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In front of a crowd of more than 80,000 at Accor Stadium, Spurs claimed victory at the end of a competitive contest that took on the intensity of a Premier League meeting despite being played thousands of miles from London.

Sandro Tonali gave Tottenham an early lead when his shot took a deflection on its way past Chelsea goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe.

Chelsea responded well and were back on level terms minutes later through Estevao Willian, who headed in a Jamie Gittens cross at the back post.

Spurs created the better openings before the interval, with Mathys Tel denied by an impressive save from Sharman-Lowe.

The game appeared to turn just four minutes into the second half when Tottenham defender Kevin Danso was shown a straight red card for bringing down Joao Pedro as the Chelsea forward raced through on goal.

Chelsea looked the more likely side to find a winner after the dismissal, but goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky kept Tottenham level with two outstanding saves. He first turned Estevao's close-range effort onto the crossbar before producing another sharp stop to deny Joao Pedro from inside the six-yard box.

Tottenham almost won it when Rio Kyerematen's powerful strike crashed against the crossbar, but the decisive moment arrived in stoppage time. Jamie Donley's effort rebounded off the post and Richarlison was on hand to convert from close range, sealing victory for Spurs in their final match of the Australian tour.

Standard Sport understands, though, that while the Championship side wants to bring Moore to the Riverside Stadium, the 18-year-old is believed to be holding out for a move to a club in Europe’s top five leagues.

Moore is currently out in Australia on Spurs’ pre-season tour, where he had hoped to catch the eye of Roberto De Zerbi.

The young winger has long been considered one of the club’s brightest academy prospects and impressed on loan at Scottish Premiership giants Rangers last season.

His performances at Ibrox subsequently earned him a place in De Zerbi’s 36-man travelling squad for Spurs’ pre-season tour of New Zealand and Australia this summer.

Moore started the 2-0 win over Auckland FC at Eden Park last weekend but was left out of the squad that drew 1-1 with Sydney FC on Wednesday.

Spurs are in the market for a winger, with De Zerbi revealing on Friday that the club want to bring in two to three more players before the close of the transfer window.

Those comments came after the head coach admitted on Thursday that the club were close to sealing a move for a new attacking player.

This has left Moore’s future at the club uncertain, and De Zerbi has said he does not know whether the Englishman will be part of his plans for this season.

“We have to analyse the last part of the transfer market, because we try to bring wingers, and then we speak with him, with his agent, with the club, to find the best solution for everyone.

Middlesbrough are not in pole position to secure Moore’s signature, but enjoy a strong relationship with Spurs after negotiating a £20million deal for striker Will Lankshear earlier this month.

They also hold an interest in centre-back Ashley Phillips, though a potential deal is believed to be complicated at this stage.

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Roberto De Zerbi left Tottenham supporters scrambling for answers when he revealed that the club were close to sealing a “bomba” new signing this week.

The mystery player is expected to be one of two to three further arrivals at Spurs, with De Zerbi insisting they had only completed 60 per cent of their transfer business so far.

Despite spending a club-record £237million and securing six incomings already this summer, the Tottenham boss wants to add to his attacking options before the close of the window.

Eli Junior Kroupi’s foot injury, which required surgery and is expected to rule him out for up to four months, has ended Spurs’ pursuit of the 20-year-old Bournemouth striker.

But having missed out on one of their key targets, attention has quickly turned elsewhere, and Standard Sport has identified five players Spurs could turn to in their search for reinforcements up top.

Deniz Undav

Hugely underrated and deceptively effective, Deniz Undav has built a fearsome reputation since leaving Brighton for Stuttgart.

Undav had his moments in a Brighton shirt, namely scoring a deft lob away to Arsenal in 2023, but it was not until he left the Premier League that he began to come into his own.

Back in his home country, Undav has taken the Bundesliga by storm and netted 19 league goals last season at a rate of 0.76 goals per 90.

That ranked him seventh for goals scored and sixth for goals per 90 among strikers in Europe’s top five leagues.

He carried that form into the World Cup, acting as Germany’s super-sub, with three goals and two assists in just 69 group stage minutes.

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Technically astute and comfortable dropping deep, Undav will appeal to De Zerbi, who likes his strikers to link play while his wingers race in behind to finish off moves.

At 30 years old, Undav’s age may prove an issue, but De Zerbi has shown a preference towards proven ability over potential.

Brian Brobbey

Another player who enjoyed an excellent World Cup was Sunderland and Netherlands striker Brian Brobbey.

Coming off the back of a superb debut season in the Premier League, Brobbey was the focal point of a Dutch attack that looked destined for more before they crashed out on penalties to Morocco in the last 16.

