Ange Postecoglou has laughed off talk he is in the honeymoon period at Tottenham but promised they will continue to improve.
Spurs’ flying start to the new campaign earned their new head coach the Premier League manager of the month award for August on Friday.
The last Tottenham manager to receive the accolade was Nuno Espirito Santo at the start of the 2021-22 season but he was sacked months later in October.
“I always felt this window was about making the first steps to rebuilding the squad and I think they’ve been positive first steps.”
Ange reflects on the summer transfer window
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)
When it was put to Postecoglou that he was still enjoying the honeymoon phase of life in north London, he was…
Sporting Lisbon head coach Ruben Amorim has denied reaching a verbal agreement with Liverpool to succeed Jurgen Klopp as manager at Anfield.
Reports suggested the 39-year-old is in talks with the Premier League club with a view to taking over in the summer.
Amorim emphatically dismissed the speculation as he prepares for his side’s Primeira Liga match at Gil Vicente on Friday evening.
“This is the last time I am going to talk about my future,” he told a press conference.
“There was no interview and certainly no agreement.
“The only thing we all want here is to be champions with Sporting, nothing will change.
“I’m the Sporting coach and there was no interview or agreement with any club. I’m just focused, as always, on repres…
David Alaba is eagerly awaiting his Real Madrid debut after swapping Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for Los Blancos.
Madrid – looking for a new head coach following Zinedine Zidane s departure – confirmed the arrival of Alaba on a free transfer upon the expiry of his Bayern contract, the Austria star signing a five-year deal at the LaLiga giants.
Following Friday s confirmation, Alaba took to social media to talk up his move from Munich to the Spanish capital after winning 27 trophies with Bayern.
I leave one special club for another, the 28-year-old Austria international Alaba wrote via Twitter.
After so many years in Munich, I ll take on this new challenge and do my best to continue the history of this special club.
I can t wait to…
While Pep Guardiola feels Rodri was deserving of a nomination for the Premier League s Player of the Season award, he expects the midfielder to shrug off that rejection and stay focused on the title race.
Rodri was surprisingly omitted from the eight-man shortlist for the league s top individual prize when it was revealed on Thursday, with team-mates Phil Foden and Erling Haaland making the cut.
That is despite the Spaniard playing a key role as City chase an unprecedented fourth straight league title, and three wins from their last three matches will ensure they edge out Arsenal to retain their crown.
Ahead of Saturday s trip to Fulham, where City have a chance to go top of the table before Arsenal face Manchester United on Sunday, Guardiola said there was no do…
Erik ten Hag has been charged with the task of trying to make Manchester United a force again, and he faces a significant rebuilding job.
The Dutchman will leave Ajax at the end of the season to take charge of the Red Devils after agreeing a deal until June 2025, with the option of a further year.
It is not just shaping a squad that has struggled to coalesce this season that will be on his to-do list.
Ten Hag s in-tray will be piled high as he sets about making a short-term impact, while implementing the long-term vision that impressed United s hierarchy.
Stats Perform looks at the pressing issues for the 52-year-old to address.
79% Erik ten Hag has a 79% win rate with in the Eredivisie, the best of any manager with 100+ games for a single te…
Vinicius Junior has enjoyed a meteoric rise at Real Madrid but Mauro Silva believes the Brazil winger could still get better with the world yet to see the best from him.
The Los Blancos forward soon became a fan favourite in Madrid after scoring three times in his first five games of the 2020-21 season, following his 2018 transfer from Flamengo as a 16-year-old.
While Vinicius only managed three goals and four assists in his next 44 games for Los Blancos, the 23-year-old helped Madrid to the LaLiga and Champions League double in the 2021-22 term.
Vinicius continued to shine in the Spanish capital last campaign, contributing to 42 goals across all competitions (23G, 19A) – only Mohamed Salah (46), Kylian Mbappe (50) and Erling Haaland (61) managed more in Europe…
Cristiano Ronaldo may regret deciding to move back to Manchester United, according to former Netherlands and Milan legend Ruud Gullit, who also accused the club of living in the past .
Ronaldo returned to United in 2021 from Juventus, scoring 24 goals in 38 games in all competitions for the Red Devils.
However, despite the presence of the five-time Ballon d Or winner, United did not win a trophy, being eliminated from the Champions League last 16 by Atletico Madrid and finishing sixth in the Premier League.
Ronaldo has reportedly expressed his desire to leave Old Trafford due to a lack of Champions League football, but United have not shown any sign of allowing the Portugal international to move.
Speaking to Laureus, Gullit stated his belief that the 3…
Angel Di Maria is open to playing in midfield for Paris Saint-Germain as he looks to secure more game time, and believes it could be his best position.
Di Maria has been a star for PSG since joining the Ligue 1 giants from Manchester United in 2015.
The attacker has made 274 appearances for PSG across all competitions, scoring 89 goals and providing a further 107 assists.
Since he joined PSG, no player has played more games than the Argentine, who has also crafted 669 chances, way ahead of Neymar, who ranks second in the squad with 350. Indeed, Di Maria is 41 assists ahead of Kylian Mbappe (66), and only three players have scored more goals in the same timeframe.
Di Maria only signed a new contract in March, he has not been able to nail down a regular st…
The European Super League project may come back with a vengeance if the Premier League punishes leading clubs like Manchester City and Chelsea over alleged breaches of financial rules.
That is the view of finance expert Dan Plumley, who says the threat of Europe s elite clubs forming a breakaway competition is unlikely to ever go away.
Everton dropped into the Premier League s relegation zone after being deducted 10 points for a breach of the league s profit and sustainability rules earlier this month, with an independent commission ruling the Toffees exceeded the competition s maximum loss limit by £19.5million across four seasons between 2018 and 2022.
That penalty – the largest in the competition s history – has been fiercely protested by fans and has led…
In what was a heavyweight EFL Cup showdown on Sunday afternoon, Manchester United ended their six-year wait for a piece of silverware as they claimed a 2-0 victory against Newcastle at Wembley.
Making the trip to the capital after picking up some perfect momentum following their 2-1 win against Barcelona, Erik ten Hag has quickly written himself into Old Trafford folklore as Casemiro and a Sven Botman own goal helped United lift a first trophy since their Europa League success under Jose Mourinho back in 2017.
Only continuing on what has been a stellar purple patch since returning from the World Cup s winter break, the Red Devils simply had too much for a Newcastle squad who were making their first trip to Wembley in 27 years.
However, heading into the half-time…