Fraizer Campbell’s arrival at White Hart Lane, on the back of two high-profile departures, supported the belief of some Tottenham Hotspur fans that they have become a feeder club for the high and mighty. The better the forward performs, the higher his valuation when he returns to Manchester United from his loan spell at the end of the season.

Tottenham have not explained why the deal did not include the option of a permanent move, but it appears to be a bigger mistake after Campbell’s contribution against Wisla Krakow in the Uefa Cup first round. His pace and goal assist changed the direction of the first leg two weeks ago and his aggression led to a crucial own goal during the return match on Thursday as Tottenham stuttered through to the group stage of the competition.

Juande Ramos, the Tottenham head coach, must decide how to accommodate him against Hull City tomorrow, when Roman Pavlyuchenko is available again. But on what will be an afternoon of reacquaintances — Michael Dawson will meet Andy, his older brother, and Anthony Gardner swapped clubs in the summer — only one homecoming will really matter. Campbell’s 15 league goals last season helped to lift Hull into the top flight.

“I’ll see a couple of old friends, but there will definitely be no friends during the game,” he said. “I couldn’t have predicted what has happened to Hull. Certainly, a lot of people wrote them off at the start of the season. But

they’re having a great start and hopefully they can continue that — after Sunday. Hopefully I can pick their brains better than they can pick mine.”

United turned down Hull’s £7 million offer to sign the forward, 21, in the summer. He made two appearances for Sir Alex Ferguson’s side at the start of the season and played a crucial role in ensuring that Dimitar Berbatov could move to Old Trafford on transfer deadline day. Tottenham failed to sign several strikers to replace Berbatov and Robbie Keane, who joined Liverpool, and asked to take Campbell at the eleventh hour, which forced United to cancel a previous agreement to loan the striker to Wigan Athletic.

He scored 21 goals in 33 games on loan at Royal Antwerp, in Belgium, where he was nicknamed “Souper Campbell”. The forward, who gained nine GCSEs at Huddersfield Grammar School, is surprised that Tottenham are without a league win this season, their worst start to a campaign in 53 years. “We need to get a couple of wins under our belt and hopefully that can stop all the criticism,” he said. “I have been happy with my own performances, but I need to do a bit more work on my fitness. I enjoy playing next to Darren Bent, he works well for me and I try to do the same for him.”

Tottenham may be without Ledley King, who played against Wisla Krakow but is still not fully fit after knee surgery, but Jonathan Woodgate is fit despite a slight groin strain.

Family affair for Michael and Andy Dawson

by Owen Slot, Chief Sports Reporter

Tottenham Hotspur versus Hull City could be something of a family fixture at White Hart Lane tomorrow, with Michael and Andy Dawson in contention to play against each other for the first time in their careers.

From Leyburn, North Yorkshire, the Dawson brothers - including Kevin, the middle sibling, who played for Chesterfield and is now at Worksop Town - were all juniors on the books of Nottingham Forest. Andy, 29, a defender, took the harder route to the top and went up through the leagues with Hull to the Barclays Premier League, where he is now at the same level as Michael. Always viewed as the most gifted of the three, the 24-year-old Michael, a central defender, transferred from Forest to Tottenham in 2005.

“When the fixture list came out, this was the one that Michael and I were looking for,” Andy said. “All the family are going down to watch.”