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Lize Kop has been named in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2025.

Our number one was confirmed in Andries Jonker’s 23-player squad on Saturday (21 June) as they bid to claim their first-ever title at European Championships.

Heading into her third major international tournament, but her first involvement in a European Championship, Lize has 13 caps for her nation to date.

Prior to the start of the tournament in Switzerland, which kicks off in just over three weeks’ time, the Netherlands face a warm-up friendly against Finland on Tuesday 26 June at Kooi Stadion in Leeuwarden.

Their Euro 2025 campaign will then kick-off in Group D against Wales on Saturday 5 July, before they face England on Wednesday 9 July and France on Sunday 13 July.

The European Under-19 Championships are over for Mikey Moore and Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny after England were eliminated in the last match of the group stage on Friday night.

A 4-2 defeat to the Netherlands in Romania, coupled with Germany’s late win over Norway, sent the Young Lions home.

England, who drew 2-2 with Norway and 5-5 with Germany in their opening two matches, would have qualified for the knockout stages if the latter nations had drawn on Friday, but Germany’s stoppage-time winner sent them through in second place, while the Netherlands topped the group.

Central midfielder Reiss played the full 90 minutes against the Dutch – his second start of the tournament after scoring against Germany – and saw a late effort saved when the score was 4-1.

Attacking midfielder Mikey was forced off injured in the latter stages of England’s opener against Norway just after scoring a penalty to make it 2-2. He missed out on the Germany clash but was named as an unused substitute against the Dutch.

Germany play Spain and the Netherlands face hosts Romania in the semi-finals.

Tottenham Hotspur Foundation helped create lasting memories for seriously ill children and their families at Great Ormond Street Hospital’s sports day today (Saturday 21 June).

Held at Lee Valley Athletics Centre in Enfield, the event welcomed hundreds of young people from one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals.

Our Foundation team delivered inclusive football and flag football activities for the second year running, helping them to keep active through treatment.

Simon Wears, Foundation health and wellbeing manager, said: “Staying active – during treatment and beyond – brings both immediate joy and long-term benefits for young people.

“Seeing them light up as they take part in our activities, no matter their ability or circumstance, is exactly why we do what we do.

“Today was such a special and meaningful occasion for all involved, and we were proud to be part of it.”

Thomas Frank has highlighted the importance of making Tottenham Hotspur Stadium a ‘fortress’ as he embarks on a new adventure with the Club.

Appointed as our new Head Coach on a contract that runs until 2028, the Dane has had a busy few days at Hotspur Way, getting familiar with his new surroundings ahead of pre-season, while he also learnt our new fixtures for 2025/26 Premier League campaign.

Released earlier this week, we host newly-promoted Burnley in our opening game of the new season, and it will be the first time Thomas will walk out as our Head Coach in N17.

While we remain some time away from getting the season started, Thomas emphasised the importance of creating a connection with our Lilywhite fanbase and navigating the journey together in order to make lasting memories for our supporters.

"First and foremost, I think it’s a fantastic fan base," he told us.

"Fans are the most important ones, it’s the team, the staff, me - all of us - how can we make sure we create enough magic moments with the fans, make moments they remember and that they can get excited about.

"We go on a journey together and on a journey, there’ll be ups and downs. It's how we get through those ups and downs together but, of course, the connection from the team to the fans, from me to the fans - it’s going to be crucial.”

Watch | Thomas' first interview

Having spent nearly seven seasons in charge at Brentford, guiding them to the Premier League for the first time in 2021, Thomas came to N17 on numerous occasions as an away side but, come August, he will be standing in the home dugout and underlined the importance of making our home ground a very challenging place to visit.

"A very important thing is to make our home - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - like a fortress," Thomas added.

"That can only be (if) the fans and us, the team, (do it) together. That’s an ongoing relationship, a situation we need to build. I want our home to be very, very difficult to come to, and we can only do together."

Watch | Go behind the scenes on Thomas' first day

We are delighted to announce that Dante Cassanova has signed a new contract with the Club, which will run until 2027.

A product of our Academy system, 20-year-old Dante has been a regular for our Under-21s over recent seasons.

He was a key part of our Premier League 2 title-winning side at that level in 2023/24 and captained the team on several occasions over the course of the recently-concluded 2024/25 campaign.

A versatile defensive player who can operate either at centre-half, full-back or holding midfield, Dante was named as a substitute for the first team on eight occasions last term, including twice in the Premier League and four times on our run to UEFA Europa League glory.

Watch - Cassanova on new contract

We are delighted to announce that Ellis Lehane has signed his first professional contract with the Club.

The 18-year-old centre-forward has been a regular goalscorer across the age groups in our Academy, most recently netting 15 goals in all competitions for our Under-18s in 2024/25, including a hat-trick against Leicester City in April.

A hard-working striker, Ellis first appeared for our Under-18s in December, 2022, while still a schoolboy.

He stepped up to make his Under-21s debut in January of this year, making four competitive appearances at that level before rounding off the campaign with a fine strike for Wayne Burnett’s side in their post-season fixture at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium.

Thomas Frank spoke of his excitement about working with a ‘very talented squad’ after being appointed our Men’s First Team Head Coach.

Having signed a contract with the Club that runs until 2028, Thomas has spent this week at Hotspur Way for the first time, settling into his new surroundings ahead of the return of players for pre-season training.

And, while the Dane has to wait a little longer to meet his new team, from the outside looking in, he spoke of the potential he sees in the squad and is looking forward to getting to work with the group.

“It’s a very talented squad, a very good squad and I’m very excited to start working with them,” he smiled.

Watch | Thomas' first interview

"Of course, when you follow the Premier League, you see the other teams, you see Tottenham - you’ve seen some fantastic performances from the team over the last years. So, I think there’s big potential.

