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Dominic Solanke price boosted to 12/1 to score a header against Leicester City

Solanke scored four headed goals in the Premier League last season

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In what is the final fixture of the opening gameweek of the 2024-25 Premier League season - newly promoted club Leicester host top four hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur Monday.

Unsurprisingly, the visitors are heavy favourites to secure the win - with Ange Postecoglou's side price at 8/15.

Conversely, the Foxes are 17/4 underdogs to be victorious in their first game in the English top-flight since 2022-23, while a draw is 10/3.

In addition to the head-to-head odds outlined above, Sky Bet are offering four Price Boosts for this contest.

They include James Maddison to have a shot on target at 1/1, Cristian Romero to commit 2+ fouls at 4/1, for there to be 15+ match shots on target at 8/1, and Dominic Solanke to score a header at 12/1.

Maddison has had a shot on target in three of his last four league games, while Romero committed six fouls over Tottenham's last two Premier League games of the 2023-24 season.

Additionally, Solanke scored four headers for Bournemouth in the league last season. Can Solanke make an immediate impact at his new club? We will find out Monday.

Sky Bet odds in Full-time Result market for Leicester vs Tottenham Hotspur:

Tottenham Hotspur 8/15

Leicester 17/4

Draw 10/3

Sky Bet Price Boosts for Leicester vs Tottenham Hotspur:

James Maddison to have a shot on target WAS 4/6 NOW 1/1

Cristian Romero to commit 2+ fouls WAS 3/1 NOW 4/1

Dominic Solanke to score a header WAS 9/1 NOW 12/1

Leicester City are in pole position to sign Tottenham midfielder Oliver Skipp

Skipp, 23, has been with Spurs since 2018 and counts as a homegrown player

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Leicester are accelerating their interest in Tottenham midfielder Oliver Skipp as head coach Steve Cooper looks to bolster his squad for their Premier League return.

The Foxes have identified Skipp as a primary transfer target and are in advanced talks with Spurs over a move.

Tottenham had been reluctant to lose Skipp as they look to comply with the Premier League’s homegrown squad rules.

But there is now a sense that the club are willing to let their academy graduate leave, with Leicester now in pole position to sign the midfielder amid a growing sense that a deal can be wrapped up quickly.

Coincidentally, Leicester host Spurs on Monday night in the Foxes' first Premier League game since last season’s promotion.

Leicester have bolstered their side with multiple signings since making their return to the Premier League.

Abdul Fatawu has made a permanent switch from Sporting Lisbon having been on loan at the King Power Stadium last season.

Centre back Caleb Okoli has penned a five-year deal with Cooper's side after joining from Atalanta while former Chelsea youngster Michael Golding has joined.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid brings Premier League experience having joined on a free from Fulham, as does Facundo Buonanotte, who has signed on loan from Brighton.

Tottenham have complete the signing of Burnley's youngster Wilson Odobert

The 19-year-old Frenchman joins with a five-year deal that will run until 2029

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Tottenham have announced that they have reached an agreement with Burnley's winger Wilson Odobert.

In the statement on their website, Spurs stated that the player signed a five-year deal and will wear the number 28 shirt.

The transfer fee was confirmed to be £25m plus £5m in add-ons, despite the market value for the Frenchman, which is currently around £8.5m (€10m).

Odobert has featured for Burnley in the 2023-24 season, making 33 appearances and scoring four goals, three of which were in the Premier League.

Despite featuring in Burnley's winning Championship game against Luton Town - where the player scored a goal - Odobert's signing emerges as Tottenham continue their busy transfer window amid several exits and arrivals throughout the summer.

Wilson Odobert - a PSG academy product between 2017 and 2022 - has yet to feature for France's senior team but has played in the various national teams such as Under 20s, Under 21s and Under 23s.

However, the 2004-born player hasn't been selected for Thierry Henry's France squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

He began his senior career with Troyes, where he made 32 appearances and scored four goals. However, his team finished in 19th place and was relegated to Ligue 2.

