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Liverpool could be one of many teams that look to take advantage of Tottenham's potential relegation from the Premier League, with plenty of top talent that could be available

Former Liverpool player Jan Molby has suggested that the club should be looking at Tottenham duo Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray ahead of the summer transfer window.

It comes as Spurs face the very real possibility of relegation from the Premier League, with only four games left for the club to secure top-flight status. The North London club sits in 18th, two points off safety behind West Ham, setting up a tense few weeks as new boss Roberto De Zerbi battles an injury crisis at the same time.

While full focus for Tottenham will be on the pitch, other teams will be watching on for an opportunity to pinch some top talent for a cut price, should relegation occur.

Liverpool could be one of the teams to take advantage of that situation, with previous links suggesting Micky van de Ven may be an option for the backline.

However, former player Jan Molby claims he would only take the duo of Gray and Bergvall from the Spurs midfield when speaking to Anfield Index.

"The only two that would interest me would be the two youngsters, Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall," the ex-Liverpool star said when looking through the Tottenham squad.

"One, and this is a real bonus, is the amount of football that they've played already.

"You know, because of the situation at Spurs, so that is a real bonus.

"I'm not talking about them being 16, 17 years old, but at 18, 19, 20, they've played a lot of football and they've played a lot of football in trying conditions and circumstances which, if you've got something about you, can make you... my only worry about both of them is the fee."

It remains to be seen whether either Gray or Bergvall would be available this summer, in the event of a Tottenham relegation, but only time will tell.

However, a move for either could help secure the long-term future of the Liverpool midfield, which appears to be in flux heading towards the summer transfer window.

Curtis Jones is entering the final year of his contract, which could see him make a move, while no talks have been held yet with Alexis Mac Allister over an extension of his contract, which expires in 2028.

A potential exit has been touted for both, while there is seemingly more clarity over Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai, giving a base to work around.

Adding Bergvall and Gray could offer quality for the present and potential for the future, but it remains to be seen if a deal is possible.

Andy Robertson will leave Liverpool when the season ends, and Ally McCoist has made a transfer prediction about where he will end up amid Tottenham relegation fears

Liverpool defender Andy Robertson will not be short of options when his contract expires this summer and he leaves the Anfield side, with Celtic among those often touted as a potential destination.

Tottenham is said to be leading the race for Robertson, but that move will hinge on Roberto De Zerbi's side staying in the Premier League. It is currently two points behind West Ham and languishing in the relegation zone.

And Ally McCoist believes that if it comes down to Spurs heading into the Championship, that could bring Celtic into contention for Robertson's signature. The Scottish giant signed his former Liverpool teammate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain earlier this year.

"If you are offering him the option of the Championship or Celtic, I think he would probably take Celtic," McCoist said on talkSPORT. "But I still think there will be other teams in England’s top flight who would take him.

"He’s been absolutely different class. I can’t believe this. I have said this 100 times. I sound like a broken record. I can’t believe Robbo hasn’t had more game time at Liverpool. Milos Kerkez has come on now."

While Robertson has been an excellent servant for Liverpool, it is understandable that Kerkez has come in and taken his spot. It is equally understandable that the player wants more regular game time.

"I am really focused on just trying to finish the season as strongly as possible because that's what this club deserves from me," Robertson told reporters a few days after the announcement that he was leaving was made.

"There's been discussions all season. Last summer, I was close to having a decision to make and I decided to stay. It was the same in January. It was more a discussion with the club and it was an open and honest conversation.

"I've always said I've had an amazing relationship with the owners and people like that. It was just a sit-down with my wife to see what we wanted next and obviously we'll see where we go, but it's important to end this story and we'll see whatever comes next.

"I want to play, so that was where the discussions came. It's not like I've knocked back a contract or anything; there was no contract on the table. It was a conversation we all had.

"It was a conversation of 'OK, this is what I want to do, I want to play and I believe I've still got the ability to play.' I think I have shown that this season.

"You can't be promised anything at this club — and that's absolutely fine. It can't be promised at any club. But it's also maybe time for the story to end and obviously me and Mo [Salah] both made that decision this year."

Liverpool.com says: Celtic will always be an option for Robertson, even later in his career. He could play for a Champions League level English team next season, potentially, or at least somewhere in European competition.

He still has the quality to play at a very good level, which would make a switch to Spurs an interesting decision.

Roberto De Zerbi is the favorite to be appointed as Tottenham's new manager after Igor Tudor's exit, with one Liverpool player having made his feelings on the Italian perfectly clear

Liverpool could be set to come face-to-face with Roberto De Zerbi again next season, with the Italian being strongly linked with a return to the Premier League.

