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Josh Onomah has joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan until the end of the season and Conor Ogilvie has returned to Gillingham on loan for the remainder of this year.
The home match against Manchester City seems set to be played on Monday 29th October, after it has been reported that the clubs have come to an agreement in principle to do so.
TEAM NEWS : -  Hugo Lloris has a thigh injury and will miss Sunday's trip top Watford, while Moussa Sissoko will also be missing with a hamstring pull.  Juan Foyth is still missing with a thigh injury and Erik Lamela will face a pate fitness test on an injured hamstring before the management decide if he can play against Watford.  Victor Wanyama has returned to full training.
Wolverhampton Wanderers will host Spurs in the Sky Sports live game that will now take place on Saturday 3rd November with a 19.45 kick off after the Champions League fixtures were announced.
Tottenham's Under-23s lost 1-2 to Arsenal away, with Jaden Brown's injury time goal a consolation after Brandon Austin had saved a late Arsenal penalty and Troy Parrott had been sent off.

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Spurs have been drawn against Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven and Internazionale in Group B of the Champions League.  The games will be played as follows ...
18th September   Internazionale (A) (kick-off 17.55pm UK time)
3rd October   Barcelona (H)  (kick-off 20.00pm)
24th October    PSV Eindhoven (A) (kick-off 17.55pm UK time)
6th November    PSV Eindhoven (H)  (kick-off 20.00pm)
28th November   Internazionale (H)  (kick-off 20.00pm)
11th December    Barcelona (A)  (kick-off 20.00pm UK time)
Tottenham have also been drawn at "home" to play Watford in the League Cup Third Round, but with White Hart Lane not ready and Wembley already booed for the week starting 24th September, the club are seeking permission from the Football League to hold the match at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes.
19 year old midfielder Marcus Edwards has joined Dutch club Excelsior on loan until the end of the season. 
Stade Rennes are interested in taking Georges-Kevin Nkoudou on loan before the transfer window closes,
Former Spurs winger Nacer Chadli had left West Bromwich Albion for AS Monaco in a GBP10 million deal.
The England squad has been named for UEFA Nations League match against Spain (at Wembley) on 8th September and then a friendly against Switzerland at Leicester on 11th September and Spurs players Harry Kane, Kieran Trippier, Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Danny Rose are all included.  Hugo Lloris has been named in the French squad to play Germany and Holland in the Nations League on the same dates.

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Luke Amos, Oliver Skipp and TJ Eyoma have signed new contracts with the club keeping them at White Hart Lane until 2021.
Heung-Min Son captained South Korea to a 3-1 Asian Games semi-final victory over Vietnam today.
Former Spurs striker Clint Dempsey has retired from football today.

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Most of the news headlines revolved around Manchester United, Jose Mourinho and his mad comments after the game, so Spurs, once more, travel under the radar.  However, Fenerbache have said they do not intend to sign Moussa Sissoko on loan or permanently, while Mauricio Pochettino is said to be happy to keep Danny Rose, after the England defender has impressed him in recent weeks.

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Tottenham beat Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford tonight.  For a match report, click here.
South Korea best Uzbekistan 4-3 after extra time to reach the semi-finals of the Asian Games, with Heung-Min Son playing the whole game.
Gary Mabbutt has revealed that a rat ate part of his foot while he slept at the Kruger National Park on a visit to see his daughter who works there.
Sam Shashoua has joined Spanish third tier side Atletico Balaeres on loan for the season.

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A quiet Bank Holiday Sunday ahead of the trip to United, but the rumours about the two sides have hit the press, with Tottenham supposedly offering Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose to the Red Devils in the summer, but they got no interest back and Man U refused Tottenham's interest in forward Anthony Martial to go anywhere, although they might lose him next summer.  In addition, the Manchester Evening News reports that Spurs were also enquiring about Juan Mata in the close season too.
For a preview of Monday night's game at Old Trafford against Manchester United, click here.
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has told the media that he would be willing to promote Tottenham's young striker Troy Parrott to the senior squad.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Kevin Nolan has been sacked form his post as manager of Notts County ... 

