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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has given a major injury update on defender Leny Yoro before his side's Premier League clash against Tottenham Hotspur.

Yoro, 18, signed for United from Ligue 1 side Lille for an initial fee of £52 million this summer.

But despite impressing in pre-season, the France youth international has not yet been able to play a competitive game for his new club.

He suffered a metatarsal injury during a friendly against Arsenal which required surgery.

According to The Athletic, United knew that Yoro was at risk of suffering a metatarsal problem while conducting his medical, but decided that they wanted to press ahead with his signing.

Yoro was originally slated to be out of action for three months.

Now, Ten Hag has given a significant update on when he will pull on the United shirt for the first time competitively.

And while he won't be fit in time to take on Spurs on Sunday, having not yet returned to training, Yoro is nearing a comeback.

When asked about how the young defender's recovery is progressing, Ten Hag said: "Yes, he is doing very well.

"It is very pleasing that his rehab is going in the right direction, and I expect him soon.

"But what I mean by soon is that he is now in the right planning process. He is in the right spot.

"He will return as soon as possible into the squad and then the team training."

United will be looking to bounce back against Spurs after draws against Crystal Palace and FC Twente.

Tottenham Hotspur got their Europa League campaign off to a winning start against Azerbaijan outfit Qarabag but fresh footage has emerged which raises questions over Son Heung-min's potential availability this weekend against Manchester United.

Spurs beat Qarabag 3-0 last night in the Europa League despite playing much of the clash with 10 men after Radu Dragusin's early dismissal for bringing down Juninho as the last man.

The London side still took the lead in the first half through Brennan Johnson, before Pape Sarr doubled their advantage after the break while summer signing Dominic Solanke added a third before full-time.

Spurs sit fourth in the Europa League group table after maximum points from their first game in Europe this campaign.

Attentions now switch back to domestic matters for Ange Postecoglou's side as they travel to Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon to take on Manchester United in the Premier League.

Both United and Spurs have two wins and a draw from their five Premier League matches so far this season, with the London side sitting a place ahead of Erik ten Hag's outfit in tenth.

Son could be a doubt for that fixture though, which would be a big blow for Spurs if the 32-year-old is absent, after he was taken off in the 71st minute for Timo Werner shortly after Solanke scored Tottenham's third of the evening.

And footage that emerged on the Spurs subreddit last night will do little to ease fans' fears. Son was seen clutching the back of his thigh before sitting down on the pitch at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as he received medical attention, before being substituted and heading down the tunnel, rather than sitting on the bench.

Speaking after last night's game, Spurs boss Postecoglou was unsure about the extent of the South Korean's injury, saying: "I haven't spoken to him. He said he felt a bit tired but I haven't spoken to him or medicals yet."

Son in recent days had backed the views of Manchester City's Rodri and Liverpool's Allison regarding too many matches being played over the course of a season.

He said: "A lot of players came out and said the right things and I think it was very important that someone actually came out to say the right things.

"Players are the main guys to have to say something and it's definitely a lot of games. As a football fan you want to see a quality game, not as many games as possible, and you don't want to see people or players struggling with injuries, which nobody wants to see.

"It's definitely a lot of games, a lot of travelling [so] we have to look after ourselves which is sometimes very hard, and sometimes mentally and physically you're not ready and when you're going onto the pitch then the risk of injury is massive.

"We are not robots, so I think we just definitely have to look after that and definitely reduce the games and can play a better quality of game. I think this should be the aim."

All eyes will be on the teamsheets when they are released at Old Trafford on Sunday to see if Son is involved or not.

Fans have been left stunned after Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario escaped a red card against Brentford.

On Saturday afternoon, Ange Postecoglou’s men welcomed London rivals Brentford to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League.

Spurs got off to a poor start after Bryan Mbeumo gave the visitors a 1-0 lead inside the first minute.

However, the Bees’ lead did not last long as Dominic Solanke scored his first Spurs goal to make it 1-1 in the eighth minute.

With 28 minutes on the clock, Spurs completed the comeback as Brennan Johnson netted from a tight angle to make it 2-1.

In the second half, Spurs goalkeeper Vicario was lucky to escape a red card after appearing to handle the ball outside the penalty area. You can watch the footage below.

Reacting on social media, one fan said: “How has neither the referee or VAR not seen this blatant handball by Vicario??? More awful officiating in the Premier League.”

Another tweeted: “How has Vicario got away with this…”

A third fan added: “How has Vicario not been sent off here.”

