The Frenchman took to Twitter to break the bad news to Spurs fans, saying that he has failed to recover from a swollen knee.\"Gutted I will not be able to play tonight as my knee kept swollen after the Wigan game,\" he said on the social networking site. \"Good luck to my partners and hope we take 3pts.\"Harry Redknapp\'s side should take to the field with Ledley King and Michael Dawson in the centre of defence, but it could also allow Ryan Nelsen to make his debut for the team, after making the transfer deadline-day switch from Blackburn, with William Gallas absent with a calf injury.