Ange Postecoglou has said Spurs have ‘already made tough decisions’ in regards to their rebuild of the squad this summer. Spurs have shown encouraging signs during Postecoglou’s first season in charge and the next stage of the club’s development will take shape in the summer transfer window. The north Londoners want to sign a central midfielder with Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher and Everton’s Amadou Onana targets according to the Telegraph, while there’s interest in Fulham centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo and Bournemouth defender Lloyd Kelly.   Elsewhere, Spurs want to sign a winger and centre-f ..read more

The winner of the FWA Footballer of the Year has been announced with Phil Foden of Manchester City recognised as the Premier League’s finest footballer this season. Foden has claimed the prestigious prize and becomes the fifth Manchester City player to win the award in the Premier League era, after scoring 24 goals in all competitions for Pep Guardiola’s side. The 23-year-old beat Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice to the award, earning 42% of the overall vote, while Manchester City teammate Rodri came in third.   However, 18 different players in the Premier League, from 10 different clubs ..read more

Ange Postecoglou has reiterated his stance that Tottenham have a ‘long way to go’ to compete with the Premier League’s top teams. Three consecutive defeats have left Spurs’ hopes of securing a top-four finish in real doubt, with the north Londoners seven points behind Aston Villa, having played one game less. Spurs produced a poor performance in a 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on Thursday night and Postecoglou said it was a reminder of how far his side have to go.   “We weren’t great. I said after the game,” Postecoglou said at his press conference ahead of facing Liverpool this weekend. “We wer ..read more

Chelsea have entered the race to sign Tosin Adarabioyo on a free transfer from Fulham this summer. Adarabioyo has informed Fulham that he will not sign a new contract with the club and will depart Craven Cottage as a free agent at the end of the campaign. The defender’s availability on a Bosman has attracted interest from a long list of Premier League rivals, with Newcastle understood to be leading the chase for the 26-year-old.   Liverpool, Spurs and West Ham have also been linked with Adarabioyo, who has made 129 appearances for the Cottagers since arriving from Manchester City in 2020 ..read more

Six talking points ahead of the Premier League weekend, featuring huge games in the relegation battle and an Eagles midfielder for England? Can Luton up the pressure on their relegation rivals? Luton face Everton in Friday night football with the Hatters having the chance to up the ante in the relegation battle. A win would lift Rob Edwards’ side out of the bottom three, temporarily at least, and pile the pressure on Nottingham Forest and Burnley. Luton’s fight to survive has stalled of late with just one win since January and a run of three consecutive defeats, though Edwards will hope his s ..read more

Mauricio Pochettino has praised Chelsea for their 2-0 win over Spurs and said the performance was the one that pleased him most this season. Pochettino has endured an up-and-down debut season in charge of Chelsea but his team produced an impressive performance to beat former club Spurs at Stamford Bridge.   Trevoh Chalobah headed home an outstanding opener from Conor Gallagher’s free-kick on 24 minutes, before Nicolas Jackson doubled the lead after the break. The Senegalese striker reacted quickest when Cole Palmer’s fantastic free-kick came back off the bar, nodding in the second to sea ..read more

Tottenham Hotspur want to sign a centre-forward, centre-back and central midfielder in the summer as Ange Postecoglou continues his rebuild of the North London side. Spurs have shown encouraging signs during the Australian’s debut campaign in charge, emerging as contenders for a top-four finish and Champions League qualification, despite the sale of Harry Kane to Bayern Munich last summer. Kane’s exit part-funded a club-record investment of around £230m on new signings this season and the Spurs board are prepared to free funds for the next stage of Postecoglou’s rebuild. The club’s focus will ..read more

Chelsea and Tottenham go head-to-head in the Premier League this evening with more than local bragging rights at stake. Mauricio Pochettino will need to forget old allegiances as he bids to end Chelsea’s campaign on a high, while Spurs are looking to bounce back from consecutive defeats and keep alive their Champions League hopes. Ahead of the game, we’ve picked our Chelsea and Tottenham Combined XI from the players available. Goalkeeper: Guglielmo Vicario – Tottenham Guglielmo Vicario has made a big impression since arriving from Empoli last summer. Stepping into the number one position afte ..read more

Match Preview – Chelsea take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League this evening as London rivalries resume at Stamford Bridge. Both teams need three points to keep alive their ambitions of reaching European competitions, while Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino welcomes his former team to West London for the first time. Here is everything you need to know about Thursday’s game. Form Chelsea: DWLLD Chelsea’s season has been riddled with inconsistency and the best and worst of Mauricio Pochettino’s team has been on show in recent weeks. The club’s 6-0 thrashing of Everton on April 15, in whi ..read more

Who are the players set to define football for the next decade? The talents who, in the infancy of their careers, have already shown the promise to become the best of their generation. We’ve attempted to rank the best young players in world football right now, considering only starlets aged under 21. Ranking the best young players in the world football right now: 5. Lamine Yamal – Barcelona Lamine Yamal has broken records since his emergence at Barcelona, where the teenager became the youngest debutant for the Catalan club in over a century when making his first-team bow aged just 15 years, n ..read more