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Tottenham v Everton: PreviewPA
Tottenham's loan striker Mido is set to end his nomadic tour of Europe by signing a permanent deal with the London club at the end of the current season.
Mido joined up with Spurs from AS Roma in the January transfer window and made an immediate impact at White Hart Lane at the start of a two-year loan spell.
He has enjoyed a fine start to the new campaign with Spurs sitting third in the Barclays Premiership with just one defeat.
Mido scored Tottenham's second in their thrilling second-half fightback against second-placed Charlton a fortnight ago before going off with a hamstring strain.
The Egyptian international is fit for tomorrow's home clash with struggling Everton and claims Spurs are ready to make his stay in London a permanent one.
"Tottenham want to sign me permanently," he told Egyptianplayers.com.
"Martin Jol is willing to make an offer to Roma.
"I can sign permanently for Spurs as I have a clause on my loan contract which gives Tottenham the right to sign me on a permanent basis for a fee worth £4.5million."
Meanwhile, Jol will not ask Ledley King to continue in the midfield holding role that looks to have secured his place in Sven-Goran Eriksson's World Cup squad for the finals in Germany next summer.
King was outstanding in a midfield anchor role as he helped England to overcome Poland to finish winners of their group.
Barring injury, Jol now believes King is a certainty for Eriksson's German squad and says he is more talented than players of the calibre of John Terry, Jamie Carragher, Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand.
A proud Jol said: "Ledley has played that role before. He is very versatile. He can play in any position in the back four and in midfield. He doesn't lose the ball and he is very comfortable. I knew he could do that job.
"Carrick plays a similar role but he was injured and that was unfortunate for him. But I am happy for Ledley because it is always better for a player to be versatile. Now they know he must be in the squad for Germany.
"They talk about Terry, Campbell and Ferdinand and Carragher but I still think that he is the most talented out of those."
But despite King's crowning moment in an England shirt, Jol will put him back into defence against David Moyes' struggling Merseysiders.
Jol added: "I need Ledley at the back because he is my best defender, although he got a dead leg against Poland that is a big worry for me."
Spurs will welcome back Mido from his hamstring strain against Everton and with Carrick also fit, Jol will have the luxury of choosing from a full-strength squad.
David Moyes has challenged his players to show more of the fire and desire displayed in Everton's doomed UEFA Cup second-leg clash against Dinamo Bucharest.
Everton are bottom of the Barclays Premiership, despite spending approximately £23million since January, with many of their recent signings on the injured list.
Andy van Der Meyde began training this week following groin problems which delayed his medical when he signed, and Moyes admits: "He has got a long way to go before he is ready to play."
Such injuries have compounded the manager's troubles and tomorrow's trip to Spurs, followed by the next week's home game against Chelsea, seem unlikely to ease Everton's position.
Moyes is urging Everton to revisit the spirit of the European night against Dinamo when they won 1-0 on the night, only to exit 5-2 on aggregate.
"The players have to show the kind of display they had against Bucharest," said Moyes.
"There was a real desire against Bucharest. The players were determined to put things right and they managed to do that in the first 45 minutes.
"We need to show that level every week now. That's the way things will have to be at Everton to get us up the table.
"We don't want to be bottom, and I am confident that we will not be there come the end of the season."
Moyes has also reacted to the criticism which has accompanied Everton's slide from qualification for the Champions League to the bottom of the table.
He insists his side, who currently prop up the Premiership by two points and have lost six of seven league matches this season, have nothing to prove.
He said: "We have had a bit of criticism this season, but I do not take it personally.
"We do not have any point to prove. We proved to everyone last season what a good team we are."
Everton are expected to be without striker James Beattie, who Moyes considers unlikely to recover from a calf injury picked up in the reserves.
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