Paris Saint Germain are planning a GBP100 million bid for Christian Eriksen, as talks on a new contract at Spurs have stalled and are set to sign Danny Rose before transfer deadline day.
Cameron Carter-Vickers has joined Swansea City on a season long loan.
Paris Maghoma and Armando Shashoua scored in Tottenham Under-18s 2-0 win over Chelsea at Hotspur Way this morning.

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Hugo Lloris has been charged with drink driving after being stopped in West London at 02.30 a.m.  He was released, but must return to court next month, with the player releasing a statement saying that his behaviour was "unacceptable".
TEAM NEWS : -   Victor Wanyama is back among the first team squad in training, but Heung-Min Son's participation in the Asian Games means he is not available and Juan Foyth's thigh injury rules him out.  Over at Old Trafford a testy four minute press conference by Jose Mourinho revealed little, but the manager might install Alexis Sanchez, Nemanja Matic and Antonio Valencia in the side to try and return to winning ways after losing away to Brighton in their last match.
Our Under-23s were held to a 1-1 draw by Brighton & Hove Albion at Stevenage tonight.  Shayon Harrison scored the Spurs goal.
Transfer rumours include Manchester United returning to make a concerted effort to finally sign Toby Alderweireld in January and Thomas Tuchel praising Danny Rose, as Paris Saint Germain look to complete the defender's transfer before this window closes.  Cameron Carter-Vickers looks set for a loan move to Swansea City.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Scunthorpe United sacked their manager Nick Daws today ... 

Reports have surfaced that Tottenham made an unsuccessful transfer deadline day GBP25 million for Chelsea's young striker Tammy Abraham.  In the summer Harry Kane turned down a move to Real Madrid, so articles are stating today.
South Korea were captained by Heung-Min Son for their 2-0 win over Iran at the Asian Games which sees them into the quarter-finals of the competition.

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Spurs will canvas fans through the Spurs Trust as to where they would like the League Cup Third Round tie played - at an away ground or a neutral venue.
Moussa Sissoko could be sold in the transfer window with former Spurs Sporting Director Damien Comolli keen on taking him to Fenerbahce, while Lille could be a possible destination for Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.  Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose could yet be sold to teams on the continent before the window closes at the end of the week, it was unsurprisingly reported today

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Vincent Janssen has had successful surgery on a foot injury and will be out for about three months.
The match against Manchester City at "home" might yet be postponed, as fitting it in the day after the NFL game at Wembley may be problematical with restoring football goals after removing the gridiron goalposts and remarking the pitch.

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Spurs have announced that with the completion of the new stadium being delayed they will play their first home Champions League match at Wembley and that they will request that their Third Round League Cup tie be played away, as Wembley has an event on that mid-week.
Heung-Min Son scored the goal that ensured South Korea moved into the knock-out stages of the Asian Games with a win over Kyrgyzstan today.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is being chased three clubs for a season long loan deal - Ipswich Town, Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday. 
Former Spurs defender Sebastien Bassong, ex-Development winger Nathan Odowu and Youth team defender Chris Paul are all training with QPR.  The first two are on trial and Paul is keeping fit and trying to find another club after the west London club released him at the end of the season.

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Glasgow Celtic left back Kieran Tierney could be a GBP10 million target for Tottenham in January; Cameron Carter-Vickers is wanted by Ipswich Town to return on a  season long loan; while west Bromwich Albion allegedly want Kyle Walker-Peters on a similar deal.

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   MEHSTG's spin story ... Glasgow Rangers' boss Steven Gerrard has been whingeing as he has since he moved to football north of the border.  This time it is about pitches.  "I'm not here to disrespect Kilmarnock and their playing facilities. I know it helps support the running of their club. But my opinion is elite football shouldn't have any plastic pitches."  Lucky he in only talking about Scottish Premier League football lthen. ... 

Tottenham beat Fulham 3-1 at Wembley this afternoon.  For a match report click here.
The Under-18s won 5-1 away at Swansea City, who were score din the first minute, but were reduced to ten men with a quarter of an hour left.  J'Neil Bennett scored a hat-trick and Dennis Cirkin got two goals on his debut at this level.

