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Telegraph
an hour ago
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- Telegraph
Son Heung-min set to leave Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min could be another high-profile departure this summer as the club seek to generate transfer funds and reshape their squad ahead of a return to the Champions League next season. There is an opportunity for Spurs to generate a fee for Son, 32, who lifted the Europa League trophy in Bilbao last month. He has one year left on his existing contract after the club triggered an option for another year this January. Saudi Pro League clubs have long been interested in Son, a recognisable world star with a major following in Asia as well as Europe. Son would depart on a high as one of the greats of Spurs in the last two decades. He has been captain since August 2023 and the departure of his erstwhile strike partner, Harry Kane. A persistent foot injury meant Richarlison just edged ahead of Son for the Spurs XI that started the final against Manchester United, although the South Korean came on in the second half. Arguably the best Spurs signing of the modern era, Son joined from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015 and has become a star of the Premier League and in his home country, South Korea. He was not in the squad for the final Spurs game of the season, a 4-1 home defeat to Brighton as a consequence of the foot injury. Son is currently with the South Korea national team, which plays its final two World Cup qualifiers against Iraq and Kuwait this month. They need only a single point to reach the tournament and Son is not expected to feature in a prominent role as he recovers from injury. He did not feature in Tuesday's new season kit launch. Ange Postecoglou's future looks very much in doubt, with no assurances yet from chairman Daniel Levy that the Australian will continue as manager next season. Postecoglou has been on holiday in Europe since the end of the Europa League victory celebrations last week. Telegraph Sport reported on Monday that Levy's key aide at the club, Donna Cullen, is stepping down after a long period of service with Enic, the company that controls Spurs. Cullen has been on the board at the club since 2006. In addition, there are questions over the future of finance director Matthew Collecott. Nevertheless, victory over United and the first European trophy since 1984 has changed the mood among supporters after a league season in which Spurs finished 17th – with a victory parade on Tottenham High Road. Postecoglou said after the parade it was not he who would make the decisions on his future. Asked how he felt about Spurs' season, Postecoglou responded to the BBC: 'How do I assess it? Outstanding. We won a trophy which we haven't done in 17 years and we are in the Champions League. Ask anyone at this football club at the start of the year whether they would take that – I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be a person in the house who wouldn't.'
The Sun
7 hours ago
- Business
- The Sun
Kane vs Kiwis at Club World Cup, Man Utd in Asia and Bournemouth vs Everton in New Jersey… football must never rest
IN the wee small hours of Sunday at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Paris Saint-Germain's players were celebrating the greatest achievement of their lives. They had ended the 14-year quest of their Qatari overlords to win the Champions League, having inflicted on Inter Milan the most comprehensive humping in the history of European Cup finals. 10 But if Luis Enrique and his side had wanted to put their feet up and bask in this ultimate glory, then they were sadly mistaken. Almost immediately after their 5-0 win, Enrique and his stars would be peppered with questions about their prospects at the Club World Cup — a 32-team, month-long tournament designed to carpet-bomb TV schedules with even more football, starting on Sunday week. Does the Club World Cup now represent ultimate glory, rather than the Champions League? Is that, in the words of Finchy in The Office, 'the real quiz'? Because football — even in the odd-numbered summers which used to give us a brief respite from the thing — must never, ever rest. And so next week, PSG will go to America, where they will play the Urawa Red Diamonds, The Last Shadow Puppets and the Seattle Sounders — only one of which is really the name of an English band. And on Sunday week, Bayern Munich will play Auckland City in Cincinnati. And they WILL play. And there is nothing we can do to stop them playing. Even though we already know Bayern Munich are significantly better than Auckland City. And Harry Kane will play. Even though his body is creaking. Even though he hasn't had a proper rest in years. Even though he surely can't think of anything worse than having to play Auckland City. Because Fifa are offering $1BILLION in prize money. And two days later, you can watch in HD as Ulsan HD of South Korea play Mamelodi Sundowns, who are possibly an indie band who have an afternoon slot on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage, or might be a football team from Pretoria in South Africa Because in football there must be no sundown. Only the Mamelodi Sundowns. And Manchester City and Chelsea will be there too, due to some convoluted Uefa qualification system which it's best not to ask about. And Inter Miami will be there — not because of any system but because they employ Lionel Messi, who turns 38 this month and must be tired but must never, ever rest. And the whole thing will go on for every bit as long as an actual World Cup, with countries, used to go on for. 10 Although not as long as next year's actual World Cup, which will have 48 nations and 104 matches in it and will go on for even longer. Oh and there will still be a third-place play-off. Because what else would we do with ourselves on Saturday July 18, 2026, if we couldn't watch another game of football between two utterly deflated, exhausted teams? Manchester United didn't qualify for the Club World Cup. But that doesn't matter because, after the worst season in their modern history, United's players travelled 14,000 miles to play post-season friendlies in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong so that the club could fulfil £10million worth of sponsorship commitments. And yes 'net zero' is supposed to be an environmental policy rather than United's goalscoring output against the ASEAN All-Stars. During the half-time interval of that 1-0 defeat in Malaysia, Andre Onana, Harry Maguire and Diogo Dalot were substituted so they could board a private jet to Mumbai to promote Apollo tyres. Because people in Mumbai will choose Apollo tyres if an error-prone Cameroonian goalkeeper tells them to. And Michelin and Bridgestone and Pirelli won't get a look in, just so long as Dalot presses home Apollo's core messages, which are 'Going The Distance' and 'Conquer Every Road'. 10 10 While Maguire was flying to India, to tell people that 'the journey is as important as the destination', Amad Diallo was still in Malaysia, where he was giving the middle finger to a fan who had apparently abused his mother. And then issuing a social-media apology, in which he said he didn't actually regret giving the finger. Because it isn't enough that Amad's mother is abused during the football season. She needs to be abused during the close season as well. And her son needs to retaliate. Because there needs to be online content and, if the internet never sleeps, then why should football sleep, along with its content-creating by-product, the abuse of really tired footballers? Last year, Tottenham and Newcastle made a 21,000-mile round trip to Melbourne to play each other, six weeks after they had previously done so. And the Toon won on penalties. But is that really enough, when these footballers travelled in first-class luxury and stayed in excellent hotels? The BBC's Race Across The World is an extraordinarily successful TV show because contestants must travel on overnight buses and then muck out animals to raise extra cash. 10 10 Why shouldn't footballers do the same on post-season and pre-season tours? Wouldn't that provide better content? This Saturday, England will play a competitive match against Andorra, which won't be competitive. And next Tuesday, England will play Senegal, when they won't really be England because so many of their players will be heading to the Club World Cup. But it's not as if we'd have to wait long for football without this new thing. Next month, there will be a North London Derby in Hong Kong and Bournemouth will play Everton at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, the venue for next summer's World Cup final. Because