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Lennon tipped for England recall

Aaron Lennon
Lennon (left) was in rampaging form against Blackburn on Sunday

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has tipped in-form winger Aaron Lennon to force his way back into the England squad.

Lennon, 21, was in fine form in Sunday's 1-0 win over Blackburn, having struggled to start on a regular basis under former manager Juande Ramos.

"If England coach Fabio Capello starts seeing him play like that, he'll get back in the picture," said Redknapp.

"He was the wonderkid at the last World Cup, then went off radar. I think his confidence is coming back."

England's next game will be a friendly away to Spain on 11 February, 2009, which will possibly be played in Valencia.

I've been getting better and better since the new boss has come in

Spurs winger Aaron Lennon
Lennon ran rings around Blackburn left-back Martin Olsson at White Hart Lane, causing the Swede to pick up two yellow cards as he was dismissed before the break and setting up Roman Pavlyuchenko's winner.

Redknapp added: "I had Theo Walcott when I was at Southampton, Walcott is young but so is Lennon. He's 21, only a kid.

Redknapp delighted to be off bottom of table

"There is nothing to stop him because there are not many wingers around who can do what he does. He is exciting, he carries the game forward for us."

Lennon credited Redknapp with his improvement in form and admitted it was a relief to move out of the relegation zone.

"I've been getting better and better since the new boss has come in and this was probably my best performance," said Lennon.

"But it's not just me it's everyone in general, he's given us confidence and freedom to play. He's given me licence to get at people and that's my game really.

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"It's been a hard start to the season and now we're glad to get out of the bottom three again. Hopefully we can carry on and push up the table now."

Meanwhile, Tottenham defender Alan Hutton will have a scan on his injured foot on Monday after missing Sunday's victory.

Hutton missed the start of the season with the problem but has played for the last month, including 90 minutes in Scotland's 1-0 defeat by Argentina on Wednesday.

Vedran Corluka, who played at right-back on Sunday, is cup-tied for the club's Uefa Cup trip to Nijmegen on Thursday, while skipper Ledley King will be rested.

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