De Zerbi, who left Marseille earlier this year, is the favorite to become the new Tottenham manager, with Spurs having parted ways with interim boss Igor Tudor on Sunday.

Tudor left north London after a poor spell in charge, having taken over following Thomas Frank’s firing. The 47-year-old lost five of the seven games he took charge of, and picked up just one point in the Premier League, which came against Liverpool in what is a damning indictment of Arne Slot’s side.

Former Brighton boss De Zerbi is now seen as the favorite to take over at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. According to The Mirror, Spurs are looking to appoint a new manager before their next game against Sunderland on April 12.

They are said to be trying to convince De Zerbi to take the job now, with the 46-year-old having been reluctant to do so until the summer with Tottenham in the midst of a relegation battle.

Should Spurs get their man, the appointment will certainly get the approval of Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister.

The midfielder played under De Zerbi at Brighton before he made the move to Anfield in 2023, and he’s in no doubt about his ability as a manager.

"He’s a crazy guy, he’s Italian, I love him," Mac Allister said on The Rest is Football podcast back in December 2024.

"He's the best manager I’ve ever had. The passion he gives for football is special and his tactical side is amazing.

“He makes you feel good. Since the first day I met him he was amazing with me and that’s why I said he was the best coach."

Mac Allister’s comments may come as a surprise, not least because he spent a year playing under legendary Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp. Not only that, but the Reds were in the middle of a title charge under Slot when the Argentine gave that interview.

Still, his view may give Tottenham some confidence, and it needs as much as it can get at the moment.

If De Zerbi does take the job, he will have an almighty job on his hands, with Spurs sitting just a point above the relegation zone after a disastrous 3-0 defeat to fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest before the international break.

Liverpool just slumped to a low point of the campaign, throwing away two points at home to hapless Tottenham. Jamie Carragher has questioned Arne Slot's approach.

If you were looking for a bright side, you'd at least have to admit it's quite funny that a draw with Spurs is the result that has triggered such a sense of crisis at Liverpool. That tells you all you need to know about the season the North London side is having.

But while Arne Slot has not yet turned Liverpool into the worst of the so-called big six, and has inexplicably guided the team into a potential Champions League spot, there is now near-universal acceptance that something is going horribly wrong at Anfield. Performances have been consistently alarming for a matter of months.

Jamie Carragher branded the Spurs draw an "absolute disaster", but noted that the same problems have reared their head all season. While suggesting that any manager would potentially encounter similar issues with the squad that has been assembled, he did question Slot's use of two players in particular.

The first was Alexis Mac Allister, whom he called a "real problem". Carragher did not directly blame Slot for the Argentine's form, but suggested that the manager can no longer trust him to do what he once did.

"The longer the games go on the more Mac Allister struggles," Carragher assessed. "I think that’s a real problem for Liverpool that they need to address in midfield."

Sure enough, Dominik Szoboszlai often appears to be the only one doing anything against the ball in the Liverpool midfield. Mac Allister was a player whom Jurgen Klopp was happy to rely on in his high-pressing system, and yet the intensity appears to have all but disappeared from his game, with the 27-year-old looking perpetually a yard off the pace.

The second issue that Carragher picked out lies more squarely with Slot. The former Liverpool defender believes that the manager is guilty of misusing Curtis Jones.

When Slot was first appointed, Jones purred about how the new style would be more suited to his game. He was so effusive that some even felt that it was a little disrespectful to Klopp.

And yet fast-forward to today, and Jones can hardly get a kick. When he does play, it is usually from the bench, and Carragher has questioned Slot's latest substitution.

“Curtis Jones comes on and the game goes end to end, he takes on the Wirtz role and I don’t know why, he’s not that player," Carragher said. "There’s too much space when the game opens up and Mac Allister can’t cover it."

Jones has caused a bit of a conundrum for successive managers now, with clear talent but no firmly-defined role. He has featured everywhere from the wings to the number six position.

Off the bench in the Wirtz role, the academy graduate failed to make his presence felt, and arguably even left the midfield more exposed. After a slow start, the big-money summer signing from Bayer Leverkusen has been one of the better pieces of business, and he puts in an impressive off-the-ball shift for a technical, tricky number 10; you would have to question what Slot was hoping to achieve with the change.

He may well point to squad management, with a big game against Galatasaray coming hot on the heels of this one. But having failed to build on the one-goal advantage, the result against Tottenham was still in the balance, and in hindsight it looked more secure with Wirtz still on the pitch.

