Dane will be joined at Spurs by Justin Cochrane, Chris Haslam and Joe Newton from his backroom team at Brentford
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Assistant coach is joining the Dane at Tottenham, leaving only two of Ange Postecoglou’s staff behind following his dismissal last week
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Alfie Whiteman, Tottenham’s fifth-choice goalkeeper, is being released after eight years at the club, during which he developed hobbies beyond your average player
Spurs have verbally agreed personal terms with Brentford head coach and formal talks with the Dane are expected to take place in the next 24 hours
Brentford’s Thomas Frank is a leading candidate to replace the Australian, who has paid the price for a miserable Premier League season
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South Korea forward, 32, has one year remaining on his contract with Spurs and has been on the radar of Pro League sides for the past two years
The 62-year-old, a close adviser to Daniel Levy, departs as new chief executive Vinai Venkatesham starts work and decision on Ange Postecoglou’s future is imminent
Police in South Korea have arrested a woman on suspicion of blackmailing the Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min, after falsely claiming that she was pregnant with his child.
The woman, named in South Korean media only as A, and reported to be in her twenties, was charged at the Gangnam police station in Seoul, along with a male accomplice in his forties.
“As the police are currently investigating, we will inform you as soon as the results are available,” the footballer’s agency, Son & Football, said in a statement. “We will take strong legal action against those who have threatened him with clear falsehoods, and we emphasise that Son Heung-min is a clear victim in this incident.”
Son, 32, who also captains the South Korea
In the nine days before the Europa League final, Ange Postecoglou will be drumming one message into his players more than any other: win a European trophy for Tottenham Hotspur and you will never be forgotten.
Postecoglou is aware of the narrative that could easily develop as the showpiece in Bilbao draws closer, given Manchester United — even through the club’s era of chaos — have won ten trophies since Spurs last lifted one. Tottenham have tended to blink in the big moments. If history repeats, United will find a way.
Yet Postecoglou wants to frame it differently to his players in the coming days: as the final that matters more to them. If Ruben Amorim has downplayed the impact of Manchester United winning the
Aston Villa have criticised the Premier League’s decision to bring forward their game against Tottenham Hotspur by two days to aid Spurs’ preparation for a potential Europa League final.
The match, originally scheduled for Sunday, May 18, will now instead be played at 7.30pm on Friday, May 16. Villa had already objected to a request to move the game to next Thursday evening (May 15), made to the Premier League before the first leg of Tottenham’s semi-final against Bodo/Glimt, and fans are annoyed that the league has now agreed to move their final home fixture of the season at such short notice.
Monchi, Villa’s president of football operations, took to social media to vent his frustration after the decision was communicated to fans on Tuesday.