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Daily Mirror
5 days ago
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- Daily Mirror
How to watch Tottenham vs Bayern Munich: Live stream and kick-off time for pre-season friendly
Tottenham Hotspur are set to face Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in their final pre-season friendly as Thomas Frank gears up for his first campaign as Spurs boss Tottenham Hotspur are set for a stern test ahead of the new campaign as they wrap up their pre-season schedule against Bayern Munich. Thomas Frank's Spurs face the German champions in their final friendly ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup clash with PSG. Spurs have already recorded a notable north London Derby victory over Arsenal in Hong Kong and followed that up with a draw against Newcastle United. The club's tour of Asia marked the farewell of long-serving forward and club captain Son Heung-min ahead of his move to MLS franchise LAFC. It has been a summer of change for Spurs, who appointed Frank to replace Europa League-winning manager Ange Postecoglou. New loan signing Joao Palhinha could yet make his debut against his parent club Bayern, while Mathys Tel has also joined Spurs permanently from the German club. In terms of Tottenham's opposition, Vincent Kompany's side have sealed a £65.5million move for Liverpool forward Luis Diaz and the fixture also allows Spurs legend Harry Kane to face his former club. Mirror Football details how to tune into the friendly match and what has been said ahead of the game. When and where is Bayern Munich vs Tottenham Hotspur? The match will take place at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Bayern's home stadium. Kick-off is scheduled for 6.30pm local time on Thursday, August 7. For fans tuning in from the UK, the match will start at 5.30pm. It is a repeat of a pre-season fixture from last summer, which saw Kane feature at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time since leaving the club in 2023. That game ended in a 3-2 win for Bayern, and new Spurs boss Frank will hope for a more positive result this time around. How can I watch Bayern Munich vs Tottenham Hotspur? The match will not be shown on terrestrial TV or standard sports subscription channels. Spurs will broadcast the game live via their in-house streaming service SPURSPLAY. A SPURSPLAY subscription costs £45-per-year and includes exclusive content and full match replays. The build-up to the Bayern game is scheduled to begin an hour before kick-off. What have Thomas Frank and Vincent Kompany said? The Tottenham boss has admitted he was taken aback by Palhinha's availability, given Bayern's determination to sign the former Fulham midfielder last summer. Frank believes the 30-year-old brings a quality that was previously lacking within his squad. "Yeah, I was a bit surprised,' Frank told 'Bayern went hard for him for two years and for whatever reason, which I actually don't care about because we can get him, it was an opportunity for us.' "I think he is a top player,' Frank added. 'He impressed everyone in the Premier League in the two years he was with Fulham. He is a regular for Portugal. Whatever the reason [Bayern let him go maybe] is the coach, the culture, the club, himself. Sometimes it is difficult to say. My concern is that he wanted to come and we wanted him to come.' Meanwhile, Kompany confessed that it has not been a standard summer as his team only recently returned to action after competing in the Club World Cup. Bayern recorded a 2-1 home win over Lyon last weekend. 'It's an unusual pre-season – a short vacation, short preparation and then back to work,' Kompany told Bayern's club website. 'But we're up for it. We don't have much time. We want to be physically ready for the early games.' J oin our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
Daily Record
05-08-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Inside Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham sacking as Daniel Levy reveals awkward chat after Europa League heroics
The ex-Celtic favourite was brutally binned by Spurs just weeks after ending the club's 17-year trophy drought Daniel Levy had doubled down on Tottenham 's decision to sack Europa League-winning boss Ange Postecoglou. The Spurs supremo decided to pull the trigger just weeks after Postecoglou led the North London club to European glory. Ex- Celtic favourite Postecoglou boldly vowed to end Tottenham's 17-year wait for a trophy and was true to his word after beating Manchester United in May's final. But a catastrophic Premier League campaign ended with the Lilywhites finishing fourth bottom on just 38 points - and the Aussie paid the price with his job after two rollercoaster seasons at the helm. Levy took some heat from supporters and pundits for wielding the axe and the chairman had to justify his decision in an awkward conversation with Postecoglou. He told the Overlap with SkyBet: "Ultimately, the decision sits with me, but it's always a collective decision. "We have a board of directors, but under the board, we have a group of technical staff, and they advise. "We had to explain the decision to part ways with Ange. Ange just won us a trophy – a European trophy – highly significant and he's always going to be in our history. 'However, we couldn't lose sight of the fact that we finished 17th in the league, we lost 22 Premier League games, and it's impossible for Tottenham to be in that position, and so we had to take the emotion out of it and we had to give some data points as to why we decided to do what we did. "Whichever level you do it, no one likes telling somebody, 'You're losing your job', but it is the nature of football. "We're there to win and yes, we won a European trophy – and it was fantastic – but we also need to win on all fronts – and the Premier League says it all." Tottenham moved on quickly from Postecoglou by luring Thomas Frank from Brentford as their new head coach. Levy added: "Whenever you appoint a coach, you always believe it's right and you need a lot of ingredients for it to be right. Thomas Frank is a highly intelligent individual; he's got a fantastic way about him in terms of communication. "He will be great at developing both young players and older players – and making them better. "He gets the style of football we want to play; he understands that Rome wasn't built in a day – we haven't set him: 'You've got to win the league this year'. We just want to compete at the highest level." Tune in to Hotline Live every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport's newest podcast, Game On, every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks.
