According to BBC Sport, they ‘understand’ that Spurs have decided to end their interest in Russian international Andrei Arshavin.

The midfielder’s club, Zenit St Petersburg, had said they’d lowered their asking price, however, they soon denied this.

The BBC also say Spurs are not interested in signing Newcastle United striker Michael Owen.

Meanwhile, Jermaine Jenas has been called up by England. He replaces the injured Michael Carrick.

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England manager Fabio Capello has called up Jonathan Woodgate and David Bentley for the friendly match against the Czech Republic on Wednesday at Wembley.

Full squad is as follows: James (Portsmouth), Robinson (Blackburn), Hart (Manchester City), Bridge (Chelsea), A Cole (Chelsea), Terry (Chelsea), Brown (Manchester United), Ferdinand (Manchester United), Johnson (Portsmouth), Woodgate (Tottenham), Upson (West Ham), Walcott (Arsenal), Barry (Aston Villa), J Cole (Chelsea), Lampard (Chelsea), Beckham (LA Galaxy), Gerrard (Liverpool), Carrick (Manchester United), Downing (Middlesbrough), Bentley (Tottenham), Rooney (Manchester United), Defoe (Portsmouth), Heskey (Wigan).

Tags: David Bentley, Jonathan Woodgate

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England national manager Fabio Capello says he could call up striker Darren Bent for next Wednesday’s friendly against the Czech Republic.

The Italian said: “It’s possible he’ll be in but you will have to wait a few more days.

“Two years ago, Bent was a very important player and Spurs spent a lot of money on him.

“He only played at the end of last year but my assistant Franco Baldini saw him on Sunday and told me Bent played very well.”

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There’s a lot of talk regarding Paul Robinson’s peformances asking whether he should be dropped by Martin Jol. My take on it is that he’s been unlucky.

Admittedly, he did make a blunder against Aston Villa when he dropped the ball from a cross, but I think otherwise people are being harsh on him.

Even yesterday people are blaming him for the first goal conceded at Liverpool. First of all the free-kick came through the wall, which it shouldn’t do. Secondly, the shot was deflected off Jermaine Jenas. I think usually a ‘keeper will do their best to block the shot, which he did, it was just unfortunate that Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin got to the ball before our defenders did and scored.

I think Spurs manager Martin Jol has two options, he can either keep Robsinon in the team or drop him. I don’t think it’ll do the ‘keeper any good dropping him, I think Robinson just needs to see this spell out and get through it. He’s a not bad ‘keeper, and it’s just a matter of time before all this negativity goes away.

There’s even talk that Robinson will be dropped by England and replaced by David James. This is a ‘keeper who already has a nickname of ‘Calamity James’!

I hope people keep faith with Robbo and support him, as all ‘keepers make mistakes at times in there career.

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Tom Huddlestone scored a great goal in the England under-21′s 5-0 win over Slovakia. He struck it wonderfully, just shows what he’s capable of. I just hope next season he can earn and keep a place in the Spurs side, as I think he could become a key player for us in years to come.

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The heart of Spurs’ defence will be starting in the England B match against Albania tonight. Michael Dawson, Ledley King, along with Jermaine Jenas and Aaron Lennon in midfield will have a chance to shine for their country.

Michael Owen is making his England comeback since suffering a bad knee injury in the World Cup last June.

The full team is as follows: Carson, P Neville, King, Dawson, Shorey, Lennon, Barry, Jenas, Bentley, Owen, Smith.

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After all this ridiculous criticism of Paul Robinson, I think it’s time people are reminded of why he’s England’s number ‘keeper!

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Tottenham Hotspur ‘keeper coach Pat Jennings has backed Paul Robinson after the media blamed Croatia’s second goal firmly on England’s number one.

The former Northern Irish international said: “There wasn’t much he could have done.

“What could he do if the ball hits a divot and bounces over his foot?”

He added: “We all know the game, if the ball pops up suddenly like that few goalkeepers would have done anything about it.

“Paul has cleared his lines thousands of times, so you have to make allowances for the ball bobbling over his foot in such circumstances.

“It was made to look more glaring because, as all keepers know, there is nobody behind to clear up any mistakes.

“But I wouldn’t put it down as a mistake, it was just a piece of very bad luck.”

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What a disaster, England losing 2-0 to Croatia, but poor performances are becoming the norm for the England football team. The second goal conceded was extremely unlucky. I felt really bad for Robbo – who made some fantastic saves – when the ball hit the divot and he ‘air kicked’. Thankfully it’s back to Premiership business this weekend!

On ‘Gary Neville’s own goal’, Robbo said: “It’s one of those things – there was nothing I could do. I think the ball bobbled where their goalkeeper took his goal-kicks in the first half.

“I don’t think anything went for us. We controlled the game in the first half without causing much of a threat – we exploited them in wide areas in the first half. But we didn’t offer much tonight – we didn’t cause them too much trouble and were not much of an attacking force. But it is not going to damage us – there’s a long way to go in this group.”

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Ledley King has withrawn from the England squad for the game against Croatia tomorrow as a ‘precautionary measure’.

The FA’s director of communications Adrian Bevington said: “While Ledley King didn’t suffer any reaction overnight to his knee, it has become clear that Ledley is not entirely comfortable.

“Therefore, as a precaution, the England medical staff and Steve McClaren felt it was in Ledley’s best interests not to fly and so he is out of the game.”

Obviously this isn’t good news, and yes we should be worried! Ledley is a key player for us. I think Callum Davenport is an able defender, but he’s no where near as good as Ledley yet. Anthony Gardner has been out injured a long time, so it’s doubtful he could make an instant return. So fingers crossed that Ledley will fully recover as soon as possible!

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