Burnley's former manager, Vincent Kompany, was particularly pleased with the winger's level, stating: 'I will almost refrain from what I really think about him because, at this moment in time, I don't think people realise how good he is.'

Meanwhile, Tottenham have been searching for a young winger, considering the previous reports that they would consider suitable offers for Manor Solomon, who failed to impress Ange Postecoglou since his arrival in the summer of 2023.

In this way, after the Lilywhites secured a replacement for the Israeli player, Solomon is set for a loan move in the nearest future.

Two other Spurs wingers, Ryan Sessegnon and Bryan Gil, have left the club, with the first one joining Fulham as a free agent, while the Spaniard completed his season-loan switch to LaLiga's Girona.

Signing Odobert, the club said: 'We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement for the permanent transfer of Wilson Odobert from Burnley, subject to formalities.'

The development comes after it was announced that Dominic Solanke joins Tottenham in a club-record £65m deal for Bournemouth.

The Englishman was highly valued on Ange Postecoglou's transfer wish list after his strong performance at Bournemouth, helping them to a 12th-placed finish.

Odobert becomes Tottenham's fifth signing of the season after Solanke, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Min-hyeok Yang.

Tens of thousands of Mail Sport readers have voted over the summer to choose the greatest-ever player at every current Premier League club.

Thank you to everyone who participated either through our online poll or by email.

With the 2024/25 top-flight season beginning on Friday August 16, we are revealing all the winners this week.

Here are your selections for SOUTHAMPTON, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, WEST HAM UNITED AND WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

SOUTHAMPTON

WINNER: MATT LE TISSIER (1986-2002) Games 543, Goals 212

Le God as he was called by Southampton supporters was the ultimate one-club man, spurning opportunities to join bigger clubs to spend his entire career on the south coast.

He probably boasts the best highlights reel of any Premier League player, scoring a range of spectacular goals, from mazy dribbles and ferocious volleys to the most delicate of chips.

Largely due to his individual brilliance, Southampton were able to stay in the top flight for the entirety of his career, his skills winning the admiration of team-mates spanning a teenage Alan Shearer to Wayne Bridge.

He also understood the sense of occasion. His winner against Arsenal in 2001 was the final goal ever scored at The Dell, Southampton’s home for more than a Century.

Commentator Jon Champion said: ‘Who better to say farewell than one of the finest players to wear the red and white?’

In fact, you’ve decided he is the very finest though Mick Channon, star of the 1976 FA Cup-winning side, also garnered a lot of support in finishing second.

Long-serving Terry Paine, who played a remarkable 816 times for The Saints, finished third to leave Kevin Keegan fourth – the position he also occupied in the Newcastle vote.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

WINNER: JIMMY GREAVES (1961-70) Games 379, Goals 266

Though Harry Kane managed to surpass Jimmy Greaves’ Tottenham goals record before he left for Bayern Munich, Spurs fans have decided the No1 spot in their all-time list still belongs to Greavsie.

Signed from AC Milan in 1961 to join a “Glory Glory” Tottenham Hotspur team that had just won The Double, Greaves managed to make a huge impact.

He won the FA Cup in 1962 and 1967 and helped Spurs make history in 1963 becoming the first English club to win a European trophy. Needless to say he scored twice in the 5-1 Cup-Winners Cup final romp over Atletico Madrid.

Greaves was a pure goal machine, gliding past defenders in tight spaces and an exponent of being able to pass the ball into the net from seemingly any angle.

Though injury cost him a place in the England team during the 1966 World Cup finals, his status at White Hart Lane never dwindled.

‘The greatest goalscorer there ever was and ever will be,’ said his former team-mate Cliff Jones after Greaves’ death in 2021.

He later became well-known to a younger generation for the way he conquered alcoholism to become a TV star on the Saint and Greavsie show with partner Ian St John.

But Spurs fans remember him as a lethal forward first and foremost. WMcBtF writing into Mail Sport from Exeter said: ‘Jimmy Greaves by a mile. How much would he be worth today.’

