Premier League - Party problem for Palacios - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Tottenham will be shorn of the services of Wilson Palacio for their trip to Portsmouth, but the midfielder has a valid excuse: he was ordered to remain in Honduras for a party by the country's military junta.
..Honduras qualified for the World Cup finals on Wednesday courtesy of a 1-0 win at El Salvador and interim President Roberto Micheletti ordered the players to return home for a celebration bash.
With the players ushered back to Honduras, Palacaios was unable to make his connecting flight to England and has been ruled out of the trip to Fratton Park.
Spurs chief Harry Redknapp is unhappy with the situation, but understands Palacios's predicament.
"We've no choice but to go to Portsmouth without Wilson," Redknapp told the Daily Mirror. "There's nothing he can do either.
"I guess when the President tells you to do something, you can't do much about it."