Source: Team_Talk
Woodgate omitted from Tottenham pool
Jonathan Woodgate has failed to make Tottenham's 25-man squad for the first half of the 2010/2011 Premier League season.[LNB] Manager Harry Redknapp decided to omit the injury-plagued defender, who he recently revealed was fighting to save his career.[LNB]Redknapp last month expressed his fears the 30-year-old would be forced to retire if one final operation did not cure his nightmare groin problem.[LNB]Woodgate made only three appearances last season and has not played at all since November.[LNB]Specialist surgery in both America and Australia proved unsuccessful and Redknapp believes the player is close to having to call it quits.[LNB]Also omitted from the Spurs squad submitted to the Premier League was goalkeeper Ben Alnwick, with new loan signing Stipe Pletikosa now providing back-up to Heurelho Gomes and Carlo Cudicini.[LNB]
