vaart – Chris McGurn, the current overall leader is, however, not one of them.
Elsewhere in the Tottenham camp, Redknapp confirmed that Heurelho Gomes, Tom Huddlestone, William Gallas and Wilson Palacios were all “possibles” for a return. Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Alan Hutton and Jermaine Jenas are all fit and in his plans, but Steven Pienaar is a doubt along with Ledley King – Gareth Bale will remain sidelined.
