Marvelous Nakamba

Marvelous Nakamba is back for Aston Villa after being out since December. He had knee surgery but is available for boss Steven Gerrard ahead of the visit of Tottenham. Emi Buendia and Tyrone Mings are expected to shake off knocks while Lucas Digne (stomach) is fit. Tottenham will have Sergio...

Aston Villa midfielder Marvelous Nakamba will be out for at least three months with a knee injury, ruling him out of Zimbabwe's Africa Cup of Nations campaign next month. The 27-year-old, who was forced off during Villa's 1-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday, had an operation on the injury this week.