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MODRIC OUT FOR SPURS
Nelsen - back from illness.
Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric is out of the clash against Blackburn following a groin injury.
Jermaine Jenas (toe) should be fit, as should Ledley King (knee) and Jonathan Woodgate (virus).
The news is not so good for Giovani dos Santos (ankle) who will miss the clash at White Hart Lane.
Ryan Nelsen and Martin Olsson are back for Blackburn after recovering from illness.
Strikers Benni McCarthy and Roque Santa Cruz should also be available but Brett Emerton (hamstring) and Vince Grella (calf) are still out along with long-term absentees David Dunn (Achilles) and Steven Reid (knee).
Tottenham (from): Gomes, Cesar, Hutton, Bale, Gunter, Dawson, Woodgate, Corluka, O'Hara, Zokora, Bentley, Huddlestone, Jenas, Gilberto, Bostock, Dervite, Lennon, Bent, Campbell, Pavlyuchenko, Rocha, Taarabt, Boateng, Ghaly, Assou-Ekotto.
Blackburn (from): Robinson, Brown, Simpson, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Khizanishvili, Olsson, Warnock, Mokoena, Andrews, Tugay, Treacy, Pedersen, Roberts, Derbyshire, Villanueva, Santa Cruz, Fowler, McCarthy.
