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Tottenham news: Will Spurs win something this season?

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Tottenham Hotspur are the perennial Cinderella side of the Premier League - very pretty but always the bridesmaid and never the bride. Uglier looking teams know how to win, but maybe one day Cinders will have a ball. Will it be this season?

‌Against Everton there was plenty to admire, just like the first half against Leicester last week, but have they added enough yet to comfortably secure that top-four finish? The answer is... definitely maybe.

‌With Son Heung-min, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Brennan Johnson and Richarlison already onboard in the attacking half, they have now added the hyper-tricky winger Wilson Odobert and £65m worth of striker in Dominic Solanke. This makes perfect sense because of the demands of the Angeball style.

‌It needs a deep and talented squad, particularly in the final third, because they are expected to run themselves to exhaustion in every single game. Great fitness helps but no-one can do that three times a week for an entire season. Every player gets tired.

‌I watched Ange demand this at Celtic and, though hugely successful, tiredness became a concern late in games and late in the campaign. Last season he knew he needed more back-up on the bench.

‌The problem is keeping everyone happy - which isn't easy.

Richarlison had a face like thunder on the bench on Saturday. If Ange can keep them all sweet with his impressive and honest man-management, then maybe Spurs can finish in the top four - or, more likely, win a cup.

Then the fans can have only their second ball this century.

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Crystal Palace 0-0 West Ham

What a chance that is for the home team. Adam Wharton slides in Eberechi Eze but Alphonse Areola is out quickly in the West Ham goal and spreads his body to save from the England international.

GOAL - Man City 3-1 Ipswich

Erling Haaland

Pretty much straight from the restart Manchester City score their third goal in four minutes.

Kevin de Bruyne chips a lovely ball over the top, Erling Haaland runs in behind, beats Muric to the touch and you know the rest.

Ipswich look stunned!

'Bissouma caught it so well'

Tottenham 1-0 Everton

Pat Nevin

Former Everton winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

That was a cracker, Yves Bissouma caught it so well. Jordan Pickford was wasting his time going for it.

The positivity from this Spurs team has been fantastic, you cannot argue that this has not been deserved.

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Fulham 0-0 Leicester

After making a slow start earlier in the week against Spurs, just a few signs that Leicester are coming into this game as they knock the ball around confidently in midfield.

GOAL - Man City 2-1 Ipswich

Kevin de Bruyne

Ah. Ipswich get a cruel taste of reality in the Premier League and it's a horrible moment for new goalkeeper Arijanet Muric.

He dallies on the ball, is caught in position and that gifts Kevin de Bruyne an open goal.

GOAL - Tottenham 1-0 Everton

Yves Bissouma

It's been coming!

A thumping finish by Yves Bissouma from inside the D after great feet from Dejan Kulusevski.

Everton have been on the back-foot from the kick-off.

PENALTY TO MAN CITY

Man City 0-1 Ipswich

After four or five looks, Sam Allison decides it's a foul by Leif Davis.

Erling Haaland will take the spot kick...

GREAT SAVE!

Tottenham 0-0 Everton

Tottenham 0-0 Jordan Pickford.

Another HUGE stop by the Everton keeper this time to keep out James Maddison after a ball over the top by Cristian Romero.

Moments later Brennan Johnson heads wide.

It's one way traffic.

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Man City 0-1 Ipswich

Davis has not got the ball. He has caught Man City winger Savinho.

It wasn't given initially but it looks a penalty.

Referee Sam Allison is taking a long look...

Ipswich fans in dreamland

Man City 0-1 Ipswich

Gary Rose

BBC Sport at Etihad Stadium

Wow!

What a start for Ipswich! On their Premier League return they take the lead and it is absolute chaos in the away end.

Kieran McKenna, meanwhile, looks like he's seen his side go ahead at the Premier League champions every day of the week as he calmly calls over defender Jacob Greaves to pass on some instructions.

Focus is absolutely key for the next few minutes as Manchester City will come at them.

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Fulham 0-0 Leicester

Fulham are swarming all over Leicester in the early stages of this game.

Rodrigo Muniz tests Mads Hermansen in the Foxes goal and now it's the turn of Alex Iwobi, as he cuts in off the left but then delivers a rather tame effort that is easily saved.

GOAL - Man City 0-1 Ipswich

Sammie Szmodics

WELL!

Ipswich Town lead at the Premier League champions and it's their summer signing Sammie Szmodics who gets the goal.

The former Blackburn man is played in behind by Omari Hutchinson and manages to squeeze his finish through the legs of Ederson.

Everton weather early Spurs storm

Tottenham 0-0 Everton

Nizaar Kinsella

BBC Sport football news reporter

Impressive start from Tottenham as James Maddison and Pedro Porro both whip in dangerous crosses in the pouring North London rain.

