Bale set for Tottenham bench role

The Tottenham winger took part in a training session on Tuesday morning after making his comeback from a six-week back injury layoff as a substitute in the 3-3 draw at Wolves on Sunday. That appeared to put the 21-year-old in line to start Wednesday's second leg at White Hart Lane, but Redknapp confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that his star winger is likely to begin the last-16 clash on the touchline after he felt stiffness in his legs following the session. Redknapp said: "Gareth trained this morning, he still felt a little bit stiff. His back was okay but he felt a little stiff in his legs so we will wait until tomorrow to see how he is. "It's touch and go. At the moment it would be doubtful whether he would be fit to start." Bale's loss is a big blow to Spurs but Redknapp will take comfort from the knowledge that his side beat the Rossoneri 1-0 without him three weeks ago in the first leg of the last-16 tie at the San Siro. Redknapp was boosted by the news that Rafael van der Vaart is fit to start on Wednesday after he missed the game at Molineux with a calf injury. Younes Kaboul, Vedran Corluka and Ledley King all trained on Tuesday morning and could also play. Tottenham (from): Gomes, Pletikosa, Cudicini, Hutton, Corluka, Gallas, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, King, Kaboul, Dawson, Sandro, Palacios, Jenas, Lennon, Pienaar, Bale, Kranjcar, Van der Vaart, Crouch, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe.