Tottenham's captain Ledley King has had his groin operation delayed by a week because the defender was unable to find his passport in time to fly to a clinic in Germany. King was supposed to have surgery yesterday but an exasperated Harry Redknapp explained after last night's 1-0 victory at Blackburn that things had not gone according to plan. "It's a long story," the Spurs manager said. "He couldn't fly out to have it done because he couldn't find his passport. He'll have to have the op next week now."

Redknapp was so short of centre-halves at Ewood Park he named Jonathan Woodgate on the bench.