Romero has also had a close range shot saved from a corner by England No 1 Jordan Pickford.

Everton are very much weathering the storm, both metaphorically and literally.

Dominic Solanke is pictured in the stands but not being missed so far .

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Southampton 0-0 Nottingham Forest

It's the visitors who are on the front foot as Premier League football returns St Mary's.

Some good pressing results in Chris Wood being presented with a chance but he doesn't catch his strike cleanly and it is easily saved.

GREAT SAVE!

Tottenham 0-0 Everton

Everton's defence is already under heavy pressure. Tottenham are playing some slick football. A heavily deflected attempt by Son Heung-min is acrobatically kept out by Jordan Pickford. That's two big saves by the Everton keeper inside the first 10 minutes.

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Crystal Palace 0-0 West Ham

The hosts are very much on the front foot at present...

Eberechi Eze gets in down the left but sees his shot well blocked by West Ham's Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos.

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Man City 0-0 Ipswich

Simon Brotherton

BBC commentator on Final Score

It is amazing to think that the last time the Ipswich team coach arrived for an away game at Manchester City it was at Maine Road - that is how long ago it was!

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Manor Solomon: Tottenham winger agrees Leeds United loan move

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Son Heung-min: South Korea forward wants to become a Tottenham Hotspur legend

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Captain Son Heung-min says he wants to be remembered as a Tottenham Hotspur legend, but does not believe he can be considered that yet.

The 32-year-old is approaching his 10th year at the Premier League club and has made more than 500 appearances for them.

He has scored at least 14 league goals in each of the past eight seasons and struck up a fine partnership with Harry Kane before the England captain moved to Bayern Munich last summer.

Asked what legacy he would one day like to leave at the club, South Korea forward Son told BBC Sport: "Legendary.

"Being at one team in 10 years is a good effort I think. You have to be consistent with this and you also have to give something back to the club.

"I still don’t think I am a legend of this club. I have said I want to win something with Spurs, then I want to be very happy to be called legend.

"I joined Spurs to win a trophy and I hope we can make a special season.”

Tottenham have not won a major trophy since the League Cup in 2008, but while Son is hoping to help them to silverware this term, he is not setting any personal targets.

Last season he scored 17 Premier League goals as Spurs finished fifth.

"I am not setting a goal of where I should be," he said.

"Imagine if I say 10 goals or something and you score 10 goals in six games, your goal is done. I want to push as much as I can, never feeling it is enough.

“I want to go as high as possible in every aspect – team, individual, everything. Then we will see where we are at."

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Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton: Premier League - BBC Sport

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Dominic Solanke and Rodrigo Bentancur have been ruled out of Saturday's game.

Solanke sustained an ankle injury in the season opener against Leicester, while Bentancur must follow concussion protocol after he was stretchered off during that match following a collision.

Pedro Porro, Yves Bissouma and Wilson Odobert are all available.

Everton will assess James Tarkowski, who is nursing a hamstring strain.

Ashley Young will serve a one-match ban for his red card against Brighton, while James Garner, Seamus Coleman, Youssef Chermiti, Nathan Patterson and Jarrad Branthwaite are all out injured.

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Shelina Zadorsky: West Ham sign Tottenham and Canada defender

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West Ham have signed Canada defender Shelina Zadorsky from fellow Women's Super League side Tottenham on a one-year deal.

The 31-year-old rejoins Rehanne Skinner's Hammers after spending six months on loan there last season, making 10 appearances.

Zadorsky, who also worked under Skinner at Spurs, played 56 times for Tottenham after signing from Orlando Pride in 2020.

"I'm delighted to be back at West Ham United on a permanent basis," Zadorsky told the club website.

"Rehanne and I have built a great relationship over the years and I think she knows how to get the best out of me. I always demand high standards of myself and I really want to be that rock at the back for the team."

Zadorsky, who played at her third Olympic Games in Paris this summer, was part of the Canada squad that won gold in Tokyo in 2021 and bronze at Rio 2016.

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Football latest: Sterling and Toney updates plus Premier League reaction and build-up

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That's all we've got for you today folks. Thanks for all your reaction to Raheem Sterling and Ivan Toney being left out of their side's opening game of the new Premier League season.

The opening round of fixtures concludes later as Leicester host Tottenham, which you can follow live here.

Until then, click on the summary points above or to the left to catch up on today's latest stories, and hopefully you'll join us again from 07:00 BST on Tuesday.

Al-Shabab interested in Wolves' Podence

Nick Mashiter

BBC Sport football news reporter

Saudi club Al-Shabab are interested in Wolves forward Daniel Podence.

There has been no bid for the 28-year-old yet but the once-capped Portugal international could leave Molineux before the end of the transfer window.

Wolves remain relaxed over the situation and would be happy to keep Podence, especially after selling Pedro Neto to Chelsea for £54m. It is understood, though, that if Al-Shabab - or another club - offered £10m then the club is likely to sell.

Al-Shabab have former Atletico Madrid midfielder Yannick Carrasco and Italy international Giacomo Bonaventura in their squad.

Podence joined Wolves from Olympiakos in January 2020 and has made 106 appearances, scoring 16 goals. He returned to Olympiakos on loan last season, scoring 15 times in 45 games.

'It feels like people are waiting for Postecoglou to fail; that's deeply unfair'

Leicester v Tottenham (20:00 BST)

In the first week of the new season, Chris Sutton's opponent is The Courteeners frontman Liam Fray.

Sutton's prediction: 1-3

I'm hearing a lot of nonsense about Tottenham and how their manager Ange Postecoglou "needs a good start" to the new campaign. I don't understand why he is under pressure at the start of his second season.

The Spurs fans were bored and fed up every weekend under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, but they were entertained last season and almost made the top four too - all without Harry Kane.

Nobody can argue that Ange didn't make progress, so why is he being questioned? It feels like people are waiting for him to fail and I think that's deeply unfair.

I don't think it will bother Postecoglou, though. He will just plough through it. He has managed for a long time and has had huge success.

I'm expecting Spurs to have another good season under him, especially now they have signed Dominic Solanke, which looks like an astute bit of business.

Leicester will be well-organised under Steve Cooper, and they probably stand the best chance of staying up out of the three promoted clubs, but I think Spurs will be too strong for them.

Liam's prediction: 0-2

I like Ange a lot and I love watching James Maddison too. Maybe Solanke could bring the best out of Son Heung-min again. I see Spurs being a big threat to Manchester United for getting that fourth spot.

'Time will tell' whether Foxes are ready for Premier League return

Leicester v Tottenham (20:00 BST)

Leicester City

New Leicester boss Steve Cooper is aiming to repeat his feat of keeping an unfancied, newly-promoted side in the Premier League after being tipped for relegation, as he did with Nottingham Forest.

"I've had it before - that's for sure - so it's not a new thing for me," he said. "It wasn't the case last time [with Forest] and let's hope that's the same this season."

"This is a very hard-working and together group of players," he added.

"We want to keep a lot of that going, whilst balancing the challenge of the Premier League and what might need to change or adapt. Everything has been gearing to being ready, but time will tell."

'We feel a lot more settled'

Leicester v Tottenham (20:00 BST)

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou: "It's been a different pre-season. We feel a lot more settled and better prepared for what's ahead. There were a lot of unknowns last year at this time. Having said all that, it didn't stop us from having a great start to the season.

"We've had a solid pre-season. For the most part, everyone has contributed to that. These last sort of seven days, we've had everyone in and the level of training has gone up from the tour.

"The pleasing thing is pretty much everyone on the list is available and that will be important for us."

Young striker Cannon could come in for Foxes

Leicester v Tottenham (20:00 BST)

Leicester City

Leicester City will look to kick off the Steve Cooper era in a positive fashion but they'll have to deal with a few absentees when they face Tottenham later.

Defender Connor Coady is expected to be out until September with a hamstring injury while forward Patson Daka has undergone surgery after suffering damage to his ankle during the club's final pre-season friendly at Lens.

Striker Jamie Vardy is a doubt after picking up a knock during pre-season and if the Foxes have two significant absentees up top, Tom Cannon could be selected. The 21-year-old joined from Everton in last summer and scored twice in 13 Championship games last season.

Seagulls continue to entertain under new boss

What we learned from opening weekend

Shamoon Hafez

BBC Sport football news reporter

Eyebrows were raised during the summer when Brighton replaced the experienced Roberto de Zerbi, who left by mutual agreement, with relative unknown Fabien Hurzeler as their new manager.

At 31 years and 173 days old, the German became the youngest permanent manager of a Premier League team and the first boss to be born after the competition started in 1992.

The former Germany youth international gave debuts to summer signings Yankuba Minteh and Mats Wieffer at Everton, and both impressed, although Kaoru Mitoma was the star of the show, running the home defenders ragged throughout and capping his superb performance with a goal.

The tricky winger could have had more goals as the Seagulls won 3-0 and continued to play the enterprising football they played under Graham Potter and De Zerbi, which saw them qualify for last season's Europa League.

West Ham signings will need time to gel

What we learned from opening weekend

Some have tipped West Ham to challenge for a top-four finish given the summer signings they have made under new boss Julen Lopetegui, but they began their Premier League campaign with a 2-1 home defeat by Aston Villa.

