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A former Arsenal man is being considered to take over as Tottenham Hotspur’s permanent head coach in the summer.

Igor Tudor is not expected to remain at Tottenham beyond the summer, with the Croat only being handed a five-month contract without an option of an extension.

Several sources have said that Mauricio Pochettino is Spurs’ top target to take over in the summer once his contract with the United States runs out after the World Cup.

Roberto De Zerbi is also allegedly near the top of Tottenham’s wishlist, but it has now emerged that a young Serie A coach is also under consideration by the club’s hierarchy.

Cesc Fabregas could get the Tottenham managerial job

TEAMtalk say that Cesc Fabregas is emerging as one of the most sought-after managers in the world, and his name is now being discussed by Premier League clubs, including Spurs.

The Arsenal legend has done an exceptional job since taking over at Como in 2024, with the club now sitting in sixth place in the Serie A table and mounting a charge for Champions League qualification.

This has brought him to the attention of Tottenham, who are weighing up an approach for the 38-year-old among several other candidates.

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Spurs will face competition for Fabregas

TEAMtalk say that Fabregas’s strong connections with Arsenal and Chelsea during his playing career are not expected to be a barrier for the Lilywhites should they decide to make an approach.

However, Spurs are not the only Premier League side eyeing the Spaniard ahead of the summer.

Fabregas is on Man City’s radar as a potential option to succeed Pep Guardiola, while Chelsea also considered their former midfielder before they eventually hired Liam Rosenior at the start of last month.

Les Ferdinand has shed light on what he has picked up from watching Tottenham’s Mikey Moore play at Rangers this season.

The 18-year-old has been tipped for big things at Hotspur Way for the last few years, and he is now showing just why many are excited about him.

Moore is now delivering consistently in the final third for Rangers, and has become a fan favourite at the club over recent months.

In fact, some pundits have suggested that Spurs were wrong to loan out the teenager, arguing that he would have come in handy for the Lilywhites, given their struggles in the wide areas this term.

Les Ferdinand reveals what should excite Tottenham fans about Mikey Moore

Ferdinand has revealed that he has been keeping track of the teenager’s development from a young age, and asserted that learning to deal with the pressure at Rangers will do wonders for the youngster.

The former Spurs striker told The Daily Record: “I speak to David Pleat quite a lot and David was very much involved in Tottenham when Mikey Moore was coming through the academy. I remember David naming a few players he felt had a good chance in the game and Mikey’s name was among them.

“So I’ve been keeping an eye on him ever since. I saw Mikey a few times last season in Europe, and he looked very, very promising. I was pretty surprised that Spurs let him go out on loan this year because of the squad they have and the lack of creativity we’re now seeing lead to problems. I thought they’d keep him around.

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“Thomas Frank lost a few key players to injury, like James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, but I suppose they felt he probably would benefit better from being out on loan and getting a full season under his belt. Sometimes you look at it, and you think where’s the best place to get game time?

“And yeah, there’s a lot of pressure up at Rangers. But then it all depends on how you see him dealing with that because you’ve got different personalities. With some players, you might think, ‘No chance, he can’t go to Rangers, he won’t be able to deal with what comes with that’.

“But the Tottenham leadership obviously felt that he was mature enough to be able to deal with whatever came at Rangers this year. And to be fair, I was up watching a game a few months ago and saw him play against Hibs just before Christmas and I thought he did superbly.”

Ferdinand admitted that the maturity that the Tottenham academy graduate has shown at Rangers has caught his eye.

He continued: “The one word that springs to mind when talking about Mikey Moore this season is maturity – he’s shown a level of maturity that perhaps most 18 year olds don’t show.

“I heard him say in one of his first press conferences that his aim is to be one of the best players in the world and I like that because you have to believe in what you’re doing, regardless of what everybody else says. If that’s where you want to go and that’s what you believe you’re capable of, that’s what you’ve got to tell people.

“I often hear people go to certain clubs because they want to win something – but they don’t talk about it, they just skirt around the edges. But if that’s his ambition, why not talk about it? From what I’ve seen of Mikey so far, I certainly do like his attitude.”

Ferdinand warns Moore cannot warm the bench next season

Reports indicate that Tottenham may extend Moore’s loan spell at Rangers in the summer so that the youngster can continue getting regular game time.

Some Spurs fans may feel that the 18-year-old should compete for first-team minutes at Spurs, but Ferdinand believes that the youngster would not benefit from warming the bench.

He added: “Whatever happens next with Mikey, it will be no good for him after a season like this one when he has played so many games for Rangers for him then to go back and do nothing or only get sporadic minutes. We’ll only know by the end of the season whether it’s been a good year for Rangers but so far has it been a successful loan for the young man? I think that’s beyond doubt.

