Blackburn Rovers' Christopher Samba will not face Arsenal in row over not selling him Chris has trained well today but he's not going to be in this squad. Samba's long-time defensive partner Ryan Nelsen joined Tottenham Hotspur as a free agent yesterday (THURS) after his contract was cancelled by Kean, who claimed the New Zealand international was in no shape to play first team football. That was immediately undermined by Tottenham's assistant manager, Kevin Bond, who said the defender would go straight into the squad for Monday's meeting with Liverpool despite playing just one league game this season. Rovers had expected Nelsen to go to Major League Soccer in the US before Tottenham's last-minute interest changed his mind, and Blackburn fans are sure to question his release if he does go on to play a part for Spurs this season. Kean said: "He was having a lot of problems with his knee. Right at the last minute he got the call (from Tottenham) and he's decided to go with it. We understand the pain he was in and I hope their medics can look at it and get him back on the pitch because he's found it difficult. He's only played one game in eight months.