Glenn Hoddle, who played midfield like a Quarterback in the 1980s with his range of passing, was a worthy runner-up to Greaves, and Kane a strong third despite not winning a major trophy with his boyhood team.

WEST HAM UNITED

WINNER: BOBBY MOORE (1958-74) Games 646, Goals 27

As the only Englishman to lift the World Cup as captain, Bobby Moore’s status as a national treasure was assured well before his untimely death from cancer in 1993.

But West Ham fans also remember him as their Wembley-winning captain, leading them to both the FA Cup in 1964 and European Cup-Winners’ Cup in 1965 underneath the famous Twin Towers.

Immaculate on and off the pitch, Moore introduced a new style of defending to English football, encouraged by his senior West Ham team-mate Malcolm Allison to build play as well as stop the opposition.

His presence helped the claret-and-blues enjoy the best period of their history, in addition to the cup victories, there were two League Cup semi-finals and an unbroken run in the First Division including a sixth-place finish the year before he left for Fulham.

His former team-mate Harry Redknapp says of him: ‘What a man. The straightest, most honest bloke you could meet in your life. Won the World Cup, and even the opposition loved him.’

Mail Sport reader Antony from Watford put it simply: ‘Mooro as a player, head and shoulders above everybody else.’

West Ham have enjoyed a revival during the Premier League years with Italian maverick Di Canio voted second in the all-time list and Eastender Mark Noble third after spending his entire career with his local club.

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

WINNER: BILLY WRIGHT (1939-59) Games 541, Goals 16

More than three-quarters of Wolves voters went for one of two legends – divided by time and position but both universally loved and respected at Molineux.

Ultimately, former England captain Billy Wright – the first player to win a hundred caps for his country – was selected over goal machine Steve Bull, helped that Wright was part of the most golden period in Wolves’ history while Bull had to score his goals in the lower divisions.

Wright overcame fear he’d be too small to be a central defender to lead Wolves to three league championships and the FA Cup in 1949.

He was voted Footballer of the Year in 1952 and after retirement was awarded the CBE.

His marriage to Joy Beverley, part of the acclaimed singing group The Beverley Sisters, made him part of the country’s first truly “celebrity couple” recognised everywhere they went.

A statue of Wright greets visitors to today’s Molineux. As his Wolves and England team-mate Bert Williams said; ‘You don’t get 100 caps unless you are exceptional.’

“Bully” was a clear second in the poll as recognition for the record 306 goals he scored for Wolves. Charismatic 1970s striker Derek Dougan pipped Premier League midfielder Ruben Neves for third.

AC Milan have completed the £15m signing of Tottenham defender Emerson Royal, with the centre-back signing a four-year contract with the Italian giant.

The deal will also include an option of a further 12 months as Royal departs the Premier League following a mixed time in England's top-flight.

Emerson scored four goals in 101 appearances for Spurs after joining from Barcelona in 2021 for a reported fee of £25.8million.

'We have reached agreement with AC Milan for the transfer of Emerson Royal,' read a statement on the Premier League club's website.

'We wish Emerson all the best for the future.'

High expectations arrived on Royal's back when he joined from Barcelona three-years ago but has struggled to find consistent form under different managers.

The Brazil international was at times booed by Tottenham supporters during his spell at the club, while Micky van de Ven's arrival last year dropped him further down the defensive pecking order.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou has established a starting centre-back partnership of Cristian Romero and Van de Ven that would has also restricted Royal's Premier League playing time.

Meanwhile, Chelsea defender Caleb Wiley will spend next season on loan at French Ligue 1 side Strasbourg.

The Blues signed the 19-year-old left-back from Atlanta United last month and following his stint at the Olympic Games with the USA, he will join up with the club that is now being coached by Liam Rosenior.

'We look forward to supporting his development throughout the season,' a Chelsea statement said.

Wiley, who was born and raised in Atlanta, signed a six-year contract with Chelsea after joining for a fee in the region of £8.5million.

Ben Knight has left Manchester City to join Spanish side Real Murcia on a permanent deal.