“So the last thing you want to do is go back somewhere where you end up sitting on a bench, where you’re not involved. Mikey will want to expand on what he’s done. Whether that means another year at Rangers as progression for him, it’s not for me to say. But what I can tell you is that I’d hate to see him go back to Spurs and just sit on a bench and not play.”

Mauricio Pochettino has directly responded to reports that he could be in line for a fairy tale return to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer.

According to reports, Igor Tudor has been informed by Spurs that he is unlikely to stay beyond the summer, with the Croat being bought in as a temporary firefighter.

In fact, some sources have reported that Spurs have already started working on bringing Pochettino back to the club, six and a half years on from the Argentine’s exit from the club.

Reports indicate that the former Spurs manager would jump at the chance to return to N17, and he has now directly addressed the speculation over his future.

Mauricio Pochettino plays down Tottenham return reports but keeps options open

The 53-year-old has suggested that the rumours linking him with a return to Spurs are down to his history at the North London club.

He insisted that he is solely focused on the upcoming World Cup campaign with the United States, but added that he is ‘open to everything’ in the summer.

When asked about suggestions that he could return to Spurs, Pochettino said (via The Daily Express): “I’m always linked [to clubs], to Tottenham, just like at one time I was linked to Espanyol, or to other clubs.

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“In the end, especially because of my past at those clubs, when things aren’t going well, people tend to fall back on emotions and say: ‘Well, with Mauricio we played good football’, or whatever it may be.

“But no. We’re focused on the World Cup, on the United States. My contract runs until after the World Cup, so after that we’ll see what might happen. Open to everything, right?”

Pochettino may have already signalled his intention to return to Spurs

Since leaving the club in 2019, Pochettino has repeatedly made it clear that Tottenham hold a special place in his heart.

In his recent appearance on the High Performance Podcast, Pochettino said that winning the Europa League was not enough for Tottenham, adding that the club of that size should be competing for the Premier League and Champions League titles.

That suggests that the Argentine feels that he still has unfinished business at Spurs after coming so close to winning the biggest trophies.

A Spanish outlet has suggested that one national team boss would likely prefer to see his player representing Real Madrid than Tottenham.

Tottenham may potentially be in danger of having some of their best players poached this summer after two poor Premier League campaigns.

In fact, reports indicate that there is panic at Spurs that some key players may ask to leave in the summer.

It has now been suggested that a senior Tottenham Hotspur man could be persuaded to leave N17 by the possible intervention of his international boss.

Lionel Scaloni could play a role in Cristian Romero leaving Tottenham

Cristian Romero has already expressed his frustration with what is unfolding at Tottenham, and the Spurs skipper has no shortage of suitors.

The Spurs captain is reportedly of interest to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid ahead of the summer window.

A new report in El Intransigente has now discussed the 27-year-old’s future, and the outlet is not confident that Madrid will be able to complete a deal for the centre-back.

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However, they suggest that Argentina’s boss, Lionel Scaloni, may welcome the possibility of the centre-back playing for the biggest club in the world.

The report asserts that Scaloni would ‘celebrate the leap in quality’ if Romero were to join the Spanish capital club.

The report further states that a move to the Spanish capital will not just be a jump up in sporting ambitions, but it will also hold ‘symbolic’ value for the centre-back, placing him at a ‘whole new level’ within his national setup.

It is suggested that the Tottenham man’s role with the La Albiceleste could change if he joins Los Blancos.

The publication adds that if Romero establishes himself as a key player at Madrid, it would make him an ‘undisputed pillar’ of the Argentine national team.

Football finance expert Stefan Borson has revealed what he expects Tottenham Hotspur to do in the summer transfer window.

We continue to hear a lot of positive updates regarding the Tottenham hierarchy’s ambitions, but Spurs fans are yet to see the club’s actions match the rhetoric.

Just a few days ago, it emerged that Tottenham are ready to remove their restrictive salary cap to compete in the transfer market for elite players.

We have also heard suggestions that Spurs are eyeing a major rebuilding of their squad at the end of this campaign, after another poor showing domestically.

Stefan Borson reveals if Tottenham will be in a position to spend big

Tottenham look set to miss out on all European football next season, unless they do the unthinkable and win the Champions League.

That may severely affect the club’s bottom line, but Borson insists that the club would still be in a position to plan a huge summer outlay even without the additional revenue that European football would bring.

The finance expert told Football Insider: “I think there’s still a good chance that they get quite far in the Champions League, just because the way the draw has fallen.

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“But the truth must be that they’re not going to be in a European competition next season, so that’s going to have an impact. I think it’s going to have an impact in terms of the players hanging around. They’re going to need promises. Look, it is possible that those promises are going to be made.

