Gallas and Van der Vaart set for debuts

10 September 2010 13:30
Boss Harry Redknapp is ready to hand William Gallas and Rafael van der Vaart their Tottenham debuts in the Barclays Premier League game at West Brom as he prepares to rotate his squad for their maiden Champions League campaign. Redknapp admits he may have blundered in not making changes for the shock 1-0 defeat to Wigan last time out following the club's historic European victory over Young Boys. With their hectic schedule set to continue between now and at least December, Redknapp is ready to make full use of his squad, starting at The Hawthorns. He said: "Obviously, we play Saturday; then we play Champions League Tuesday; then in the league on Saturday; then we play Arsenal in the Carling Cup; then the league and another Champions League. We've got a busy schedule. "The one thing I did learn - a lesson - last week was maybe I should've changed the team that played against Wigan. We went to Stoke and had a great result on the Saturday, came back, won the Champions League qualifier with Young Boys. "And then I really went with the same team, more or less, on the Saturday against Wigan. Maybe I should've rested one or two and changed a few around and it might have worked better for us. It's easy, in hindsight, to look back on those things."

Source: PA