Tainio suffers toe injury

Monday, 24, Apr 2006 09:25

Teemu Tainio has suffered a suspected broken toe and is likely to miss the rest of Tottenham's season.

The Finnish utility player played the full 90 minutes against Arsenal on Saturday but was playing with pain in his foot.

He performed superbly during the dramatic 1-1 draw in the north London derby which should secure Tottenham fourth place in the league.

But today's news is yet another blow to Spurs boss Martin Jol who is already without numerous players for the season's climax with Ledley King and Jermaine Jenas struggling to play before Sven-Goran Eriksson names England's World Cup squad.

Jol said: "It appears Teemu was playing with maybe a small fracture in his toe. So we will have to wait and see on that one.

"Jermaine Jenas had a lot of pressure on his shin after training on Friday. Maybe it's the start of a little hairline fracture. He could not play [against Arsenal] but hopefully he'll be okay for next week."

He added: "I think we pulled him out at the right moment because he could have played maybe 45 minutes and then he would have been out for the season."

Tainio arrived at White Hart Lane last summer on a free transfer from the French Ligue 1 club Auxerre.track

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