“They’re certainly going to have financially this season a fantastic year because they’ve managed to keep the wage bill under control. They’ve not spent hugely on football players. They’ve sort of tweaked the squad. They’ve got some compensation that they’ve ended up having to pay out to Frank. They’ve had the Champions League.”

Spurs may have no choice but to spend big in the summer

Cristian Romero has already hinted at his dissatisfaction with the club’s January business, with the Tottenham captain labelling the club’s shortage of players at the moment as a ‘disgrace’.

Borson believes that Spurs will have no choice but to show ambition in the next transfer window if they want to keep their best players happy.

He added: “Overall, this season, I think financially it’s going to be really strong for them. It’s going to give them a bit of a war chest when it comes to squad cost ratios for next season and for the Uefa tests to the extent that they’re relevant next season.

Tottenham Hotspur have set their sights on a Real Madrid attacker, who has found starts hard to come by at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Spurs have struggled to create chances all season, and adding more creative quality to their squad would thus be among the club’s priorities in the summer.

We have heard reports suggesting that Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers is Tottenham’s dream attacking target this summer, but the Lilywhites may struggle to push through that deal if they are not in the Champions League.

Spurs may thus need to turn to a more realistic option, and one Madrid teenager has now allegedly caught their eye.

Tottenham preparing offer for Real Madrid’s Franco Mastantuono

According to a report in El Nacional (as relayed by Fichajes), Real Madrid starlet Franco Mastantuono has emerged as a summer target for the Lilywhites.

The 19-year-old has just 15 league appearances at the Santiago Bernabeu this season, having been used as a substitute for many of them.

TEAMtalk say that Spurs have now emerged as the favourites to land Mastantuono and are now preparing an offer for the youngster.

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The report adds that the Lilywhites see the Argentine as the ‘ideal player to revitalise their attack’, but they face competition from Brighton, who are also monitoring the versatile attacker ahead of the summer.

What is Madrid’s and Mastantuono’s stance on a summer transfer?

TEAMtalk say that the Argentina international is looking for an exit from the Spanish capital this summer as he wants regular game time.

Even though Mastantuono’s current deal runs until 2031, the player could be on his way to the Premier League this summer after just one season in Madrid.

The report adds that Madrid supremo Florentino Pérez will accept an offer close to €50m (£43.5m) for the talented left-footed player, who can operate as a number ten or on the right.

Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of hanging onto one of their best players have received a blow as a new report sheds light on the player’s intentions ahead of the summer.

While some pundits feel that Spurs still have enough quality to secure their Premier League status, the Lilywhites are set for another poor league finish on the back of their 17th-place finish last season.

As a result, reports indicate that there is panic at Tottenham about losing some of their best players this summer.

One particular Spurs man is emerging as one of the most sought-after players in Europe ahead of the summer transfer window.

Micky van de Ven’s stance on Tottenham future revealed as three-horse race unfolds

It has emerged over recent days that Man United have joined Real Madrid and Liverpool in the race for Micky van de Ven as concerns grow at N17 over the Dutchman’s future.

This has now been backed up by TEAMtalk, who say that the Red Devils are ready to battle the Merseysiders and Los Blancos for the Tottenham man.

It is revealed that Van de Ven is eager to feature regularly in the Champions League, which Tottenham cannot qualify for unless they win the tournament next season.

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The report adds that United may thus become a realistic option for the former Wolfsburg man in the summer should they seal Champions League qualification.

How much will Spurs demand for Van de Ven?

While this update from TEAMtalk reveals that Van de Ven’s attributes make him ‘a very attractive target’ for Liverpool, it suggests that Madrid may not be able to win the race for the player this summer.

It is revealed that a move in the upcoming transfer window for the centre-back may ‘arrive too soon for the Bernebeau hierarchy’, given their priorities and focus on player development.

The report adds that Tottenham value their star defender at £100m as interest in his services continues to grow.

Tottenham Hotspur have just been given some good news in their pursuit of an England international, who has been on their radar since last summer.

Even if they manage to avoid relegation, it is looking like Tottenham Hotspur are set to finish towards the lower end of the table for a second season running.

Some pundits feel that Spurs’ squad is one of the weakest across the Premier League, and there is no doubt that a significant upgrade is needed in the summer.

Ange Postecoglou has accused Tottenham of not acting like a big club in the transfer market, and that has to change if the club are to close the gap with the top sides in the division.

Tottenham target Morgan Rogers could be sold by Aston Villa

Spurs fans want to see their side shopping for the best talent available, and the Lilywhites are thought to be ready to do that.