Someone else wrote: “How was that not a red card for Vicario? Blatant hand ball outside the box yet VAR refuse to send to referee to the screen? How do these officials find a way to be even worse than the last season every season.”

Speaking on BBC Final Score, former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha said: “Earlier Gugliemo Vicario comes out of his area and makes three attempts at touching the ball. From the angle we see the third touch, if there was another angle of it, I think they would say that it came outside the box, so that would be a red card.

“It is strange that the VAR has missed that, very strange, because that is a big moment in the game.”

Tottenham fans are extremely worried about Brennan Johnson after footage of his post-match reaction emerged online following his winner against Coventry City.

Johnson, who started his side's defeat to Arsenal last weekend, was resigned to a spot on the bench against Coventry in the Carabao Cup.

After the North London derby defeat, the 23-year-old deactivated his Instagram account because of criticism in wake of his performance.

But the star forward redeemed himself on Wednesday as he scored a dramatic winner to send Spurs to the next round of the competition.

Rodrigo Bentancur slid in Johnson, who made no mistake in front of goal, rounding off the move with a cool finish.

Despite the last-minute goal, he barely celebrated and he had a similar reaction after the result.

Son Heung-min led him to the away end, but the player seemed hesitant to applaud the fans inside the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Needless to say, his post-match reaction got people online talking.

One X user wrote: "His body language says he’s angry with the fans. He’s right to be angry."

A second tweeted: "Brennan has really gotten unjust hate. He had a good season last year, and is having a slow start. Give the kid a break."

A third added: "This is sad this, looks absolutely petrified of his own club’s fans."

Ange Postecoglou condemned the social media abuse and backed Johnson to thrive at Spurs.

"I hate how we’ve just normalised all that stuff," he said.

"I’ve been around long enough and even when I was playing, I copped a fair bit. But it was usually on the terraces and then the game was over and you’d go home.

"You’re talking about a young guy who is probably lacking a bit of confidence at the moment. Things haven’t gone his way.

"But he comes here every day, he’s working his backside off, he’s asking for feedback, he’s doing everything right, he’s trying so hard to become the player he wants to be. It’s hurting him a lot.

"It’s not like he’s out on the town and he doesn’t care and he rolls up late. So what’s his crime? His crime is he isn’t performing at the level that people expect of him."

A Tottenham Hotspur scout was forced to resign after revealing the club's transfer target on live television.

Tottenham secured one of the biggest transfers of the 2024 summer window, signing former Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke for a reported club-record fee of £65million.

The London club have been busy in the transfer market in recent years, brining players like James Maddison, Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro into the first team by using the fund gathered by the sale of club legend Harry Kane to Bayern Munich.

But one club scout made a huge error during his time with the club as he immediately had to resign after revealing exactly who the club were interested in during a live television interview.

Jeff Vetere, who formerly worked alongside clubs like Real Madrid and Newcastle United, was speaking exclusively to Colombian television station Win Sports TV in February 2023 about his work at Tottenham.

During the interview, he began discussing Nacional goalkeeper Kevin Mier, a player who Spurs were considering pursuing in a later transfer window.

He said: "I see a goalkeeper who does not lack anything to cross the pond.

"We are looking because it is our task to see who the best youngsters are for international football.

"Taking advantage of my stay in Colombia, I took the opportunity to go there (Nacional) and meet a goalkeeper who is important to me.

"I think he’s going to play for the national side soon. He has things, for me, they are not normal for a boy of his age.

"I was surprised by his confidence and his handling of the ball."

According to the Daily Mail, the Tottenham board were outraged at the Englishman as they deemed his casual revelation of a club target to be highly unprofessional.

Therefore, Vetere, who only joined the club five months prior, was immediately summoned to a meeting to review the probationary period outline in his contract.

But before the review of his conduct was completed, Vetere handed in his resignation and left the club.

It is believed that his dismissal from the club was likely to happen regardless of his behaviour in the interview, as he became a controversial figure both within the club and among fans.

And, since leaving Tottenham, it does not appear that he has secured another job.

A Tottenham Hotspur star has shared a social media post criticising the club's actions before the 1-0 loss to Arsenal in the North London derby.

There is no bigger fixture in a football club's season than a local derby against your fiercest rivals.

On Sunday, Tottenham Hotspur were cruelly reminded of the difficulty of such a big game, as they lost 1-0 to rivals Arsenal in the North London derby.