The 22-year-old midfielder, who has previously had loan spells at Crewe and Stockport, made his only competitive City appearance in the 2021 Community Shield.

A key Tottenham midfielder has been forced into a grovelling apology after filming himself inhaling laughing gas and posting it on Snapchat.

Spurs star Yves Bissouma posted a video of himself inhaling nitrous oxide in a chauffeur-driven limousine and laughing between puffs to his private Snapchat account, which the Sun have obtained.

The news comes just a week before Spurs start their Premier League season at Leicester City next Monday night and will be an unwanted distraction for boss Ange Postecoglou and Bissouma's team-mates.

The Mali and former Brighton midfielder, 27, released a statement on Sunday night apologising for his 'severe lack of judgment'.

Bissouma said: 'I want to apologise for these videos. This was a severe lack of judgment.

'I understand how serious this is and the health risks involved, and I also take my responsibility as a footballer and role model very seriously.'

Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur told The Sun: 'We are looking into the events.

'This will be dealt with as an internal matter.'

Possession of laughing gas with an intent to use recreationally was made illegal in the UK last year.

Nitrous oxide, known as ‘hippy crack’, is contained in canisters, which can be super-sized.

The canisters are then used to fill balloons which are inhaled to provide a quick ‘high’.

Usage carries a series of risks including heart attack, strokes and brain damage. There have been fatalities among users.

In November, the law was changed to make nitrous oxide a controlled Class C Drug. Possession for inhalation is now deemed a criminal offence although a conviction may be unlikely unless it appears as though there is a desire to supply others.

New, super-sized canisters can deliver 80 times the usual dose, while canisters can be obtained online and relatively cheaply as long as the buyer confirms they are over 18 and it is to be used for food production.

There are concerns that its usage is rife among Premier League footballers with routine drug tests unlikely to detect its presence.

Bissouma is entering his third season with the north London side, having made 56 appearances in total for the club.

Prior to that, the midfielder had been at league rivals Brighton, where he made 124 appearances across four seasons for the Seagulls.

Harry Kane has finally ended his trophy drought at Bayern Munich with a memorable win in the Visit Malta Cup.

Somewhat inevitably, the site of his long-awaited securing of silverware was at his former club Tottenham Hotspur, where he famously spent 14 trophy-less years.

But an emotional Kane shirked the opportunity to get his hands on a rare trophy, declining to lift the Visit Malta Cup out of respect to his old side.

The centre forward came off the bench on his return to north London today to help guide the German side to a 3-2 victory.

Former Spurs defender Eric Dier also made a second-half appearance and claimed a winners' medal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after he joined Kane in being presented a special commemorative gift by ex-player Ledley King before the match.

It was former captain Kane's first return to his old club, where he scored 280 goals, but he made little impact, taking just one shot in a quiet display.

But his Bayern side got the job done nonetheless, overturning a first-half deficit by exploiting an increasingly concerning Spurs set-piece weakness.

The hosts had taken the lead inside the first minute as winger Dejan Kulusevski exchanged a one-two with Brennan Johnson before finding the net in this pre-season encounter.

Dayot Upamecano then punished Spurs for a string of missed chances when he turned in Mathys Tel's header from close range to make it 1-1 on 15 minutes.

Vincent Kompany's side then raced into the lead through a Serge Gnabry finish before club legend Thomas Muller rubbed in the misery for Tottenham by scoring from a free-kick whipped into the box.

Kulusevski provided some late hope after he turned in Lucas Bergvall's clever ball but it was not enough to deny Kane the sweet, yet unfamiliar, test of victory on a warm and humid August day.

Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has said Dominic Solanke's impending exit will be 'a big miss' for the club, as the striker joins Tottenham Hotspur in a club-record deal.

Only earlier in the day had Iraola confirmed talks between the two clubs had taken place, but Mail Sport has confirmed the 26-year-old will be signing for Spurs in a deal worth around £65million, with add-ons.

Solanke was contracted to Vitality Stadium until 2029, but Tottenham have triggered the hefty release clause to bring him north London.

The deal represents a club-record transfer for both clubs.