If Slot cannot trust his depth beyond such a small core of players, that's a recruitment issue, and Carragher is right to warn that a new manager would not be a straightforward cure-all. But failure to even beat this hapless Spurs side will be a wake-up call for the Liverpool hierarchy, with Champions League qualification on the line; there comes a point where there's very little to lose by making a change in the dugout, but potentially tens of millions of dollars to gain..

Roy Keane and Jamie Redknapp praised Igor Tudor's tactical approach as Tottenham earned their first Premier League point since February with a 1-1 draw against Liverpool

Roy Keane commended Igor Tudor for deploying Dominic Solanke and Richarlison together up front for Tottenham Hotspur during their 1-1 draw with Liverpool.

Both strikers formed a partnership at Anfield, with the Brazilian netting their 90th-minute equalizer. Second-half substitute Randal Kolo Muani provided the assist for the goal, but Solanke caused problems for Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk.

Spurs were behind for more than an hour of the match, but secured their first Premier League point since February. In doing so, they ended a sequence of six consecutive defeats across all competitions, the last five of which came since Tudor's interim appointment.

Keane, who had earlier slammed Liverpool's players, praised the manager for fielding two strikers. He said on Sky Sports: "[Spurs' strikers] gave them an outlet and Liverpool struggled to deal with it.

"You always think there is a softness to Spurs, but the physicality of the two players up front was a huge bonus. They were knocking people over.

"Between now and the end of the season, they'll have battles every week. Forest are their next game - huge."

Keane also said: "Spurs dug deep. People have been poking fun at Spurs the last few months, but today they showed that fighting spirit.

"It was ugly sometimes. They went direct; the goal came from direct play. It was unlike Tottenham.

"They showed spirit, fight and quality at the right time. To go a goal down, I thought we'd find out about these lads today. You have to give them credit; they deserved it. Towards the end, Liverpool had one or two chances, but Tottenham could have gone on to win it."

Jamie Redknapp singled out Richarlison for particular praise. He said: "All game, [Richarlison] was a thorn in their side, Gomez and Van Dijk. He had a bit of physicality.

"Spurs might have fallen on a system here, with two strikers: Richarlison and Solanke. They're a handful; they were powerful.

"It wasn't pretty, but they had opportunities. It just became uncomfortable for Liverpool. The longer it went on, you thought [Spurs] would get something."

Igor Tudor has lost all four games in charge of Tottenham and could well be fired if his side is beaten again by Liverpool, with relegation a real concern

Tottenham interim boss Igor Tudor is under increasing pressure ahead of the trip to Liverpool, with Spurs already sounding out potential replacements.

Tudor's appointment, on a deal until the end of the season, has been nothing short of disastrous with Tottenham in real danger at the bottom of the Premier League. Spurs have lost all four games under Tudor and sit just a point above the relegation zone, with West Ham closing in after the draw with Manchester City.

There was speculation that the Croatian would be fired after the Champions League shambles against Atletico Madrid but he will take charge at Anfield on Sunday.

However, he has a fight on his hands to win over the Tottenham board with another change reportedly already being considered in a desperate attempt to avoid relegation.

According to talkSPORT, as many as eight options are being considered by Spurs either on short-term deals until the end of the season, or with one eye on next term.

Former Everton boss Sean Dyche has been mooted but that could prove a tricky deal following his firing by Nottingham Forest earlier in the campaign.

There would be difficulties in appointing former boss Mauricio Pochettino too. He is believed to be open to a return to north London but is preparing for the World Cup with hosts USA this summer.

Meanwhile, former players Ryan Mason and Robbie Keane could emerge as options but the latter is currently in charge of Ferencvaros and would like a long-term deal. Ex-Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi is another permanent target.

Despite the mounting pressure, Tudor maintains he is the right man for the job and doesn't believe a replacement would be able to address the problems.

"When people want a new coach, it's a new hope. People always want new hope that things will change but the reality is totally different. The reality is not that," he told Sky Sports.

"In this world where everyone has an opinion, you can never win. But as coaches we have to focus on what we can change. We need to stay calm and believe in ourselves."

"I don't feel good because we don't have results," Tudor said. "The problems are bigger than I was thinking. It is what it is and we need to accept that. We need to see it as a challenge and not cry."