NBC Sports
30-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
How many 2025-26 Premier League title contenders are there? Why it may be a minimum of four
The odds prior to Week 1 of the 2024-25 season essentially said that the Premier League would be won by either Manchester City, Arsenal, or Liverpool, barely looking beyond those three. And, really, they fancied Man City (+120) and Arsenal (+175) to earn the Premier League Trophy quite a bit more than eventual winners Liverpool (+800), who were bedding in a new manager. Everyone else was a bonafide long shot, as fourth-ranked Chelsea were a wild +1600 and no other team looked better than +2500. MORE — Premier League 2025-26 schedule, info This season, it's already looking quite different. All three of those sides are suitably reinforced and Chelsea have claimed the Club World Cup. To wit, the oddsmakers put four teams at +900 or better; The Blues lag a bit but Liverpool, Arsenal, and Man City are all within shouting distance of each other. It feels at the moment like all of those teams don't need to call it a dream to win the Premier League, especially given the reinforcements secured in the transfer market and the return to health of some key pieces. Florian Wirtz, Viktor Gyokeres, Joao Pedro, Rayan Cherki, Martin Zubimendi, Hugo Ekitike, Liam Delap, and Tijjani Reijnders are just the tip of the iceberg. Oh, and Man City get a Ballon d'Or winner back. None of these teams got worse, and were the four-best performing teams in terms of most metrics including possession and fewest goals conceded during the 2024-25 Premier League season. So, barring a brilliant turn by an outsider, do we really have the makings of a four-team title fight? There appear to be no glaring weaknesses on these lineups. And then again, maybe we should consider what could happen with Thomas Frank taking hold of a Europa League-winning Spurs, Aston Villa and Newcastle delivering consistency under long-standing coaches, or Ruben Amorim having a full preseason with a very expensive team. Yet for now... Let's start with four. Liverpool They won it last season and most players in the squad will have a full year of Arne Slot under their belts. The tragic death of Diogo Jota, the exit of Trent Alexander-Arnold, and transfer of Luis Diaz are all significant losses. The club have now also forfeited the ability to complain about spending after breaking the British transfer record for the wonderful Florian Wirtz and potentially doing it again to hire Alexander Isak away from Newcastle. Their other actions in the market show a side that wants to develop top talent but will no longer bank on the potential of the Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliotts of the world. They've added two world-class full backs in Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong, added an electric forward in Hugo Ekitike, and have talent for days on the bench. Biggest argument against a Liverpool repeat: Only Mo Salah played in more games than Diaz, who was the Reds' third-leading scorer with 17 goals. Jota was fourth with nine. Frimpong and Kerkez are very, very good but are bedding into a new system and the Reds will be tested in August. Manchester City A surprising record against Big Six teams last year and their humbling at the Club World Cup versus Al Hilal are very real things, but so was playing almost an entire season without perhaps the most indispensable player to Pep Guardiola's system in the form of Rodri. The addition of Rayan Ait-Nouri immediately fixes a problem spot and allows Josko Gvardiol — perhaps the club's player of last season — to stay inside where he can be joined by Ruben Dias or Manuel Akanji amongst others. Tijjani Reijnders' advanced stats comparables are names like Odegaard, Bellingham, and Baena, but the one that should most excite City fans is Gundogan. A full preseason in Pep's system for Omar Marmoush is nice and a bounce back for Phil Foden is expected while healthy Erling Haaland equals at least 3-4 more wins, but the big addition here is Rayan Cherki. We spoke of comparables for Reijnders, but how about Cherki's — Ousmane Dembele, Florian Wirtz, Vinicius Junior, Michael Olise, Cole Palmer. It does take some players a full year to adapt to Guardiola's demands, so that concern remains at the Etihad. Biggest argument against a Man City title: We know City are going to produce chances but they were open at the back and Rodri is coming back from a major injury. New pieces do take time to assimilate into Guardiola's system and there are questions about right back. Far-be-it from us to question Pep's judgment but Rico Lewis and friends did not get it done at the back last season. Lewis is, however, not even 21. Arsenal To some, Arsenal just won't be labeled a title favorite until they stay atop the table after Week 38. We get that. Club reputations and histories can sometimes heap a burden on teams that defy the sum of their parts. But this team? Wow. There might be questions about the ceilings of two prongs of their attacks but there are certainly not weaknesses. Viktor Gyokeres' transfer fee asks a lot of him but the fact remains that even adequate production from the center forward spot — 17-20 goals — should be enough given the complete nature of the Arsenal midfield. The club also hasn't settled on the hope that Gabriel Martinelli might take the next step or Kai Havertz has his most consistent Premier League season on the other side of Bukayo Saka. Noni Madueke's been brought in and Biggest argument against an Arsenal title: They haven't done it yet and Mikel Arteta hasn't been world class when it comes to squad rotation. Gyokeres is prolific and there's every reason to think he'll do quite well but, hey, maybe the Premier League is a bridge too far? Chelsea This will likely sound a little out there, but Chelsea may have the fewest weaknesses in the division and so far have only lost one significant player in the excellent Noni Madueke. However, the Club World Cup gave Enzo Maresca an extended look at some of his options to offset that loss. Jamie Gittens and Estevao are the relative unknowns while Joao Pedro and Liam Delap know the division. And that's without two-time double-digit PL goals scorer Nicolas Jackson. At the moment, their depth is exceptional. And Maresca has really firmed up his reputation this season. The fullback and midfield unit is spectacular, with the first player off the bench in each group a bonafide star on many other teams. Biggest argument against a Chelsea title: Robert Sanchez is often cited as a weakness — or at least as someone who could well be upgraded by Chelsea — though he was solid at the Club World Cup. Chelsea are solid at every position but are Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, and Co. going to take their center backs position to a Premier League title level? They have won the Club World Cup, but that was not a 38-game odyssey. Also, Noni Madueke was genuinely one of their best performers last season. Rio and Anton Ferdinand join the pitchside desk at MetLife Stadium to preview Manchester United's showdown with West Ham in the Premier League Summer Series.
