Arsenal will welcome back striker Robin van Persie from a muscular problem for tomorrow’s Carling Cup semi-final first leg
against north London rivals Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium.
Winger Theo Walcott is also in the squad having recovered from a shoulder problem which kept him out of the FA Cup win at Burnley, with manager Arsene Wenger set to again field a young side.
Centre-back Kolo Toure, winger Emmanuel Eboue and utility man Alex Song are all away on international duty at the African Nations Cup.
Team (from): Fabianski, J Hoyte, Senderos, Djourou, Traore, Diaby, Gilberto, Denilson, Diarra, Eduardo, Bendtner, Mannone, Walcott, G Hoyte, Randall, Lansbury, Gibbs, Perez, van Persie.
Can Arsenal''s youngsters repeat last years feat of knocking Spurs out of the Worthington Cup.
// Visual basic helper required to detect Flash Player ActiveX control
version information
Function VBGetSwfVer(i)
on error resume next
Dim swControl, swVersion
swVersion = 0
set swControl = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + CStr(i))
if (IsObject(swControl)) then
swVersion = swControl.GetVariable("$version")
end if
VBGetSwfVer = swVersion
End Function