Igor Tudor faces a major selection crisis as Tottenham travel to Anfield on Sunday, with at least 12 players unavailable for the Premier League clash against Liverpool

Igor Tudor faces the daunting prospect of securing an improbable result at Liverpool whilst being deprived of at least 12 Tottenham players for Sunday's Anfield encounter.

Tudor revealed on Friday afternoon during his pre-match press briefing that Cristian Romero and Joao Palhinha would be unavailable on Merseyside, as both are now undergoing concussion protocols following a collision in the dying moments of Spurs ' 5-2 Champions League loss at Atletico Madrid.

The interim Spurs manager understands his position is under threat following four consecutive defeats since his arrival in north London, with no discernible improvement in form or displays since he succeeded Thomas Frank last month.

Troubles continue to mount at Tottenham, and alongside the concussed Romero and Palhinha, Tudor will also be without Yves Bissouma due to a muscular issue, has Micky van de Ven serving a suspension, and Conor Gallagher battling a fever.

The latter is anticipated to be fit in time, but should he fail to recover, Spurs will have 13 absentees.

The Spurs manager suggested to football.london that at Anfield, Archie Gray would be deployed in yet another unfamiliar role under his stewardship. This indicates the 20 year old will operate on the right side of a back three, having already featured at left-back, right wing-back and in midfield for the Croatian.

This would see Pedro Porro and Djed Spence operating as the full-backs against Liverpool. Tudor also confirmed that Guglielmo Vicario will be returning to the goal.

If Gray is in the defence, then it leaves only Pape Matar Sarr and possibly Gallagher as the remaining fit central midfielders.

Both Richarlison and Dominic Solanke have found the back of the net in recent matches and merit a starting position over Randal Kolo Muani, who continues to struggle to make his mark in the Premier League.

This leaves Xavi Simons and Mathys Tel to fill the other attacking role, either in a front three or behind the two strikers.

Liverpool hosts Tottenham this weekend in the Premier League, with Alan Shearer predicting that things could get "messy" for Igor Tudor's struggling side at Anfield

Alan Shearer thinks things could get "messy" for Tottenham against Liverpool this weekend, with most pundits agreed on a comfortable win for the Reds at Anfield.

Chasing a spot in the Champions League next season, Liverpool hosts a Spurs side hovering above the relegation zone with both sides in need of the points following below-par campaigns. Arne Slot's men need to finish inside the top five places, while Igor Tudor could be fired four games into his Tottenham career if he loses heavily on Sunday.

"I have no confidence whatsoever in Spurs," Shearer told Betfair. "Anything could happen at Anfield. It could be messy. If Liverpool score early, then Spurs could capitulate.

"The size of the game for Tottenham — I know Liverpool have got a huge game against Galatasaray which they have to get through and win — but the magnitude of this for Tottenham is incredible. I have no belief or confidence that they'll go there and win."

Wayne Rooney is thinking along similar lines. He suggested that Liverpool could score six goals, while Paul Merson and Chris Sutton are predicting victories for the Reds coupled with clean sheets.

"It's just a matter of by how many goals Liverpool can win by," Merson wrote for Sportskeeda. "How long is Igor Tudor going to be around? My question is, who wants the Spurs job at the moment?

"Tottenham will wait it out. They will get the Liverpool game out of the way before making a decision on Tudor. No one expects Spurs to win this game.

"I won't be surprised if they sack Tudor on Sunday. Time is running out and at some point they must make a change, so why not at the earliest? If Tottenham lose at Anfield, I will be shocked if Tudor is still in charge of the team for next weekend's massive relegation six-pointer against Nottingham Forest.

"I'm expecting Arne Slot to go with his best team for this game. I expect Liverpool to turn it around against Galatasaray in the second leg next week. But let's admit it, they have a better chance of finishing inside the top five rather than winning the Champions League."

Merson went for a 3-0 win for Liverpool, while Sutton decided on a 2-0 victory for Slot's team.

"How on earth can anyone back Spurs to get anything at the moment?" Sutton wrote in his BBC Sport column. "Igor Tudor is making me look like I was a competent manager when I was in charge of Lincoln.

"There just seems to be so many things wrong at Spurs. They sacked Thomas Frank, thinking they were going to get this short-term fix from Tudor, but they have got a guy who has had a short-term shocker.

"Liverpool are far from convincing either, mind you. It's not impossible that Spurs scramble a win here because Arne Slot's side were lousy in Turkey on Tuesday."

Tottenham have been handed yet more blows ahead of facing Liverpool at Anfield, with Igor Tudor under immense pressure as his side slides further into relegation territory

Crisis-hit Tottenham will travel to Anfield on Sunday to face defending champion Liverpool in the Premier League whilst potentially missing as many as 13 first-team players.

