Key man: Dean Richards
This commanding central defender was bought in for £8.1m in September 2001, making him Tottenham’s second most expensive signing after Sergei Rebrov. Now 28, he is comfortable on the ball and can contribute headed goals from set pieces. An amalgam of power and poise

Coach: Glenn Hoddle
Towards the end of last season, this committed 3-5-2 man began to dally with 4-4-2. A purveyor of pleasing, passing football, his purist sentiments have delighted a still adoring White Hart Lane public but the board was not quite so thrilled when their coach’s ageing ensemble lost the Worthington Cup final to Blackburn

Full squad
Goalkeepers 1 Neil Sullivan 13 Kasey Keller 24 Lars Hirschfeld 32 Gavin Kelly	Midfielders 4 Steffen Freund 7 Darren Anderton 8 Tim Sherwood 14 Gustavo Poyet 17 Oyvind Leonhardsen 25 Stephen Clemence 28 Matthew Etherington 29 Simon Davies 34 John Piercy, 21 Milenko Acimovic, Jonathan Blondel, 15 Jamie Redknapp, Rohan Ricketts
Defenders 2 Stephen Carr 3 Mauricio Taricco 5 Goran Bunjevcevic 6 Chris Perry 12 Gary Doherty 18 Ben Thatcher 23 Christian Ziege 26 Ledley King 30 Anthony Gardner 31 Alton Thelwell 36 Dean Richards	Forwards 9 Les Ferdinand 10 Teddy Sheringham 11 Sergei Rebrov 16 Steffen Iversen 27 Steve Ferguson

Strongest XI

Nationalities
England (16), Ireland (3), Germany (2), Norway (2), Scotland (2), Argentina (1), US (1), Croatia (1), Slovenia (1), Uruguay (1), Belgium (1), Ukraine (1), Canada (1) Total 33

Players in
Rohan Ricketts, Jamie Redknapp, Milenko Acimovic, Jonathan Blondel

Players out
Chris Armstrong, Ciaran Toner, Hans Segers

Instant expert
Ground White Hart Lane, 748 High Road, London N17 OAP
Telephone 020 8365 5000
Capacity 36,238
Shirt sponsor Thomson
Ticket office 08700 112222
Can I get a ticket? Tickets can be available three weeks in advance
How to get there Railway stations: White Hart Lane, Northumberland Park
Club call 09068 100500
Club shop 020 8365 5042

Money talk
Top earners Sheringham £27,500, Anderton £26,000 Ferdinand £23,500

Total wage bill £25.07m
The wage bill is the ninth highest in the Premiership, but it is only 51.8% of the club's overall turnover (£48.39m), which is the top-flight's seventh highest

New boy: Jamie Redknapp
Harry’s lad arrives on a free from Liverpool where his once ultra-promising career was derailed by injury. Still only 29, there remains time for a Redknapp renaissance. White Hart Lane regulars should drool over his passing ability

Where are they now?
Steve Perryman Still revered at Spurs, Perryman is now big in Japan, where he is the manager of J-League side Kashiwa Reysol