Scottish Sun
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Man Utd ‘keen on Europa League winner to replace Andre Onana as Monaco consider shock transfer move for under-fire star
Scroll down to see their season stats Chilli con Carne Man Utd 'keen on Europa League winner to replace Andre Onana as Monaco consider shock transfer move for under-fire star Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) MANCHESTER UNITED have identified Europa League-winning goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi as a possible replacement for Andre Onana, reports suggest. Goalkeeper is a position Red Devils chiefs want to address following an error-strewn season from No. 1 Onana. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Marco Carnesecchi has been contacted by Man Utd Credit: Getty 3 They will move for him if Andre Onana is sold amid interest from Monaco Credit: Alamy Having signed the Cameroon international for £47million two summers ago, his high-profile mistakes have continued to cost Man Utd. And Ruben Amorim is said to be willing to cash in on the goalkeeper to shore up the defence. Onana, 29, has attracted interest from Ligue 1 side Monaco, according to Gianluca Di Marzio. However, Man Utd have wasted no time lining up a replacement in the form of Italian goalkeeper Carnesecchi. The 24-year-old has been the No.1 in Bergamo under Gian Piero Gasperini since his arrival at the club in the summer of 2023. He has kept 28 clean sheets in 76 games and was part of the squad which won the Europa League in 2024 as Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen to secure the club's first-ever European trophy. However, he could now follow Gasperini in leaving the club after Man Utd made contact with his representatives about a switch to England. The Old Trafford outfit have not made contact with Atalanta yet, and the Serie A side will need a substantial offer to sell. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK This news comes on a magical day for the shot-stopper as he tied the knot by getting married. On he is valued at £21.4m (€25m). Gyokeres trying to force Arsenal move | Newcastle eye Rashford deal | Transfers Exposed Man Utd have also reportedly been in talks for World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, 33, who Sun Sport revealed is up for the challenge of signing for the fallen giants. 3 Join SUN CLUB for the Man Utd Files every Thursday plus in-depth coverage and exclusives from Old Trafford
The Irish Sun
20-06-2025
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- The Irish Sun
Man Utd ‘keen on Europa League winner to replace Andre Onana as Monaco consider shock transfer move for under-fire star
MANCHESTER UNITED have identified Europa League-winning goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi as a possible replacement for Andre Onana, reports suggest. Goalkeeper is a position Red Devils chiefs want to address following an error-strewn season from No. 1 Advertisement 3 Marco Carnesecchi has been contacted by Man Utd Credit: Getty 3 They will move for him if Andre Onana is sold amid interest from Monaco Credit: Alamy Having signed the And Onana, 29, has attracted interest from Ligue 1 side Monaco, according to However, Man Utd have wasted no time lining up a replacement in the form of Italian goalkeeper Carnesecchi. Advertisement READ MORE IN FOOTBALL The 24-year-old has been the No.1 in Bergamo under Gian Piero Gasperini since his arrival at the club in the summer of 2023. He has kept 28 clean sheets in 76 games and was part of the squad which won the Europa League in 2024 as However, he could now follow Gasperini in leaving the club after Man Utd made contact with his representatives about a switch to England. The Old Trafford outfit have not made contact with Atalanta yet, and the Serie A side will need a substantial offer to sell. Advertisement Most read in Football BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK This news comes on a magical day for the shot-stopper as he tied the knot by getting married. On he is valued at £21.4m (€25m). Gyokeres trying to force Arsenal move | Newcastle eye Rashford deal | Transfers Exposed Man Utd have also reportedly been in talks for World Cup-winning goalkeeper Advertisement 3 Join SUN CLUB for the Man Utd Files every Thursday plus in-depth coverage and exclusives from Old Trafford