Forwards Wilson Odobert, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Mohammed Kudus were already unavailable alongside midfielders Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Bergvall, as well as defenders Ben Davies and Destiny Udogie.

Another defender, Micky van de Ven, will also be absent from the game. He is serving a suspension following his red card in the 3-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace, which left Tottenham merely one point above the Premier League relegation zone and in genuine danger of dropping down for the first time since the English top flight was rebranded in 1992.

To compound matters further, captain and center-back Cristian Romero and midfielder Joao Palhinha are also ruled out after they collided heads towards the end of the 5-2 Champions League defeat at Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.

Embattled Spurs manager Igor Tudor confirmed at his press conference on Friday that the crucial duo, who are believed to be undergoing concussion protocols, would be unavailable to face Liverpool.

However, the injury crisis doesn't stop there. Yves Bissouma is also considered doubtful and whilst fellow midfielder Conor Gallagher is anticipated to feature, he has been feeling under the weather.

"No Romero and Palhinha out," Tudor confirmed. "Micky [van de Ven] is out. Yves Bissouma has a problem and Conor [Gallagher] has a fever but we hope he will be okay.

"Always something happens. It's very rare and I've never seen this in my career."

Spurs have suffered defeat in their previous six fixtures across all competitions, including the opening four under Tudor's stewardship.

Amid growing pressure for the Croatian's dismissal, he acknowledged: "Tough, for sure. Not just because of last game, but because of the period and the past.

"Not easy situation, not an easy moment and from other side a big challenge to change things. Like everything in life, you can choose how to see the situation.

"So, you can stay and cry or you can fight. You can be the victim or you can say I can change something. This is the message I want to start and what I told to the players.

"Everyone speaking, everyone has opinions and the life is always how you see it. The bottle is always half empty or half full. Here there is nothing full, there is a lot of empty things but difficult moments don't last forever.

"It will pass and I believe the players who will take this as a challenge, as an opportunity will stand up with the courage to change things, after this period they will become better people and better players.

"So, in tough moments it's always about that, it's always about us. In the last period, a lot of things about what is the club, the problems, no-one can do nothing and this like victim-ism, like we were victims.

"I said this morning to the players totally opposition things. We are the team and we are the staff.

"It's all about us. All the bull----, all the other things are bull---- and sorry to use this word, but it's on us."

Tottenham travels to Liverpool in the Premier League this weekend for what is likely to be a tricky game for the struggling North London club

A Tottenham-supporting presenter has said that they would prefer the North London club to forfeit this weekend's game against Liverpool to avoid another humiliating defeat.

After finishing 17th in the Premier League last season, Spurs have endured a nightmarish campaign, and now find themselves in 17th place in the standings.

The difference between this season and last, though, is that there is a genuine chance that Tottenham could be relegated.

Last season's bottom three were clearly the three worst teams in the division, and Tottenham finished 13 points above the relegation zone.

Currently Igor Tudor's men are just one point ahead of the teams in 17th and 18th position — Nottingham Forest and West Ham.

Spurs are yet to win a league game in 2026, and a trip to Anfield is an unenviable task at the best of times, so Spurs fan Abbi Summers, who appears on talkSPORT 's Spurs podcast, said that she doesn't even want the game to go ahead.

“I honestly mean this wholeheartedly - I would happily forfeit this game," Summers said. "I'd take the 3-0. Just give them the three points.

"Realistically, firstly, it saves us the travel. It saves any injuries or any other suspensions.”

“If you know you're going to get beat, which we are, right? Knowing us, we probably will end up being embarrassed.

“[Mohamed] Salah has had a poor season. [Cody] Gakpo has had a poor season - they'll probably both score a hat-trick. So it could be like 6-1 or something like that.

“My thing is, take the 3-0. Take it, move on, keep it moving.”

As well as their diabolical league form, Spurs are also coming off the back of a humiliating defeat in the Champions League on Tuesday.

They were 4-0 down after just 22 minutes, and interim head coach Tudor has been widely panned for his role in the eventual 5-2 defeat.

Tudor sprung a surprise in goal as he dropped Guglielmo Vicario for Antonin Kinsky in goal, only to replace Kinsky after 17 minutes with Tottenham trailing 3-0.

Kinsky was supported by several teammates as well as members of the coaching staff as he left the field, but he was ignored by Tudor, who has presided over four successive defeats since he was appointed as a temporary replacement for Thomas Frank in February.