And now one of Tottenham's top players has taken to social media to seemingly criticise the club for how they acted before the match

Defender Cristian Romero appeared to be at fault for Arsenal's winner, as Brazilian defender Gabriel easily shrugged Romero off before scoring the header which sealed the three points for the visitors.

After the game, Romero responded to the criticism he faced by sharing a post on X from Argentine TV reporter Gaston Edul that blamed Tottenham for how they managed the return of their players from international duty.

The post, originally written in Spanish, translated to: “Tottenham lost to Arsenal again.

"They weren’t able to fight until the end because they weren’t across the details.

“It was the only Premier League club that made their international players return, on their own and without proper logistics, on the decision of the club’s leadership.

“They gave away the advantage because their players arrived with less rest than the others: Cuti Romero played with tiredness.”

Five days before the fixture, Romero started for Argentina in their 2-1 defeat to Colombia during the World Cup qualifiers campaign.

Typically national federations are responsible for organising the travel to and from their player's clubs for any international game, but some clubs decide to organise private travel to get their players back as soon as possible.

However, Tottenham do not often feel the need to do this and, as Thursday was a day off for the club's players, they decided that this would not be necessary for Romero, and it appears that 26-year-old is suggesting that this impacted his tiredness, and therefore his performance, during the North London derby.

Romero later deleted his reposting of Edul's claim.

Tottenham suffered defeat to Arsenal in the north London derby and Son Heung-min’s post-match interview has raised eyebrows.

Spurs were beaten thanks to a second-half header from Gabriel as their poor set-piece record under Ange Postecoglou continued at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Three of the last four goals scored by the Gunners against their fierce rivals have come from corners and a dogged defensive performance from Mikel Arteta’s men ensured it was Tottenham’s worst start to a Premier League season for nine years.

Despite having four points from four games this season, Postecoglou remained confident in his post-match interview, asserting he always wins trophies in his second season at a club.

His interview raised eyebrows and Son’s comments have also come under the microscope.

The 32-year-old claimed Spurs ‘dominated’ the game against their rivals which has led to some fans calling him ‘deluded’.

“We dominated the game, the football was there, we just conceded from a set-piece again,” he told Sky Sports.

“We did it last season and it is really frustrating. I am sure the fans are also very disappointed. We have to improve, 100%, it’s a tough moment and we have to stick together.

“We are getting into the final third but the players have to take the responsibility to score. It is the hardest part of football, making the right decision and being clinical.

“We will bounce back strong, there is a long way to go.”

Spurs conceded 16 goals from set-pieces last season out of 54 excluding penalties but Postecoglou refused to be drawn on their apparent weakness from dead ball situations.

The ex-Celtic boss said Tottenham worked on them like any other in the league but came unstuck against their rivals.

He told Sky: “I know, I know, for some reason people think I don't care about set pieces and it's a narrative that you can keep going on for ages and ages.

“I understand that. Like I said, we work on them all the time like we do for every other team. You know that they're a threat, as I said, for the most part, we handled them really well today, but we switched off for one and we paid a price and you learn from that and you move on.

"But it is what it is, you know, it's my burden to carry mate and I'm happy to do that. It's not like, like I've always said, for me, there's a bigger picture that's at play here that's much more important than the finer details of us getting to where we want to. For us, the way forward is to try to turn the football we're playing now into something meaningful.”

Tottenham lost the north London derby against Arsenal and Ange Postecoglou’s post-match interview has got fans talking.

Arsenal were without Declan Rice due to suspension and Martin Odegaard to injury but came out on top at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium thanks to a header from Gabriel Magalhaes in the second-half.

The fiery encounter which saw the Premier League record for first-half yellow cards equalled means Spurs have just four points from their opening four fixtures, their worst start to a season since 2015.

Set-pieces proved to be their Achilles heel again under Postecoglou with three of the last four goals conceded against the Gunners coming from corners.

Despite their poor start to the season, the Australian manager is adamant he will deliver success this season and stopped a Sky Sports reporter's line of questioning after the match.

It was put to Postecoglou that he usually wins a trophy during his second season in charge of a club and the Spurs manager insisted he ALWAYS wins a trophy in his second year and it would be no different at Spurs who are trophyless since 2008.

“Yeah, absolutely,” he said. “Am I going to answer the question or are you going to keep asking it?

“No, absolutely. I’ll correct myself. I don’t usually win things, I always win things in my second year.

“Nothing has changed.”

Asked whether he was confident he could deliver that success with his Spurs’ side, he said: “Well I just said it now.

“I don’t say things unless I believe them.”