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TEAM NEWS : -  Spurs will be missing Victor Wanyama, Cameron Cater-Vickers and Juan Foyth through injury and Heung-Min Son on Asian Games duty for South Korea for the visit of Fulham to Wembley on Saturday.  Harry Winks, Erik Lamela and Josh Onomah are all back in full training and could be among the match-day squad.  Fulham  have Alfie Mawson and Tim Ream injured while Denis Odoi misses the game through suspension.  Defender Joe Bryan should be available after taking a knock last week against Crystal Palace.  For a preview of the game against Fulham, click here.
The Under-23s earned a hard fought draw at Liverpool with the score 1-1 at Anfield after Marcus Edwards equalised a Liverpool goal, both coming in the first half.  Spurs had Japhet Tanganga sent off in the second minute for stopping a goal-bound shot on the goal-line, but Liverpool failed to score the resulting penalty, with the shot blazed over the bar.
South Korea lost 1-2 to Malaysia in their Asin Games group match, with Heung-Min Son coming off the bench in the 57th minute.

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Mauricio Pochettino hinted in a press conference that Josh Onomah could follow Georges-Kevin Nkoudou on the way out of Spurs on loan before the transfer window closes.  He also said that he did not want to keep unhappy players, perhaps guardedly saying that some senior figures might leave for Europe before the end of the month.
Spurs may have to play Manchester City at Wembley on Monday 29th October - the day after a NFL match at the national stadium.  Meanwhile, Mace, the contractors at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, look set to be fined millions of pounds in penalties for not completing the construction on time according to some reports in the trade media.
Tottenham's Under-23 game, originally scheduled as the first test event in the new stadium, has been moved to Friday 24th August with a 19.00 kick off because of the safety issues still inherent at the new ground.

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   MEHSTG's spin story ... After a legal judgement, West Ham United London have said they will spend GBP380,000 to replace the green pitch surround with claret to avoid it being navy blue.  That's a lot of cheap red wine ... 

Tottenham may have an issue about staging the "home" game against Manchester City on Sunday 28th October, as, unless the home ground is granted a safety certificate, they will be unable to play at Wembley, as they will be hosting an NFL game on that day.  Reports claim Spurs have approached the rugby Football Union to use Twickenham, but have been refused permission.  This leaves very few options should the game have to go ahead as a "home" game, as it has also been reported that the FA and Manchester City are against the game being moved to City of Manchester Stadium.
Before the transfer window shuts on the continent, reports are surfacing that Mainz 05 have agreed a season long loan deal for winger Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, while fellow Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund are allegedly keen to sign Erik Lamela before the end of the month.  Still in Germany, Bayern Munich and also Spanish champions Barcelona want Toby Alderweireld and Daniel Levy is alleged to have told Real Madrid that they will have to pay GBP178 million for Christian Eriksen if they want to sign the Danish midfielder.  La Liga club Real Betis are still keen on signing Lucas Moura.

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As Tottenham's temporary return to Wembley lengthens, the club have announced that they will reimburse fans 1/19th of the cost of their season ticket for White Hart Lane, but then tickets for the re-arranged games at the National stadium can be bought or supporters can withdraw the money form their e-ticketing account if they prefer..
Off the pitch, Paris Saint Germain are keen to buy Danny Rose (Schalke 04 only wanted to spend GBP6 million on him) and are also considering a GBP100 million offer for Christian Eriksen, while Borussia Dortmund are keen on signing Serge Aurier.  Meanwhile Spurs have been looking at Ghanaian winger (via Ireland) Elvis Azah, who at 17 is also interesting Arsenal and West Ham United London.  Marseille and Saint Etienne are both keen on winger Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, 

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The club announced today that because of critical safety issues, the opening of the new stadium has been delayed with the home matches against Liverpool (15th September and Cardiff City 6th October) will take place at Wembley.  The NFL game between Seattle Seahawks and Oakland Raiders on 14th October will also be transferred to Wembley and the home game against Manchester City on October 28th is yet to have a venue decided for it to be played at.  The test events on 27th August and 1st September have been cancelled and these will have to be re-arranged and safely and successfully managed before the Local Authority will consider awarding a Stadium Safety Certificate.
Samuel Shashoua's goal wasn't enough to stop Spurs falling to a 1-3 home defeat by West Ham United London's Under-23s tonight in the Premier League 2 fixture at Stevenage.
Marseille decided not to follow up a loan interest in Fernando Llorente, but Spurs might sell Danny Rose to Paris Saint Germain for GBP50 million before the European transfer window deadline, which is at the end of the month.
Moussa Sissoko apparently has avoided punishment for an incident in Saturday's game at Newcastle United when it appeared that he came down on winger Kenedy's leg.