Brobbey scored three goals as the Netherlands topped their group, combining excellent hold-up play with an ability to follow the ball and attack the box.

Spurs know all too well about the problems Brobbey’s physicality can pose for opposition defences after he netted in a 1-1 draw at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in January.

In De Zerbi’s first game in charge of Spurs, a 1-0 defeat by Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, the Italian saw first-hand how Brobbey can dominate even the most experienced defenders.

The relentlessness Brobbey possesses lends itself well to the aggressive pressing style De Zerbi wants to introduce.

Omar Marmoush

Unlike Undav and Brobbey, Spurs are already understood to hold an interest in Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush.

The Egyptian hit the ground running after arriving in the Premier League from Eintracht Frankfurt in January 2025, but has struggled to replicate his early form.

Marmoush managed just three league goals in his first full season at City last term and is now said to be considered surplus to requirements.

A versatile forward who can drop deep or run in behind, there is plenty for De Zerbi to like about Marmoush if he is prepared to help him rediscover his confidence in front of goal.

Despite a difficult campaign last year, Marmoush has shown he can consistently score goals in the Premier League, and, at 27, he is approaching the peak age De Zerbi wants to deliver instant success after two seasons spent battling relegation.

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Savinho

A long-standing target for Spurs, Savinho is reportedly the accompaniment rather than the answer to the identity of De Zerbi’s mystery “bomba” signing.

The Brazilian winger possesses the pace and directness that De Zerbi wants from his wide men, and he is said to be keen on a move to north London.

Work would need to be done on improving his attacking output - the 22-year-old scored just one league goal last season - but the raw attributes that define his game make him an ideal fit for De Zerbi’s style.

Savinho gets into all the right positions but currently lacks finesse in the final third. It will be on De Zerbi to develop that side of his game, but it’s a challenge he will surely relish.

Were Spurs to pull off a sensational double swoop for Savinho and Marmoush, there would be no doubt that expectations of a top-six finish would intensify.

Bradley Barcola

De Zerbi sought to clarify his definition of a “bomba” signing in Friday’s pre-Chelsea press conference by stating that it was a player with top-level ability.

Few players in Europe fit that definition more ably than Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola, who wants out of the French capital in search of more minutes.

This would be a remarkable signing, beyond any supporter's wildest dreams, and there is no inclination that Spurs are in a position to pull off such a deal.

But were they to do the unthinkable, then the rest of the Premier League would have to sit up and take notice.

Barcola looks set to be the inevitable collateral of a PSG team stacked full of attacking talent, but that is not to downplay his ability.

A two-time Champions League winner, Barcola - a key transfer target for Liverpool this summer - would be a statement signing like no other for Spurs.

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Roberto De Zerbi has revealed that he will not stand in Djed Spence’s way if he wants to leave Tottenham this summer.

Full-back Spence is the subject of transfer interest from Everton and Inter Milan after an impressive World Cup campaign in which he featured in all eight of England’s games and started the 2-1 semi-final defeat by Argentina.

De Zerbi wants Spence, who started 23 Premier League games last season as Spurs narrowly avoided relegation, to stay in north London but is clear that he will not keep players against their will.

The Tottenham boss made a similar statement after Wednesday’s friendly against Sydney FC about Lucas Bergvall, who has expressed his desire to leave and has interest from Nottingham Forest and Newcastle.

"I repeat what I said to Djed, and to Lucas," De Zerbi said. "I would like you to stay if you want to stay. If you don't want to stay, if you want to leave, then you have to leave."

Spence can also play at left-back, but knows his opportunities there will be limited following the arrival of Andy Robertson on a free transfer as competition for Destiny Udogie.

After spending a club-record £237million on six incomings so far this summer, Spurs are also finalising a number of departures.

Captain Cristian Romero, as well as goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, is widely expected to leave before the end of the transfer window, and De Zerbi admits that a gentleman’s agreement has been in place since he arrived to help Romero depart the club if Spurs avoided relegation.

"At the beginning of my time in April I had, I don't know, one million individual meetings. And the players told me if they are (staying) here (or not)," the Italian said.

"I said: 'Yes, help me to stay up, and then I help you to leave. If you don't help me to stay up, you stay underwater with me’.”

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Sydney will play host to a London derby on Saturday as Chelsea face Tottenham in a pre-season friendly at Accor Stadium.

It is the second public match of the Blues’ pre-season campaign, and fans will hope it has half as much action as their first, which saw Xabi Alonso’s side edge Western Sydney Wanderers 6-4.