New signings Max Kilman and Guido Rodriguez started, while Niclas Fullkrug and Crysencio Summerville, made their debut off the bench.

But despite getting back in the game in the first half through Lucas Paqueta's penalty, the Hammers were stung by Jhon Duran's late winner.

West Ham were punished for defensive frailties last season when they conceded 74 league goals, the most ever by a side to finish in the top half, and the Hammers’ highest total since 1967.

Conceding preventable goals is a bad habit they will have to break under Lopetegui, who said this was "the first step" as his new team aims to meet their fans' new expectations.

'I think I fancy Arsenal for the title'

What we learned from opening weekend

Arsenal

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was at pains to stress, after his side opened their campaign with a 2-0 win at home to Wolves, that there are no guarantees they will once again be Manchester City's main challengers for the Premier League title.

The Gunners missed out on the top spot by two points in May, finishing runners-up for the second consecutive season despite winning 16 of their final 18 games.

"This is a new story, this season," said Arteta. "A beautiful one hopefully, that we have to write from the beginning. This is the first chapter of that. Let's write some beautiful ones."

The general consensus is that Arsenal have strengthened further, with the arrival of Italy defender Riccardio Calafiori bolstering what was already last season's meanest defence.

And while they may still be missing a clinical finisher up front to push them over the line, Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer believes this could be their year.

"Arsenal took the title race right until the last game of the season, so they weren't that far away," he said. "Four titles in a row for Man City is an amazing achievement. But to go again? I think I fancy Arsenal for the title."

Havertz could lead Arsenal title challenge

What we learned from opening weekend

Steve Sutcliffe

BBC Sport

It took Kai Havertz until the 30 September to score for Arsenal during his first campaign at the club last season.

This term, it took him just 25 minutes to get up and running.

And with no sign of a new central striker being added to reinforce Mikel Arteta’s squad, it could prove to be a positive development in Arsenal’s quest to win the Premier League after finishing as runners-up in the previous two seasons.

The Gunners closed a five-point gap to two to Manchester City over those years. If the Germany international can weigh in with a heavier contribution than the 13 top-flight goals he delivered last year, Arsenal’s hopes of silverware will surely be buoyed.

And on this evidence there are signs his relationship with Bukayo Saka, Arsenal’s top scorer in the previous campaign, is one that could flourish, with the England winger laying on the opening goal and then seeing Havertz repay the favour in the second half to seal a 2-0 win over Wolves.

Man City still know how to get the job done

What we learned from opening weekend

Tom Mallows

BBC Sport

Manchester City had their pre-season disrupted by key players having extended breaks following summer internationals.

That includes England trio Phil Foden, John Stones and Kyle Walker - who were fit enough to make the bench - and Spain midfielder Rodri, who was left out entirely after only resuming training last week. Manager Pep Guardiola also said that Bernardo Silva was "not ready", yet the Portugal midfielder still played 90 minutes.

That pre-season disruption perhaps explains a solid if unspectacular performance in their 2-0 win at Chelsea, albeit one where they always had an element of control. The performance of Mateo Kovacic in the absence of Rodri pleased Guardiola.

City lost three out of four league games when Rodri did not play last season, but a composed display - and a fine goal - from the Croatia midfielder suggests his absence may not be as keenly felt this time around.

Thumbs down to Sterling's statement

While Erling Haaland's opening goal earned a big thumbs up from his manager, Raheem Sterling's statement has garnered the opposite response from BBC Sport readers.

First thing this morning we asked readers to vote with their thumbs as to whether they felt Sterling was right or wrong to release his statement asking for "clarity" about his place in the team, after being left out of the squad for Sunday's match at home to Manchester City.

A clear majority of - 1,358 at the last count - gave a thumbs down to the England forward's actions, with 413 giving a thumbs up in support of his public message to the club's hierarchy.

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Jamie Donley: Tottenham forward joins Leyton Orient on loan

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Leyton Orient have signed versatile forward Jamie Donley on a season-long loan from Tottenham Hotspur.

Donley made his Premier League debut for Spurs last December against Manchester City, one of four appearances he's made so far.

The 19-year-old has been part of the club's academy since 2013 and has also made seven appearances for England's under-19 side, scoring five goals.

Donley said he wanted to "get first-team football under my belt" by joining Orient.

"I'm a team player. I like to score, assist and defend. I'll do whatever I can to help the team win, and will do what the staff ask of me.

"I played left-back for Tottenham in pre-season, I can play in midfield and anywhere across the front three," he said.

He becomes the O's seventh signing this summer, ahead of their League One game away to Charlton on Saturday.

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