Tottenham have confirmed that England winger Aaron Lennon will have to have a knee operation after failing his latest fitness test.

Spurs manager Martin Jol confirmed:  “Aaron will have the operation on Saturday,” Jol said after the 1-0 victory in Prague.

“He has a minor tear in the cartilage and we had hoped for the best.

“But after training yesterday he said he couldn’t do everything he wanted to so we thought it best that he had the operation. He will be out for five or six weeks.”