why wouldn't we want to watch Bournemouth play Everton in July — even if, when the fixtures come out in a fortnight, we might find out that they are playing each other in August? The thing is, Bournemouth versus Everton has been far too parochial until now. When Bournemouth are at home, only 11,000 people get in to watch it. What about the blue-collar workers of New Jersey, the people Bruce Springsteen writes ballads about? Don't they deserve their fix of Bournemouth versus Everton, instead of just shotgun, teenage weddings and dreaming about escaping from small towns on motorbikes, kind of stuff? And the answer is, yes, they do deserve Bournemouth versus Everton. Just like you deserve Red Bull Salzburg, the second best team in Austria, versus CF Pachuca, the eighth best team in Mexico. That one's on Wednesday June 18 at 11pm. Followed by Al-Ain versus Juventus at 2am. Eyes down, look in. We'll sleep when we're dead. 10
BreakingNews.ie
a day ago
- Business
- BreakingNews.ie
Monday's briefing: Matheus Cunha and Caoimhín Kelleher set for transfers
Manchester United started their summer business by reaching an agreement with Wolves to sign Matheus Cunha. The Brazilian forward will be Ruben Amorim's first summer signing after a disappointing campaign saw the Red Devils finish 15th in the Premier League and lose to Tottenham in the Europa League final. Advertisement Brentford have agreed a deal to sign Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, the PA news agency understands. From Molineux to Old Trafford Our first signing of the summer has been agreed 🇧🇷✍️ #MUFC — Manchester United (@ManUtd) June 1, 2025 Brazil forward Cunha has been in Manchester over the weekend to put the finishing touches to his move to Old Trafford, which is subject to a visa and registration. The 26-year-old, who has won 13 senior caps for Brazil, scored 18 goals in all competitions last season. A United statement read: 'Manchester United has reached agreement with Wolverhampton Wanderers for the signing of Matheus Cunha. Advertisement 'The Brazilian forward's signing is subject to visa and registration. Everyone at Manchester United looks forward to welcoming Matheus to Old Trafford.' England squad enjoy F1 before qualifier A lot of fun at the F1 in Barcelona today! Great to see the pinnacle of another sport up close. Huge respect for all the drivers and their teams. 🏁 🏎️ — Harry Kane (@HKane) June 1, 2025 England took time out of their preparations for the World Cup qualifier against Andorra by enjoying a day at the Spanish Grand Prix. Captain Harry Kane and his men watched on as Oscar Piastri pipped Lando Norris in Barcelona. Meanwhile, despite not being named in the squad, Manchester City defender John Stones has also linked up with Thomas Tuchel's group to continue his rehabilitation following a spell on the sidelines and was pictured alongside Kane at the circuit. Advertisement Oldham secure promotion Tom Conlon lifts the trophy following the National League play-off final at Wembley (Adam Davy/PA) There were 52,115 in attendance at Wembley as Oldham scored twice in two minutes in extra time to beat Southend 3-2 in the National League play-off final and secure promotion to League Two. Manny Monthe's early own goal was cancelled out by Joe Garner's penalty before Southend went ahead through Leon Chambers-Parillon's 91st-minute goal. But James Norwood and Kian Harratt struck to help Oldham follow Barnet into the English Football League. Brentford look to Kelleher Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher is on his way to Brentford (John Walton/PA) With Mark Flekken set to move to Bayer Leverkusen, Brentford have turned to Kelleher. Advertisement A reported initial fee of £12.5m for the second-choice Liverpool goalkeeper can rise to £18m if performance-related requirements are met. Republic of Ireland international Kelleher, who has a year left on his contract at Anfield, played over a quarter of the champions' Premier League matches this season when first-choice Alisson Becker was injured. What's on today? Gameday in our Nation's Capital! 📌 ⚽: #AUSvARG ⏰: 7:30pm AEST 🏟: @giostadium 📺💻📱: @ParamountPlusAU #Matildas #VisitCanberra @visitcanberra — CommBank Matildas (@TheMatildas) June 1, 2025 Australia's Matildas host Argentina in an international friendly in Canberra, with South Korea and Colombia also facing off.