One such example is Morgan Rogers, who has been described as Tottenham’s dream target by Fabrizio Romano, who revealed that the Lilywhites have been keen on the attacking midfielder since last summer.

Now, GiveMeSport have handed the North Londoners a potential boost by revealing that Rogers could leave Aston Villa at the end of this season, even though he only signed a new deal at the club last summer.

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The report claims that while the attacking midfielder is contracted until 2031 at Villa Park, Unai Emery’s men could sanction his sale in the summer.

This is because Villa narrowly avoided breaching the Premier League’s Profit & Sustainability Rules, and they could be forced to sell some assets this summer to fund moves for their transfer targets.

How much is Rogers likely to cost this summer?

GiveMeSport also spoke to journalist Ben Jacobs on the matter, and he made it clear that the Villans could sell their star man even if they secure Champions League qualification.

However, he suggested that it would take an offer of over £80m to convince Emery’s men to sell the former Middlesbrough man.

Jacobs told the outlet: “Firstly, the contract extension was to reward Rogers and to protect his valuation, and secondly, Villa still may need a significant outgoing, even though they’re on course for Champions League football this season. It may be that financially speaking, and to do a squad overhaul, a big outgoing is still necessary as far as Villa are concerned.

“It’ll be really interesting to see whether the new contract has changed the goalposts and Villa hold more of the cards, or whether those suitors a year ago that may return in summer 2026 point back to their £80million plus valuation from last summer and still feel a deal is possible around those kind of terms.”

Sweden boss Graham Potter has now issued a fresh Dejan Kulusevski injury update for Tottenham ahead of Sweden’s upcoming World Cup playoff games.

Tottenham Hotspur will be hoping to have several of their injured stars back as they look to battle through what has been a difficult Premier League season.

A few players have since made their return this week ahead of the Fulham clash, with Kevin Danso and Pedro Porro back in training and available for selection.

Still, Spurs are expected to be without nine players this weekend, with several long-term absentees remaining sidelined.

Dejan Kulusevski is one such absentee, with the Swede out since last May after suffering a patella injury and undergoing surgery.

The expectation was that Kulusevski would return for the second half of this campaign, but his recovery has taken longer than anticipated.

Addressing the fitness of several players ahead of Sweden’s World Cup play-off tie in March, and offering an update that includes Kulusevski’s situation, head coach Graham Potter said (Football London): “Right now we are just keeping our fingers crossed and hopefully we can get some of those guys back. But if not, we have to find a solution with the guys that are available.”

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This comes as Igor Tudor also commented on Kulusevski’s return in his press conference on Thursday.

Spurs continue to adapt without Kulusevski

With Kulusevski’s return date far from certain, Spurs will need to continue finding solutions without the midfielder.

Thus far, Xavi Simons has been occupying the number 10 role, but there remains a lack of options for Tottenham with James Maddison, Kudus and Lucas Bergvall out injured.

However, with Tudor favouring a 3-4-2-1 formation, Spurs could just about get by if they use two forwards, with all their strikers now available for selection.

Tottenham Hotspur could face a major transfer battle this summer, with Real Madrid reportedly circling one of their brightest young talents.

Tottenham Hotspur have struggled for consistency this season, and it is no surprise they find themselves battling to stay up.

Should the Lilywhites lose their Premier League status, there will be significant financial repercussions, including sponsors leaving the club, with one Tottenham sponsor already set to depart at the end of the season.

The future of several current players will also be in doubt, with members of the first-team squad likely to be poached by several clubs across Europe.

Tottenham midfielder Archie Gray wanted by Real Madrid in

A fresh report from Sports Boom now claims that Real Madrid have taken a shine to Archie Gray. The young midfielder is emerging as one of Tottenham’s more consistent performers this season, delivering solid displays in defence and midfield.

However, it is understood that his consistency and versatility have caught Madrid’s attention, and the Spanish giants are keen on a summer 2026 deal.

The report claims that Los Blancos scouts have been impressed by Gray, with a belief that the former Leeds United star possesses an ‘elite footballing brain’.

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This report comes after it was revealed earlier in the month that Spurs youngster Lucas Bergvall has also attracted interest from Premier League clubs, with Chelsea and Aston Villa keen to sign the Swede.

Spurs set £55m asking price as Bayern Munich join Archie Gray race

Sports Boom’s report goes on to claim that Tottenham have placed a significant asking price on the teenager, stating that Gray is valued at around £55m.

Real Madrid are not the only club credited with interest, as Bayern Munich, who are set to lose Leon Goretzka this summer, are also said to be monitoring the former Leeds United midfielder.

The youngster represents one of Spurs’ better investments in recent windows, and it remains to be seen whether they part ways with the teenager this summer.