Martin Jol has admitted that Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov is still struggling with his groin injury and will more than likely miss the UEFA CUP fixture this week.

He said: “Berbatov still has a minor problem with his groin and he will do a test. But we still have 19 players with us so we will field our strongest team.

“Hossam Ghaly has got a groin injury so he stayed in London and Danny Murphy has a little calf problem, so he stayed at home as well.”