There was plenty for Alonso to analyse at full-time after his side put on a tidy attacking display but were broadly unconvincing in defence. In terms of positives, Joao Pedro bagged a nine-minute hat-trick, Dastan Satpayev marked his debut with a goal, and the Reggies Watson and Walsh put on a formidable performance in midfield, as did several of their academy team-mates.

Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham, meanwhile, are now unbeaten in three friendly fixtures, having beat MK Dons, Auckland FC and Sydney FC over the past fortnight. The most recent of those victories was settled by a penalty shootout, in which highly-rated young midfielder Luca Williams-Barnett produced a cool panenka to open the scoring.

For both sides, this will be the most challenging fixture of their pre-season campaigns, and both managers will be keen to curry favour with supporters by defeating an arch-rival.

Date, kick-off time and venue

Chelsea vs Tottenham is scheduled for a 10.45am BST kick-off on Saturday, August 1, 2026.

The match will take place at Accor Stadium in Sydney.

Where to watch Chelsea vs Tottenham

TV channel and live stream: In the UK, the game will be televised live on CFC+ and SPURSPLAY, Chelsea and Tottenham’s respective in-house video streaming services.

All of Chelsea’s pre-season fixtures will be broadcast via CFC+, which requires a membership. An annual subscription costs £15, while pay-per-view passes worth £9.99 are also available for each match.

The same is true of Tottenham’s, which will be broadcast via SPURSPLAY. An annual subscription is worth £45.

Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog.

Chelsea vs Tottenham team news

It remains to be seen whether Chelsea will have Jorrel Hato or Mamadou Sarr at their disposal after both missed the Western Sydney match, which came too early in their pre-season schedules.

Goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen is unavailable after he left the Blues’ camp to complete a transfer out of the club, with Strasbourg among his potential destinations.

Neither Morgan Rogers nor Maxence Lacroix are available for the tie, though their fellow summer signing Marco Palestra could make his full debut.

Alonso seemed reluctant to give his star players too many minutes last time out, but the likes of Cole Palmer, Levi Colwill and Joao Pedro will be keen to start here.

Hat-trick hero: Joao Pedro

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Jan Paul van Hecke is yet to play his first minutes in Tottenham colours since signing from Brighton and will hope to make a long-awaited debut here.

Marcos Senesi, Rodrigo Bentancur and Pape Matar Sarr all reported for pre-season at Hotspur Way on Thursday and thus are not expected to feature here.

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Chelsea vs Tottenham prediction

While this particular London derby might not carry the same needle as its next edition, to be staged at Stamford Bridge in late October, both sides will come into this match desperate to win.

Tottenham have the benefit of the added fitness and sharpness that comes with having played one more match than Chelsea this summer, and will be keen to take advantage of the Blues’ apparently porous back line.

Their attack has not been brilliant of late, though, only scoring once against Sydney last time out, and Chelsea will be perfectly willing to take advantage of their youthful defence.

We expect a low-scoring affair, which Chelsea might just edge.

Chelsea to win 2-1.

Head to head (h2h) history and results

Chelsea pulled off a league double over Tottenham last season, winning 1-0 away and 2-1 at home. Those two matches featured four different managers, with Enzo Maresca facing Thomas Frank in the first meeting and Calum McFarlane going up against Roberto De Zerbi in the reverse fixture.

Chelsea wins: 82

Tottenham wins: 54

Draws: 40

Chelsea vs Tottenham match odds

Chelsea to win: 19/20

Tottenham to win: 11/5

Draw: 14/5

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Roberto De Zerbi has revealed that Tottenham are closing in on signing a new attacker as he insisted the club’s summer spending spree is not over.

Spurs have already lavished around £237million on six new signings during the current transfer window, with Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and Jan Paul van Hecke all making the move to north London.

De Zerbi’s squad has also been bolstered by the arrivals of free transfers Andy Robertson, Marcos Senesi and Martin Dubravka, but the Italian says Spurs remain in the market for new players.

Standard Sport understands that Tottenham hold an interest in Manchester City winger Savinho, with the Brazilian reportedly informing City earlier this week of his desire to leave in search of regular minutes.

Attacking reinforcements are the priority for Spurs up until the end of the transfer window, and De Zerbi has hinted that the club are close to securing a deal for a new forward.

"In the transfer market, when I want one player, I become like a shark. No chance to say no,” De Zerbi told football.london.

"The transfer market, it's not finished for sure, but we completed 60 per cent of our project in the transfer market. Now we have another bomba."

Asked whether a deal was close, De Zerbi said there were still things to be finalised but that he hoped to have negotiations wrapped up soon.

Spurs are in the market for a winger, and potentially another striker before the transfer window shuts on September 1.

