Tottenham's preparations for their Premier League clash against Everton have been disrupted by a virus.
First-team stars Wilson Palacios and Vedran Corluka have been hit by the sickness and diarrhoea bug.
They are among 18 players and staff at the Spurs training ground in Chigwell, Essex, to be affected.
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp stated: "We've closed the training ground. It's off limits. We're just going to train there and that's it."
Redknapp said he hoped midfielder Palacios and defender Corluka will be fit and available for selection against Everton on Sunday.
The Spurs boss held his pre-match news conference at White Hart Lane on Friday instead of the usual venue at the training ground.
"We had a few down with it the other day. Corluka had the virus and Palacios was not feeling great with it either," he said.
"It has swept through the academy. There are about 18 who work there or the kids who have all got it so the doctor decided we couldn't use it.
"It hasn't disrupted us, we are still training as normal and hopefully no-one else gets it but there have been so many other people who have gone down with it, including a few of the press boys who came over on Tuesday, it is certainly spreading."
A Spurs statement read: "A number of (academy) scholars and several first-team players have reported feeling unwell and, as a precaution, are being kept away from the training ground for a period of 48 hours in order to avoid the risk of spread.
"As an additional precaution, the club has undertaken a comprehensive deep clean of the entire training ground's facilities while all administrative and academy staff have been instructed to work from home until Monday."
Deja Vu anyone?
not again, another season close to the CL and another case of the Flu
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