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Real Madrid are afraid of losing former Spurs midfielder Luka Modric to Internazionale, so are lining up a current Spurs midfielder in Christian Eriksen if they can't sign Eden Hazard from Chelsea   .

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Tottenham beat Newcastle United 2-1 at St. James Park this afternoon.  Click here for a match report.
The International Champions Cup was won by Spurs today, after Internazionale could only beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 today, so leaving Tottenham at the top of the table after the series of friendlies across the globe this summer.
The Under-18 side beat Brighton and Hove Albion 6-4 at Hotspur Way this afternoon, with goals from Luis BInks, Troy Parrott (2), Paris Maghoma, Brooklyn Lyons-Foster and J'Neil Bennett.

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TEAM NEWS : -  Newcastle will be missing defender Florian Lejeune, but have a few new players to choose from.  Spurs will be without Juan Foyth, Erik Lamela, Victor Wanyama and Harry Winks through injury and some of the World Cup participants might be used, but it will be a late decision by Mauricio Pochettino to see who can start or sit on the bench.  For a preview of the game that kicks off at 12.30 tomorrow, click here.
Former Spurs legend, Steve Perryman, has joined the MK Dons as an associate director.

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While Transfer Deadline Day happened across the country, it didn't happen in N17 with surprisingly no comings or goings despite the rumours that had been doing the rounds.  Although the English transfer window has closed, the European window is open until the end of the month, so it is possible that some players may leave for the continent by that time. So, as clubs across the country were scurrying to complete deals at the last minute, Daniel Levy had a day off.
Former Spurs Development striker Lee Angol completed a move from Mansfield Town to Shrewsbury Town.
Ahead of Saturday's opening Premier League fixture at Newcastle United, Mauricio Pochettino announced that Victor Wanyama is making good progress after a knee injury and Erik Lamela's muscle injury is improving.  Juan Foyth won't be fit for a couple of wweeks after picking up a thigh injury in America and Cameron Carter-Vickers is still making a recovery from a groin tear, but Josh Onomah and Harry Winks are both soon to join the first team squad for training.  The Spurs manager also said some of the Spurs players involved in the World Cup could feature on Saturday at St James' Park.

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With the transfer deadline less than 24 hours away Danny Rose is apparently talking to Schalke 04 of Germany and has options with a number of Premier League clubs concerning a season long loan, while West Ham United London have been considering a late move for Fernando Llorente.  Aston Villa have changed their mind and have said that they will not sell Jack Grealish, which has frustrated the midfielder, who may see out the last year of his contract before leaving for free next summer.  A rumour is circulating that Tottenham have made an approach for Paris Saint Germain left back Layvin Kurzawa, having failed to attract Ryan Sessignon to White Hart Lane from Fulham earlier in the summer, with Danny Rose offered as part of the deal to bring the 18 year old across London.  Manchester United have been dangling wrinkly and soft carrots in the shape of Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo to get Tottenham to part with Toby Alderweireld.

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Spurs only seem willing to offer GBP25 million for Jack Grealish and to be honest that seems about right, but the club also refused to sign free transfer midfielder Bernard from Shakhtar Donetsk, as he wanted GBP200,000 a week in wages.  Manchester United no only want to buy Toby Alderweireld, but also Kieran Trippier.  It's one way of bankrupting them I suppose !!  Trippier is also being linked with Paris Saint Germain, Real Madrid and Juventus.  Having managed Jay Rodriguez at Southampton, Mauricio Pochettino is keen to be re-united with him at Tottenham.  Having see him in action tonight for WBA against Nottingham Forest, I am not sure he will help us win a trophy.  Real Madrid are keen on signing Christian Eriksen, while AS Roma might be poised to make a bid for Victor Wanyama, but Tottenham may be making a move for French Under-21 international midfielder Tanguy Ndombele of Olympic Lyonnais.  Shamrock Rovers' 16 year old keeper Gavin Bazunu is the subject of a bid from Spurs, with several other English clubs interested, but Tottenham have made the first solid bid for the young stopper.
Live TV matches have been chosen for October and November with four Spurs games picked for screening : -
Manchester City (Home) – now to kick off at 16.00 on Sunday 28th October (Sky Sports)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (Away) – now on Sunday 4th November, with kick-off at 13.30 (Sky Sports) (dependant on Champions League draw)
Crystal Palace (Away) – Saturday 10th November, kicking off at 17.30pm (BT Sport)
Chelsea (Home) – still on Saturday 24th November, but kick-off will now be at 17.30pm (BT Sport)

