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Djed was a late substitute in the game, coming on to make his World Cup debut and help the Three Lions grab their fourth goal to cement the victory in Dallas.

Luka had started the game as England made a fast start, our all-time record goalscorer Harry Kane scoring a retaken penalty on 12 minutes after a foul from former Spurs midfielder Luka Modric on former Spurs academy player Noni Madueke in the box.

Martin Baturina levelled with a stunning strike on 36 minutes before England were ahead again - Kane once more - but Petar Musa levelled in added time to see the sides go in at 2-2.

Thomas Tuchel's side started quick once again after the restart and retook the lead once more as Jude Bellingham got on the scoresheet and they should have probably gone to score a few more but for some heroics from goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic.

Djed came on with 10 minutes left and almost scored with one of his first touches of the ball but his prod was denied by Livakovic after a breathtaking run from deep.

England eventually put the game out of sight with Rashford's strike, six minutes from time, and Djed was involved, stretching the defence to allow Saka to thread in the Manchester United forward.

Next up fro Djed and England is the test of Ghana on Tuesday 23 June (5pm) while Luka's Croatia take on Panama on Tuesday morning (12am).

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The versatile defender spent almost 10 years in our colours through until January, 2024, during which time he represented England at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, plus the European Championships in 2016.

Now playing for Monaco after 18 months at Bayern Munich, Eric revealed last week that he’d spoken to his former Spurs team-mate Djed Spence ahead of the full-back’s involvement at this summer’s tournament – and now he’s looking forward to seeing how his old boss in Germany, Thomas Tuchel, uses the talent at his disposal when he takes charge of the Three Lions in Dallas this evening.

“I’ve worked with Thomas Tuchel (at Bayern) and he’s a fantastic manager, a fantastic person, his staff as well,” he said. “I was only with him for six months, but I thought he was fantastic and very charismatic, very intelligent.

“I think England have a squad full of quality. There's five or six nations that probably feel they have everything they need to win it, so it’s then about the details, set pieces, defending well – two huge factors. I look back at the finals I was involved in for Spurs – Man City in the League Cup, that was a corner. Chelsea in the League Cup, also a corner. The Champions League Final was a penalty and a second phase from a corner. It's very small margins at times.

“I'm just trying to think back to the World Cups and the Euros I was part of and the games don’t get any bigger. You have to you have to tread carefully all the way through, because every game is difficult in different ways and the level of football has increased massively – the tactical discipline and physical capabilities have improved drastically, especially in what you might see as the ‘smaller’ nations. So, it's a long journey, but England have everything they need.”

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Joining us from Aston Villa this summer and signing a long-term contract with the club, Kirsty can’t wait to be part of our journey.

An experienced player in England’s top flight with 125 WSL appearances to her name, the Scotland international will be a figure familiar to Spurs fans from our time in the FA Women’s Super League 2 and our seven seasons in the top tier, having had spells with Manchester United and most recently Villa.

A player with explosive pace, dynamic movement and clinical finishing, the 28-year-old comes off the back of an incredible campaign for her previous side, netting 12 league goals in 22 games to finish as the third-highest goalscorer in the league, but she is now ready for a new challenge and believes the club is at an exciting point.

“I'm absolutely delighted,” she told us. “It's an exciting time to be a part of this club and I'm so excited to get started.

“It's tough to move away from a club like Villa that I've loved for four seasons, but I'm ready for a new challenge. Martin [Ho], the club, the staff, the players, I think they're at such an exciting point and I want to be a part of that.

“It was so tough to play [Spurs] the season just gone. Even though it was tough, being on the end of such a heavy loss against them, I was like, ‘wow, they play unreal football’. You can see the level of detail Martin's brought in – they all work hard together, which is important to me.

“I like to be part of a hard-working team and who want to do it for the team. Obviously, there’s so much talent in that group, so I’m excited to play alongside them and also learn off them as well. We've got some world-class players and I want to be able to soak up everything that they've got and hope I can help them out as well.”

Working with Martin during their time at United for a number of seasons, Kirsty was full of praise for our Head Coach and can’t wait to reunite with him. “He's an unreal coach, unreal manager now and I loved working with him previously.

“His sessions were just to such a high-standard and really brought the best out of me. So, when he obviously got in contact with me about being the one to sign me, I was like, ‘wow’. I think I just got so excited.”

Kirsty notably scored against us in both of our meetings in the WSL in 2025/26, but she details exactly what we can expect from her when she pulls on the Lilywhite shirt.

“I'm a hard-working player,” she explained. “I'm very driven, motivated, but I've also got an eye for goal. I want to help the team go forward, whether that's in attack or to drive forward.

“But, also my defensive duties, I'm very defensive. I like to get stuck in, win the ball high up for the team. I'm very much a team player.”

Starting amongst the substitutes for his nation, he was thrust into the action just before the hour mark for Real Madrid's David Alaba with the scores level at 1-1.

