Concerns for Spurs over fitness of key duo


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Rafael van der Vaart and Gareth Bale are both injury doubts for Tottenham Hotspur’s Champions League game with Werder Bremen tonight.

Van der Vaart missed training yesterday and went for a scan on an ankle knock, while Bale picked up a shoulder injury in Saturday’s win at Arsenal.

Meanwhile Torsten Frings, the Werder captain, yesterday denied reports that Thomas Schaaf, the Bundesliga club’s coach, had offered to resign following Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to rivals Schalke.

"That is absolute nonsense. Thomas has never even mentioned the issue of his resignation," he told Syker Kreiszeitung.

What is Reform?

Reform is a right-wing, populist party led by Nigel Farage, a former MEP who won a seat in the House of Commons last year at his eighth attempt and a prominent figure in the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union.

It was founded in 2018 and originally called the Brexit Party.

Many of its members previously belonged to UKIP or the mainstream Conservatives.

After Brexit took place, the party focused on the reformation of British democracy.

Former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson became its first MP after defecting in March 2024.

The party gained support from Elon Musk, and had hoped the tech billionaire would make a £100m donation. However, Mr Musk changed his mind and called for Mr Farage to step down as leader in a row involving the US tycoon's support for far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson who is in prison for contempt of court.

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