His comments and manner of his post-match interview has been widely criticised on social media.

Here is a selection of the reaction.

One fan said: “This will come back to bite him.”

A second fan said: “Don’t say s*** like this. IT’S OUR WORST START IN 9 YEARS!”

A third fan said: “He still hasn't realised that he's now at Spurs.”

A fourth said: “That’s fine when you’re managing Celtic or in Australia. Embarrassing.”

A fifth concluded: “I really like Ange but no need to ever be rude in an interview mate.”

Postecoglou has previously come under fire for failing to sort Tottenham’s deficiencies at set-pieces but insisted he ‘doesn’t care’ about his side’s poor record.

He said: “I know, I know, for some reason people think I don't care about set pieces and it's a narrative that you can keep going on for ages and ages.

“I understand that. Like I said, we work on them all the time like we do for every other team. You know that they're a threat, as I said, for the most part, we handled them really well today, but we switched off for one and we paid a price and you learn from that and you move on.

"But it is what it is, you know, it's my burden to carry mate and I'm happy to do that. It's not like, like I've always said, for me, there's a bigger picture that's at play here that's much more important than the finer details of us getting to where we want to. For us, the way forward is to try to turn the football we're playing now into something meaningful.”

Jamie Carragher was left disappointed with one player during the north London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal - and says he has been 'very poor all season'.

A bad-tempered first half at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium saw a host yellow cards handed out by referee Jarred Gillett, while both sides were wasteful in front of goal.

Arsenal took the lead on 68 minutes through Gabriel Magalhaes' header from a Gunners corner.

Spurs pressed forward for an equaliser but couldn't find it, with Arsenal winning their ninth Premier League away games in 10 attempts in 2024.

Taking to Twitter during the match, Carragher took aim at one Spurs player in particular for his performance - defender Cristian Romero.

He simply tweeted: "Romero's start to the season has been very poor!"

Romero played every minute in five of Argentina's six games in the Copa America during the summer, and was rested for their final group game.

That included 120 minutes in the final against Colombia, which Argentina won.

He returned to Spurs in time for the beginning of the season, and has also played every minute for Ange Postecoglou's side this term.

The powerful centre-back was sent forward with minutes left to help Spurs get an equaliser against Arsenal, but the equaliser couldn't be found.

According to TBR Football, Spurs have entered negotiations over a new contract for Romero - containing a considerable pay rise - amid interest from other clubs.

But speaking to Argentinian outlet ESPN F90, Romero ruled out joining another club - and even said that he wanted to win a title with Spurs this season.

He explained: "I always strive to play at my best. I have a lot of respect for Tottenham.

"They've always given me a lot of support here, so I like playing here. I don't think about other clubs or their possibilities. I know there's a lot of talk about a possible move, but I'm calm.

"At my club, I play differently to the national team, more forward. I still have years left in Europe and I want to see where I can go.

"Hopefully this year we can win a title at Tottenham."

Tottenham forward Richarlison is reportedly facing legal action from his former personal assistant.

The Brazil striker arrived in English football in the summer of 2017 when he joined Watford from Fluminense.

A year later, he followed former Watford boss Marco Silva to Everton, where he spent four years.

After keeping the Toffees in the Premier League with 11 goals in the 2021/22 campaign, he signed for Tottenham for an initial £50 million in 2022.

Now, his former personal assistant Reginaldo Pereira - who accompanied Richarlison during his early days in English football - has now filed legal action against the Spurs striker, according to a report by The Sun.

The report says that Mr Pereira is claiming £95,000 on grounds of unfair dismissal.

In legal papers seen by The Sun, Pereira claims he faced 'long-working hours and excessive demands' as well as 'verbal abuse, especially from Richarlison's father'.

Pereira also claims that Richarlison did not register him and paid his £500-a-week wages into his account.

He alleges that he was then sacked 'without notice' in the cinema room of the player's house, and was left 'physically and emotionally broken'.

Within the legal papers, Pereira wrote: "After being dismissed, I had to seek medical treatment to deal with the negative impacts of this toxic environment.

"My wife filed for divorce. I'm emotionally shaken and unemployed."

A spokesperson for Richarlison denied Pereira's claims in a statement to The Sun, and added: "We will be making no further comment in respect of these proceedings."

The Brazil striker will miss tomorrow's north London derby against Arsenal after suffering an injury last month that was said to keep him out for 'a few weeks'.

He has made two Premier League appearances for Spurs this season but is yet to score his first goal of the campaign.