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England ended day two 147 behind with eight wickets still in hand but the players couldn't even take to the field today due to raiottenham snapped up this Croatian international in the summer of 2008 after the tall and versatile defender was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City. He saw off competition from the likes of Alan Hutton and Pascal Chimbonda and at White Hart Lane and has become one of the mainstays of the back four.Off the conveyor belt of talent that is Dinamo Zagreb, Corluka can play at centre-back or right-back, even playing as a right wing-back. A few eyebrows were raised when former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson paid £8 million to take the relative unknown defender Eastlands in 2007 but he proved to be a quality performer, usually in the right-back roleHaving played for Croatia's Under-21 side, he was given his full international debut in a friendly with Italy in August 2006, going on to play in the rest of his country's matches throughout 2006/7. He was part of the Croatia side which sent England tumbling out of Euro 2008 and played in every single match at the tournament before the Vatreni lost to Turkey on penalties in the quarter-finals.Spurs manager Harry Redknapp is expected to have five senior centre-backs ruled out for thclub's first ever Champions League game at White Hart LanRedknapp confirmed on Saturday that William Gallas would be sidelined for three weeks after damaging a thigh muscle in training last Friday, while Ledley King is also a doubt with a groin injury.Gallas and King join Michael Dawson (knee and ankle) and Younes Kaboul (calf) on the sidelines, while Jonathan Woodgate has been out for nearly a year with a groin probleTom Huddlestone could be asked to drop back if the injury crisis were to worsen, but Redknapp has allowed defender Steven Caulker to join Bristol City on a season-long loan, although the 18-year-old has played only one first-team match for Spurs Tuesday's defeat against Arsenal.

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