Tottenham defender William Gallas will not play any part in the game against Stoke City tonight.

The Frenchman hasn’t played a competitive game this season following a calf injury he picked up early in pre-season.

Manager Harry Redknapp yesterday told the club’s official website: “I’m hoping William Gallas may be okay to come back, we’ll see how he is after training this morning.”

However, Gallas played the full 90 minutes in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Brentford this afternoon at the Spurs lodge.

The game ended 2-1 to the visitors with Milos Veljkovic’s strike not enough to pull the home-side back into the tie following goals from Harry Forrester and Mike Grella for the Bees.