"But, of course, I’m looking from the outside, so I’m looking forward to getting to know them, to be around them, to feel them, understand them, work with them on the training pitch. That’s where you really get the big understanding, understand the relationships between players and how you can get the best out of them.

"I’ve got an idea already, my head is spinning [with] how can we play, how do I put them together, but I’m looking forward to that."

While the squad is filled with a number of exciting young prospects – Lucas Bergvall, Archie Gray and Wilson Odobert to just name a few – Thomas is keen to get the very best out of the experienced players and develop a squad ready to take on the 2025/26 Premier League season and UEFA Champions League campaign.

"Yeah, when I say 'talented', it’s not only young players, it’s also some of the more experienced players. How can we get the best out of them?" he added.

"Let’s say, Dominic Solanke. I’m a big fan of him in terms of his abilities. I’m sure we’ll make him score a lot of goals. How can we play (Rodrigo) Bentancur? (James) Maddison?

"But of course, the younger ones as well. I think it’s all players that we need to develop and make perform at the highest level, but of course, Lucas, Archie, Wilson, Destiny (Udogie), all of them, they have high ceilings.

"Even the ones I haven’t mentioned - the whole squad can do well. I’m big on, how do you say…. it’s always about winning. We need to make the team win on a Saturday, a Tuesday, then again Saturday and a Wednesday, but it’s also about developing the individual player.

"That’s me and my staff, and the player, how we work together about that on a day-to-day basis. Because we lift the players’ performance, develop them, the team will grow and perform better, and hopefully give us an opportunity to win more matches."

Our first bit of business in the summer transfer window was completed last Sunday as Mathys Tel completed a permanent move to N17 having initially joined on loan from Bayern Munich in February, 2025.

The France youth international made 20 appearances in all competitions last season, scoring three goals, and our new Head Coach explained the decision to sign the 20-year-old talent and the areas he can develop in the young forward's game.

"Very, very excited about Mathys signing with a permanent deal," he told us. "I think he’s a very talented player who can play across the front four positions.

"He’s a goalscorer, that we can develop even further, and be even more consistent in his all-round game and also more consistent to land in the right positions in the box. I’m looking forward to it."

Watch | Frank explains why Tel was signed on a permanent deal

Gallery | Frank starts work at Hotspur Way  Tottenham Hotspur

Araya Dennis’ England Under-19s suffered defeat to Portugal in their second group game of the UEFA Under-19 European Championship.

The young forward was a late second half substitute for the Young Lionesses, introduced with just seven minutes left on the clock, as Portugal scored four goals in the final quarter of the game to secure a 4-1 win and earn their first points in Group B.

An own goal from Iara Lobo on the stroke of half time gave England the lead and they looked on course to record their second win in the tournament, but three goals in six minutes – Carolina Santiago, Anna Marques and Marta Gago all on target – turned the game completely into Portugal’s favour before Santiago wrapped up the win for her nation in the final minute of normal time.

England’s 2-1 victory over the Netherlands in the opening game, where Araya was an unused substitute for that fixture, leaves qualification very much in Lauren Smith’s side hands, with a win in their final group game guaranteeing them a spot in the knockout stage.

They will face the competition’s holders Spain on Saturday (6pm UK) while Portugal will take on the Netherlands.

Thomas Frank spoke of an ‘extraordinary’ feeling in being named our Men’s First Team Head Coach.

Appointed on Thursday (12 June), Thomas signed a contract with the Club that runs until 2028

This week, the Dane arrived at Hotspur Way to take up his new role and, with our fixtures for the 2025/26 season now having been revealed, he is eager to get to work and build towards the new campaign.

“I’ve only heard good stuff about all the people here, the training ground, the players. It’s a good squad. It’s an exciting, massive club with massive potential. So, it’s just super, super exciting.

“I had very good conversations and meetings with (Daniel Levy, Vinai Venkatesham, and Johan Lange) where we discussed everything in depth - details about the Club structure, processes - and of course I came with my views on things, how I saw it, my ideas, and the way I want to do things and how I try to build a team and a club.

“Of course, it’s not just me. I think it’s very important to say: yes, the Head Coach is an important person, but if I don’t have good people around me, it’s impossible. You can’t do anything alone, in my opinion.

“If you want to do something quick, you can go alone. If you want to do something big or achieve something big, you go together. So, it’s definitely about doing things together - me, the staff, the players.

“I think alignment is key - from top to bottom. Of course it starts from Daniel, Vinai, Johan, and me - and the more the four of us can be aligned, just like a unit, an unbreakable unit, the stronger we’ll be.

“There’ll be ups and downs - right now, it’s a fairytale. Everyone’s happy, the sun is shining, it’s fantastic.

“We haven’t played one game yet. Hopefully we’ll win a lot. We’ll work very hard every single day to make sure we create as many magic moments for the fans and put them together and at the end of the season we’ll have had a very good season.”

After we enjoyed an unforgettable end to the 2024/25 season as we lifted the Europa League trophy on that surreal night in Bilbao, Thomas is very keen to build on that success and is determined to deliver more of those glory, glory moments for fans.

“Huge congratulations to the Club, to the team (for the Europa League triumph). Huge congratulations to Ange (Postecoglou) - I think Ange has done something special. He’ll forever be a legend in Tottenham,” Thomas said.

“It’s important to understand we all stand on the shoulders of others. I’m going in on the foundation Ange built, and his coaching staff, and I’m very humble about that. I’ll do my very best to continue the great work he put in.

“The feeling, the excitement, the joy and the happiness in the fans’ faces, the pictures—was ‘wow’. Hopefully, we can create more of those moments. That will be the ultimate dream: to do that and build on that.”