Savinho ranks highly on their list of targets - which was compiled during negotiations between De Zerbi and sporting director Johan Lange in March - due to his directness and ability to get in behind the opposition defence.

The main priority for De Zerbi, though, is to sign a winger who can get the best out of the club’s full-backs.

"No two players are the same,” he said. “A winger can be a very wide winger, one able to come inside, a winger without a full-back, a winger able to play with the full-back.

"We have four great full-backs at the moment, maybe the four most important full-backs in the world, because I think Pedro Porro is the best right-back in the world, with [Destiny] Udogie, Robertson, and Djed Spence can play right and left.

"Before bringing in a winger, we have to consider the full-back, because we start from the full-back, from the player we already have, no?"

The Argentine centre-back left Bournemouth as a free agent in June and promptly signed with Spurs, joining the likes of Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes, Andry Robertson and Jan Paul van Hecke in moving to the club this summer.

He might have joined his new team-mates in Australia for pre-season this week but was delayed in joining up after earning a late call-up to Argentina’s World Cup squad, replacing the stricken Leonardo Balerdi.

Senesi made two appearances as the Albiceleste reached the final for the second consecutive World Cup, only to be beaten 1-0 by a Spain side which featured his new team-mate, Pedro Porro. The campaign took him to a total of five senior caps.

Now, less than two weeks after that match, he has reported to Tottenham’s training ground for the first time, with the new Premier League campaign getting underway in just over three weeks.

It remains to be seen when he might make his Tottenham debut, with no plans confirmed for him to join up with Roberto De Zerbi’s squad in Australia. There will be plenty of opportunities for him to do so before the Premier League restart, though, as Tottenham face Getafe on August 8 and meet Hoffenheim twice the following weekend.

Bentancur endured a bitterly disappointing World Cup as his Uruguay side crashed out in the group stages. He appeared in all three of their matches as they recorded draws with Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia before losing a must-win fixture against Spain.

Williams-Barnett impressed hugely again off the bench on Wednesday as Spurs beat A-League opponents Sydney FC 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 friendly draw at Allianz Stadium, providing an attacking spark in the second half.

The 17-year-old later showed his composure and confidence with a successful Panenka spot-kick during the shootout as Tottenham made it three consecutive victories to begin pre-season.

The versatile Williams-Barnett also shone in a deeper role in the second half of last week’s 1-0 behind-closed-doors win over MK Dons at Hotspur Way, catching the eye again as a starter as he played an hour in Sunday’s 2-0 triumph against Auckland FC at Eden Park.

The academy graduate is taking full advantage of more first-team exposure with Tottenham missing a whole host of senior players due to a mixture of injury, lack of match fitness and post-World Cup holidays, having previously established a reputation as one of English football’s brightest youth talents.

Williams-Barnett - who joined Spurs at Under-10s level - was handed his senior competitive Tottenham debut last September aged just 16, introduced by former boss Thomas Frank for the final stages of a Carabao Cup third-round tie against Doncaster.

Frank’s permanent successor De Zerbi too is clearly a fan of the player, whom he believes has significant potential but also obvious areas for improvement.

“We have to manage him like a precious diamond,” the Spurs head coach said of Williams-Barnett after the win over Sydney FC. “We have to help him to improve in the last decision.

“Physically, work harder to become stronger because this time of football, he needs to be strong, and to give him space when there is the right moment.

“I usually give time to all the young players I work with in my career, and he is a potential special player.”

"He's a really top player," Davies said. "He's got a lot of potential. I think you can see the qualities that he's got.

"I think now the next step is developing his habits in the game. But to have a player like that who's got no fear, that has the confidence to try things in games, who doesn't get affected if he loses the ball, I think he's got a bright future ahead of him."

Arsenal have been handed a new boost over Bruno Guimaraes and Vinicius Junior as Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham also step up their transfer business during a busy summer window. The Gunners are in advanced talks over Guimaraes and Newcastle now look to be planning for life without their captain, whose Brazil team-mate Vinicius Jr remains a real option amid an ongoing Real Madrid contract stand-off and fresh talks between the two camps. Arsenal are also back in for Ivan Fresneda and have agreed a deal for Cardiff wonderkid Axel Donczew, while they are apparently close to signing a new centre-back in a surprise swoop.

Danny Welbeck is set for a medical at Chelsea, who have clinched another shock signing in the form of Jordan Henderson as they also get ready to announce the arrival of Maxence Lacroix. Liverpool are launching their first bid for Bradley Barcola, who wants to move to Anfield, while Manchester United remain in pursuit of a third midfielder as they target the likes of Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga, Manu Kone and Carlos Baleba.

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