The Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone has voiced serious concerns about his future at White Hart Lane. The 22-year-old has not started a Premier League game since Boxing Day, but is believed to be still held in high regard by the Spurs manager, Harry Redknapp.
"I want to fight for my place," Huddlestone said, "but the last game I played for Tottenham was in the reserves. I didn't go there to play in the reserves so it is just a case of seeing what happens between now and the end of the season.
"It is difficult to say what the future might hold. Maybe the manager will bring a few new players in and get rid of a few and it might coincide with me not playing.
"Nothing has been said to me and I am not playing, so I am in a difficult situation. I have just got to focus on staying fit and taking my chance if it comes. The lads are on fire so it's not likely the chance will be in the near future."
One Spurs player whose form ensures his first-team place is secure is the playmaker Luka Modric, who has overcome a difficult start to his career in England. "Everyone has a different view on football but I didn't have a fear that I wouldn't be good enough in England," Modric said.
"I believe in myself and my quality and I think I've proved that I can play here. I think I'm playing better and better.
"All my career, people have asked if I'd be strong enough and that started when I went to play [on loan] in the Bosnian league and then in the Croatian league and even for the Croatian national team.
"A lot of people wondered if I would be able to do it, but it's never bothered me. It's just people talking. I've come through much harder things to worry about that."
Modric struggled under Tottenham's former coach Juande Ramos but Redknapp has built his attack around the Croatia international. "I feel I've got better since Harry came to the club," Modric said. "I'm getting used to the speed of football and the fact that I won't get a lot of time on the ball. You need to think quickly here."
Meanwhile, the injury-plagued Borussia Dortmund striker Alexander Frei claims Spurs are among the teams interested in him. "The problem is that I'm not considered a starter," he said in the German magazine Kicker. "We have been approached by Napoli, PSG and Tottenham."
The Barcelona youngster Bojan Krkic, who has also been linked with Spurs, has insisted he will stay at the Camp Nou. "I have never even thought about going," he said.