Speaking to journalists, Iraola said: 'talks have been happening and this is different from the situation you asked me in the week.'

'For us, you know Dom is a very, very important player.'

When asked about his influence on the team, Iraola responded: 'For sure, everyone probably focuses on the goals he scores for us.

'Yes, he scores us a big portion of our goals, but he gives us so much more than that.

I think he's very complete and helps us on all the faces of a game, and will be a big miss – that's obvious, no?'

Spurs have been keen to strengthen their attacking options this summer and Solanke, who played for Liverpool between 2017 and 2019, emerged as a prime target.

The frontman's expensive release clause may have been a blocker for other clubs, but it appears to be a price worth paying, for Spurs' manager, Ange Postecoglou.

And Solanke would be Tottenham's first natural No 9 since Harry Kane departed in a sensational move to Bayern Munich, last summer.

He scored 19 goals in the Premier League last season, which pushed Bournemouth to an impressive 12th-placed finish.

Liverpool hold a 20 per cent sell-on clause after Solanke left to join Bournemouth for an undisclosed fee, and could receive as much as £9million from the £65million clause.

A host of England legends have had spells at Tottenham during their career

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As the supporters' anthem 'Glory, Glory Tottenham Hotspur' suggests, Spurs have always prided themselves on thrilling players, even though they've not been champions of England since 1961.

Spurs influenced the English game by introducing a push-and-run style that won the league in 1951, forwards often dropping deeper than the norm so they could play shorter passes than the traditional long punt.

Future England manager Alf Ramsey was an important part of the revolutionary system. Despite playing at the back, he was given responsibility for instigating attacks with his range of passing.

That title-winning team also boasted one of the pre-eminent goalkeepers of the era, Ted Ditchburn.

Ditchburn made his debut soon after the War in 1946 and stayed in post until 1958 when he broke a finger against Chelsea. During one spell, he only missed two matches in eight years – including a run of 247 consecutive league matches.

Tottenham became the first team in the 20th Century to win the League and FA Cup Double in a style that even current supporters aspire to.

Captain and brains of the 1961 team was Northern Ireland's Danny Blanchflower, whose motto 'The game is about glory' typified the free-flowing manner in which Spurs played.

Blanchflower elegantly controlled games from midfield and was twice voted Footballer of the Year, one of only eight players to achieve that feat, the latest being Mohamed Salah.

Blanchflower also scored a penalty in the 1962 FA Cup final against Burnley as Spurs retained the trophy. In 1963, he became the first captain with an English club to lift a European trophy after Spurs battered Atletico Madrid 5-1 in the Cup Winners' Cup final.

In contrast, Dave Mackay gave Spurs the resilience and character also necessary to win silverware. He had already won the Scottish Championship with Hearts when he joined Spurs in 1959 and his knowhow proved vital.

Mackay was pivotal in the Double year playing 37 of Tottenham's 42 league games last season and was part of both FA Cup-winning teams.

Jimmy Greaves joined Spurs from an unhappy spell in Italy after the Double season but became as popular as any player at the club and his record of 266 goals remained a Spurs record for decades.

Greaves was a master one-on-one finisher and would glide over the pitch leaving defenders in his wake. He scored twice in the 1963 victory over Atletico and four years later was part of the 1967 side that won the FA Cup.

On four occasions during his Spurs days, Greaves ended up as the First Division's top scorer, having also done it twice earlier in his career at Chelsea. He was famed for scoring on his debut for every team he played for including England, though he was controversially left out of the 1966 World Cup Final side.

Spurs became a renowned cup team under Keith Burkenshaw in the early 1980 twice winning the FA Cup and beating Anderlecht to lifting the UEFA Cup.

Burkenshaw formed a very close bond with his captain Steve Perryman, whose 655 league appearances for the club remains a record.

Homegrown talent Glenn Hoddle was a masterful midfield creator in that time, his long-range passing and spectacular volleys making him Tottenham's equivalent of an American Football quarterback.