Having seen Romano Schmid's first-half opener cancelled out by Ali Olwan just after the restart, Kevin was then in the thick of the action as a Yazan Al-Arab own goal restored Austria lead before Marko Arnautovic sealed the three points with a penalty, 12 minutes into added time.

The game in San Francisco marked Kev's 33rd senior appearance for his nation.

Next up for the defender and his nation is the challenge of Cristian Romero and Marcos Senesi's Argentina on Monday 22 June (6pm UK).

Kicking off their title defence in Group J, Argentina enjoyed a comfortable win over the north African nation, largely thanks to the brilliance of Lionel Messi, who scored his first-ever World Cup hat-trick.

Scoring three to become the joint-highest scorer in the history of the showpiece tournament, Inter Miami's Messi scored on 17, 60 and 76 minutes to seal all three points in Kansas.

Cristian started the game - the first he has since our 1-0 defeat to Sunderland in April - and played 80 minutes before being substituted for Nicolas Otamendi. It was his 52nd cap for his country. Meanwhile, Marcos Senesi was an unused substitute for Argentina.

Next up for Cristian and Marcos is the challenge of Kevin Danso's Austria on Monday 22 June (6pm UK).

Kicking off their title defence in Group J, Argentina enjoyed a comfortable win over the north African nation, largely thanks to the brilliance of Lionel Messi, who scored his first-ever World Cup hat-trick.

Scoring three to become the joint-highest scorer in the history of the showpiece tournament, Inter Miami's Messi scored on 17, 60 and 76 minutes to seal all three points in Kansas.

Cristian started the game - the first he has since our 1-0 defeat to Sunderland in April - and played 80 minutes before being substituted for Nicolas Otamendi. It was his 52nd cap for his country. Meanwhile, Marcos Senesi was an unused substitute for Argentina.

Next up for Cristian and Marcos is the challenge of Kevin Danso's Austria on Monday 22 June (6pm UK).

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The 28-year-old Scotland international joins us from Aston Villa, having signed a long-term contract with the Club.

Kirsty said: "I'm absolutely delighted, it's an exciting time to be a part of this Club. I'm ready for a new challenge, and I'm always wanting to be better every single day. Martin (Ho), the Club, the staff, the players are at such an exciting point – and I want to be a part of that."

Our Head Coach Martin Ho said: "Kirsty is a player with proven quality in the WSL and someone who has consistently shown she can affect games at this level. She brings pace, energy, directness and real threat in the final third, but also the work ethic and intensity we want in our attacking players. She played a lot of her football last season as a centre forward, while also having the ability to play wide, and that versatility is really important for us in how we want to attack.

"We want players in the front line who can rotate, threaten different spaces, press with intensity and give us different solutions during games. Kirsty can stretch teams in behind, attack one-v-one, arrive in goal-scoring areas and also help connect the game when playing more centrally. That flexibility gives us more ways to hurt teams and allows us to be less predictable as an attacking team.

"I know Kirsty well from working with her previously, and I know the qualities she brings both as a player and as a person. She has strong experience in the league, international experience with Scotland and a clear hunger to keep pushing her game forward. We are delighted she has chosen to come to Tottenham Hotspur, and I’m excited to work with her again in an environment where we believe she can continue to develop, contribute and become an important player for this Club."

A direct and powerful forward who can play on either flank or as a number nine, Kirsty began her senior career at Sheffield FC before moving to Doncaster Rovers Belles and, after a season competing in the FA WSL Spring Series in 2017, she joined the newly-formed Manchester United side in the FA Women’s Championship.

Having helped United to promotion to the top flight, she became a regular member of their squad in the WSL, scoring her first goal in the competition in October, 2019, where she was also named the league’s Player of the Month.

Following two more seasons with the Red Devils, scoring six goals in the WSL, she joined Aston Villa on loan for the 2022/23 campaign, producing 18 goal contributions (eight goals and 10 assists) in 28 appearances, helping them achieve their best-ever finish in the competition to date and made the move permanent in the summer of 2023.

A prominent figure for Villa over the last two campaigns, Kirsty recorded one of the best goalscoring seasons in her career to date in 2025/26, netting an impressive 12 goals in the WSL to finish as the league’s third top goalscorer and won the WSL Goal of the Season award for her stunning strike against West Ham United in October.

She has represented Scotland across numerous age groups, and received her first call-up to the senior national team in November, 2019. Making her debut in a 5-0 victory over Albania that month, Kirsty started and was named Player of the Match, and opened her international account in a win at Cyprus in February, 2021. The forward has since earned 48 caps for Scotland, scoring six goals in total.

France forward Kylian Mbappe took centre stage in New Jersey, firing his side in front mid-way through the second half after controversially being denied a penalty, before wrapping up the win with a stunning long-range strike in added time.

Bradley Barcola had earlier made it 2-0 before Ibrahim Mbaye pulled one back for Senegal with an impressive individual goal just prior to Mbappe’s second.

Pape remained unused on the night but will hope to feature when his side takes on Norway in their second game of the tournament in the early hours of next Tuesday morning.

The central midfielder, 23, appeared in two of Senegal’s four games at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.