Joe Jordan banned for Spurs Champions League first-leg

11 April 2012

Tottenham will have assistant manager Joe Jordan banned for their first foray into the Champions League quarter-finals.

UEFA announced the one-game ban, and one-match suspensions for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and midfielder Samir Nasri, ahead of today's draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals.

Jordan has been sanctioned for incidents that took place at Spurs' last-16 match at AC Milan when he clashed with Gennaro Gattuso, who was later given a four-match ban for headbutting him.

Wenger and Nasri were banned for using inappropriate language towards referee Massimo Busacca after he sent off Robin van Persie in their defeat by Barcelona.

Spurs, who last made the last eight of the European Cup in 1962, will have their quarter-final fate decided by former striker Gary Lineker, who will make the draw at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland in his role at ambassador for the final at Wembley on May 28.

The draw at 11am GMT will be completely open and unseeded meaning Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham could all face each other, or come up against Spanish powerhouses Barcelona and Real Madrid.

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