Hoddle was part of the Spurs side that won back-to-back FA Cups in 1981 and 1982 and was the matchwinner in the latter with his penalty against QPR the only goal of the replay at Wembley.

Alongside him during that era was Argentine World Cup winner Ossie Ardiles whose arrival with Ricky Villa in 1978 produced unprecedented excitement in a league unused to foreign players at that time.

Ardiles became a hugely-popular figure and the inspiration behind the hit record Ossie's Dream – the club's cup final record in 1981 – though on that occasion it was the less-heralded Villa who grabbed the headlines with a solo winner against Manchester City still regarded as among the best seen at Wembley.

Bridging the successful 1980s period and the FA Cup triumph in 1991 was Mr Dependable Gary Mabbutt, whose 611 appearances until retirement in 1998 is second on the all-time list to Perryman.

Paul Gascoigne said during his whole career, Mabbutt was the only player he couldn't beat in training.

Gazza joined Tottenham for a British record £2million in 1988 and two years later became a national institution for his performances – and tears – for England at the Italia '90 World Cup.

A madcap genius, Gascoigne single-handedly got Spurs to the 1991 FA Cup final including a thunderous free-kick against Arsenal, but then got himself injured with a reckless challenge on Nottingham Forest's Gary Charles.

Renowned for his ability to dribble past defenders, Spurs and England team-mate Gary Lineker said of him: 'He had great confidence and this amazing body strength. He'd push people off.'

It's remarkable that for a club of their size, Spurs have only put two League Cups in the trophy cabinet since 1991.

Jurgen Klinsmann brought glamour when he signed after the 1994 World Cup, the first truly A-list foreign player to come to the Premier League, thereby opening floodgates.

Klinsmann's swallow dive to celebrate his first goal – a riposte to accusations he was a diver – won him popularity and he returned to Spurs for a second spell in 1998 to save them from relegation, scoring four goals in a crucial 6-2 win at Wimbledon.

Greaves' long-standing goals record was finally eclipsed in 2023 by Harry Kane when he scored his 267th goal for Spurs, against Manchester City.

Though Kane never won a trophy for Spurs, he did about everything else. His 213 Premier League goals is second only Alan Shearer and he's won the Golden Boot on three occasions.

Kane's consistency has been in stark contrast to events off the field at Tottenham and after serving nine different managers, there were few fans who begrudged him a move to Bayern Munich in the summer of 2023.

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We will reveal the results of the greatest all-time player for all 20 Premier League clubs before the start of the 2024/25 season.

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min scored a wondergoal in his side's pre-season friendly against a K-League XI on Wednesday - and it was all captured on the referee's body-cam.

Tottenham took the lead in Seoul through Dejan Kulusevski just before the half hour mark, before Son doubled their advantage nine minutes later with a brilliant strike.

The boy-cam footage shows Son dribbling across the edge of the penalty area onto his right foot before unleashing a powerful effort into the top corner, leaving the goalkeeper with no chance.

The referee was in the perfect position, as he was stood almost directly behind Son as he let fly and his shot found the net.

Most players would have run off celebrating wildly after such a stunning strike, but Son hardly acknowledged it, having become accustomed to scoring similar goals over the years.

He added to his tally on the stroke of half time as he exchanged passes with Kulusevski before coolly slotting home.

The K-League XI outfit threatened a comeback after the break when Stanislav Iljutchenko scored twice in as many minutes, but Spurs teenager Will Lankshear gave his side some breathing space with a goal midway through the second half.

Oberdan Alionco de Lima pulled another goal back for the K-League XI with nine minutes to go, but Ange Postecoglou's side held on for a 4-3 win.

After scoring twice in his homeland, Son admitted it had been a 'special night' for him.

'The lads did a fantastic job and the fans were unbelievable today,' he told Tottenham's official X account.

'I'm very proud to be Korean. They love football, they love us. It was a very special night, and a special game for me.'

Tottenham have one more match in Seoul against Bayern Munich on Saturday before they head back to the UK to finish their pre-season schedule ahead of their first Premier League game against newly-promoted Leicester City on August 19.