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AS Roma are interested in buying Victor Wanyama; Everton are interested in signing Danny Rose still, Jack Grealish played for Aston Villa tonight in their 3-1 win at Hull City and speculation around his move to Tottenham has been tempered by the Midlands club's statements that they are keen to keep the England Under-21 midfielder and Celta Vigo midfielder Stanislav Lobotka is a GBP31 million target for Tottenham, as well as the Spanish club's 21 year old Uruguayan striker Maxi Gomez for another GBP35 million too.  Toby Alderweireld's GBP60 million move to Old Trafford now looks inevitable, with an agreement between the two clubs finalised, but Tottenham do not want to let him leave until a replacement has been secured, with Matthijs de Ligt of Ajax being touted as the man to come in.
Mauricio Pochettino has told the media that up to nine players will be unavailable for Saturday's match at Newcastle United because nof their late return to trianing after the summer's World Cup and injuries.

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Little advance on the transfer front, with Real Madrid lining up a GBP2000 million bid for Christian Eriksen if Luka Modric leaves the Bernabeu   .
The Under-19s finished third in the Oberndorf tournament.  The side lost 0-1 to FC Schalke 04 in the semi-final, but then beat Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 to take the bronze medal thanks to Jack Roles' penalty.

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Tottenham lost their final pre-season friendly 1-4 away to Girona in Spain tonight.  Lucas Moura gave Spurs a 13th minute lead before a young side succumbed to the home team.
Defender Toby Alderweireld appears to be set to join Manchester United for a fee of about GBP60 million according to the media today and it will happen in the  next 48 hours apparently.  Spurs may be on the verge of making their first summer signing, if the papers are to be believed, with the Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic the target with the club paying Internazionale GBP44.4 million for his signature.  Spurs are still way off Aston Villa's valuation of Jack Grealish, but then Mousa Dembele has turned down a move to Internaztionale, so perhaps we won't need the Championship midfielder after all ?
Our former Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has signed a one year deal with Esjberg FB in Denmark.
Talks with HSBC have said to have broken down over the cost of the naming rights of the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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With no action on the transfer front so far, the days are running out to complete signings and to prevent players leaving.  Today the news is that Spurs are still in talks to buy Geoffrey Kondogbia of Valencia for around GBP70 million.  Doesn't sound like a levy buy - even a "must get something last minute" purchase.  But then it doesn't look like we will be getting Jack Grealish one way or another, as either Chelsea will steal him out of our grasp (much like they did Ross Barkley  ... "Who he ?", I hear you ask !) or Aston Villa will be fixing their asking price for the midfielder at about GBP70 million (or so they inflatedly think his worth has risen by getting relegated).

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Transfer rumours speed up as the deadline approaches and Spurs are said to be willing to pay GBP30 million for Bournemouth's 21 year old midfielder Lewis Cook,  possibly as  replacement for Mousa Demeble, who is one of three players Tottenham might be willing to accept offers for before 9th August, with the other two being Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose.  Serge Aurier is interesting Napoli, Bayer Leverkusen have spoken to Spurs about signing Marcus Edwards and Jack Greallsh is said to be even closer to a move to White Hart Lane.

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Tottenham beat AC Milan in Minneapolis this morning 1-0 with George-Kevin Nkoudou scoring the only goal of the game in the 47th minute.
Reo Griffiths has passed his medical at Olympique Lyonnais and appears to have agreed terms, so will be playing in Ligue 1 next season as he commences a four year deal with the French club.
Tottenham are reported to have ended their interest in Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, although some sources reckon the we could step in after Chelsea had a bid rejected for the Ivory Coast international.  Apart from the Sun reporting Spurs might be set to let Lucas Moura go (with Real Betis interested) because GK Nkoudou is playing well in pre-season, the rest of the news is not even fake, but non-news about who certain media sources think we should sign.

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