By Sameer Naik20 January 2025
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- Nickname: Spurs, The Lilywhites
- Short name: Spurs
- Founded: 5 September 1882; 141 years ago, as Hotspur F.C
- Ground: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
- Current League position:14th (Played: 29 Won: 10 Lost: 15 Drawn: 4)
Most recent result:
- Fulham 2-0 Tottenham (Rodrigo Muniz & Ryan Sessegnon)
Next Premier League fixture: ( Thursday, 03 April 2025)
- Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur : Stamford Bridge :21:00- Live on Showmax Premier League
Latest news:
Ange Postecoglou says “there is never any noise” around Tottenham when refereeing decisions go against them.
The Australian head coach was speaking after Fulham substitutes Rodrigo Muniz and Ryan Sessegnon scored to help the hosts beat Spurs 2-0 at Craven Cottage on Sunday.
When asked about a contentious 85th-minute challenge from Fulham’s Calvin Bassey on Lucas Bergvall inside the penalty area, Postecoglou said: “I’ll leave that to the officials, but I will say that we don’t carry on like a lot of other clubs and I think that hurts us for sure.
“I don’t think there’s ever any noise around us and decisions. We get one slightly in our favour and there’s national headlines for a week.”
He was seemingly referring to a decision in Bergvall’s favour against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, when the midfielder avoided a second yellow card.
“Things go against us and there’s not even a sentence on it,” Postecoglou added.
Postecoglou brought off the struggling Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson at half-time against Fulham and sent on Bergvall and Son Heung-min.
The Spurs boss confirmed Bissouma was taken off due to his poor performance, saying: “I just feel Biss can sometimes let the game drift by him.
“He needs to be a little bit more dominant in the way he gets on the ball. At times I think the game gets away from him and today we needed more in that position.
“I needed him to play though, because he hasn’t played a lot. At the same time you’ve got to perform. It’s fair to say, Biss and a few others are probably lacking a bit of confidence.
“That’s affecting him, but we’re at the point of the season now where we need guys to get out there and put those things to one side and perform.”
Summer signings:
- Dominic Solanke
- Archie Gray
- Wilson Odebert
- Lucas Bergvall
- Kevin Danso
- Matthys Tel
Spurs XI
Manager: Ange Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou became head coach of Tottenham Hotspur ahead of the 2023/24 season.
The 57-year-old is the first Australian to take charge of a Premier League club, having joined Spurs after two successful seasons with Celtic, with whom he won five major trophies, including back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles and League Cups.
Born in Greece, Postecoglou moved to Australia at the age of five. He became a footballer, playing for South Melbourne and earning four caps for the Australian national team. He has enjoyed a 27-year coaching career.
Before Celtic, he was head coach of Japanese team Yokohama F Marinos, winning a league title. Postecoglou was in charge of the Australian national men’s team for four years, a period in which he led them to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as winning the Asia Cup. In 2011, while coach of Brisbane Roar, Postecoglou’s team made Australian sporting history, becoming the first team to go 36 consecutive A-League matches unbeaten.
During his first season as Spurs’ head coach, the Australian made history after winning the Barclays Premier League Manager of the Month award three times in a row.
Goalkeepers
- Guglielmo Vicario
- Fraser Forster
- Brandon Austin
- Alfie Whiteman
Defenders
- Cristian Romero
- Micky van de Ven
- Radu Drăgușin
- Ben Davies
- Ashley Phillips
- Destiny Udogie
- Sergio Reguilón
- Pedro Porro
- Djed Spence
Midfield
- Yves Bissouma
- Pape Matar Sarr
- Rodrigo Bentancur
- Archie Gray
- Giovani Lo Celso
- James Maddison
- Lucas Bergvall
- Alfie Devine
- Heung-min Son
- Timo Werner
- Manor Solomon
- Wilson Odobert
- Dejan Kulusevski
- Brennan Johnson
Forwards
- Dominic Solanke
- Richarlison
Read more about Tottenham Hotspur:
Spurs can turn things around” says former player Bongani Khumalo: https://stories.showmax.com/za/spurs-can-turn-things-around-says-bongani-khumalo
The Big Interview: Dejan Kulusevski for Showmax Premier League : https://stories.showmax.com/za/the-big-interview-dejan-kulusevski
Maddison on the intense rivalry between Spurs and Arsenal: https://stories.showmax.com/za/maddison-on-the-intense-rivalry-between-spurs-and-arsenal
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