Source: Telegraph
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp welcomes problems ahead of visit to Arsenal
But the Tottenham Hotspur manager admitted, after his side beat Everton 2-0 in the Carling Cup, that they were worries of the happy variety. [LNB]David Bentley inspired Spurs to reach the quarter-finals for the third year in succession, while Alan Hutton and Gareth Bale also impressed. Of the fringe players on show, only Roman Pavlyuchenko came up short, but for Redknapp, the impressive form overall is a welcome boost. [LNB]'It's an interesting selection problem for me,' said Redknapp ahead of the Arsenal game. 'I haven't got a squad as big as Everton, if you go through their so called top players they have more than Tottenham. [LNB]'I've got four strikers and I've got four central defenders,' admitted Redknapp, who then warned: 'After that I've got three central midfielders only; most clubs would have maybe five or six. [LNB]'Against Everton I had no Jermain Defoe [suspended], no Peter Crouch, so we only had two strikers and when Robbie Keane went down I was thinking 'who do I play up front?' [LNB]'Everybody who was fit for me was there. On the bench there was a 16-year-old kid [Harry Kane], a 17-year-old kid [Dean Parrett], and Jermaine Jenas, who had a calf strain and wasn't fit but I had to put him on the bench, so that was what we had.' [LNB]Redknapp also had to recall goalkeeper David Button from a loan spell at Crewe to cover for second-choice goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini, who had a back strain. [LNB]For Saturday's trip to Arsenal, Aaron Lennon will still be missing so Bentley has almost certainly earned himself a first Premier League start since Jan 31, at Bolton, while Hutton could challenge Vedran Corluka, a non-playing substitute last night, for the right-back spot at the Emirates. [LNB]Redknapp is determined to take Spurs to a third Carling Cup final in the competition's 50th season, adding: 'I will pick a team to try to get to Wembley and to try and win the Cup. We'll go for it. Whoever is playing we'll play.' [LNB]Meanwhile, Redknapp confirmed that x-rays have revealed that Jonathan Woodgate has not broken his cheek bone as first feared. The England defender was injured early on in Saturday's 1-0 home defeat by Stoke. [LNB]'His face is very swollen but the cheekbone isn't fractured. I don't know if he'll be fit for the weekend, we'll have to see, but Michael Dawson came in and did great.'[LNB]