North Wales Chronicle
a day ago
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Monday's briefing: Matheus Cunha and Caoimhin Kelleher set for transfers
The Brazilian forward will be Ruben Amorim's first summer signing after a disappointing campaign saw the Red Devils finish 15th in the Premier League and lose to Tottenham in the Europa League final. Brentford have agreed a deal to sign Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, the PA news agency understands. Our first signing of the summer has been agreed 🇧🇷✍️#MUFC — Manchester United (@ManUtd) June 1, 2025 Brazil forward Cunha has been in Manchester over the weekend to put the finishing touches to his move to Old Trafford, which is subject to a visa and registration. The 26-year-old, who has won 13 senior caps for Brazil, scored 18 goals in all competitions last season. A United statement read: 'Manchester United has reached agreement with Wolverhampton Wanderers for the signing of Matheus Cunha. 'The Brazilian forward's signing is subject to visa and registration. Everyone at Manchester United looks forward to welcoming Matheus to Old Trafford.' A lot of fun at the F1 in Barcelona today! Great to see the pinnacle of another sport up close. Huge respect for all the drivers and their teams. 🏁 🏎️ — Harry Kane (@HKane) June 1, 2025 England took time out of their preparations for the World Cup qualifier against Andorra by enjoying a day at the Spanish Grand Prix. Captain Harry Kane and his men watched on as Oscar Piastri pipped Lando Norris in Barcelona. Meanwhile, despite not being named in the squad, Manchester City defender John Stones has also linked up with Thomas Tuchel's group to continue his rehabilitation following a spell on the sidelines and was pictured alongside Kane at the circuit. There were 52,115 in attendance at Wembley as Oldham scored twice in two minutes in extra time to beat Southend 3-2 in the National League play-off final and secure promotion to League Two. Manny Monthe's early own goal was cancelled out by Joe Garner's penalty before Southend went ahead through Leon Chambers-Parillon's 91st-minute goal. But James Norwood and Kian Harratt struck to help Oldham follow Barnet into the English Football League. With Mark Flekken set to move to Bayer Leverkusen, Brentford have turned to Kelleher. A reported initial fee of £12.5m for the second-choice Liverpool goalkeeper can rise to £18m if performance-related requirements are met. Republic of Ireland international Kelleher, who has a year left on his contract at Anfield, played over a quarter of the champions' Premier League matches this season when first-choice Alisson Becker was injured. Gameday in our Nation's Capital! 📌 ⚽: #AUSvARG⏰: 7:30pm AEST🏟: @giostadium 📺💻📱: @ParamountPlusAU #Matildas #VisitCanberra @visitcanberra — CommBank Matildas (@TheMatildas) June 1, 2025 Australia's Matildas host Argentina in an international friendly in Canberra, with South Korea and Colombia also facing off.
South Wales Guardian
a day ago
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Monday's briefing: Matheus Cunha and Caoimhin Kelleher set for transfers
The Brazilian forward will be Ruben Amorim's first summer signing after a disappointing campaign saw the Red Devils finish 15th in the Premier League and lose to Tottenham in the Europa League final. Brentford have agreed a deal to sign Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, the PA news agency understands. Our first signing of the summer has been agreed 🇧🇷✍️#MUFC — Manchester United (@ManUtd) June 1, 2025 Brazil forward Cunha has been in Manchester over the weekend to put the finishing touches to his move to Old Trafford, which is subject to a visa and registration. The 26-year-old, who has won 13 senior caps for Brazil, scored 18 goals in all competitions last season. A United statement read: 'Manchester United has reached agreement with Wolverhampton Wanderers for the signing of Matheus Cunha. 'The Brazilian forward's signing is subject to visa and registration. Everyone at Manchester United looks forward to welcoming Matheus to Old Trafford.' A lot of fun at the F1 in Barcelona today! Great to see the pinnacle of another sport up close. Huge respect for all the drivers and their teams. 🏁 🏎️ — Harry Kane (@HKane) June 1, 2025 England took time out of their preparations for the World Cup qualifier against Andorra by enjoying a day at the Spanish Grand Prix. Captain Harry Kane and his men watched on as Oscar Piastri pipped Lando Norris in Barcelona. Meanwhile, despite not being named in the squad, Manchester City defender John Stones has also linked up with Thomas Tuchel's group to continue his rehabilitation following a spell on the sidelines and was pictured alongside Kane at the circuit. There were 52,115 in attendance at Wembley as Oldham scored twice in two minutes in extra time to beat Southend 3-2 in the National League play-off final and secure promotion to League Two. Manny Monthe's early own goal was cancelled out by Joe Garner's penalty before Southend went ahead through Leon Chambers-Parillon's 91st-minute goal. But James Norwood and Kian Harratt struck to help Oldham follow Barnet into the English Football League. With Mark Flekken set to move to Bayer Leverkusen, Brentford have turned to Kelleher. A reported initial fee of £12.5m for the second-choice Liverpool goalkeeper can rise to £18m if performance-related requirements are met. Republic of Ireland international Kelleher, who has a year left on his contract at Anfield, played over a quarter of the champions' Premier League matches this season when first-choice Alisson Becker was injured. Gameday in our Nation's Capital! 📌 ⚽: #AUSvARG⏰: 7:30pm AEST🏟: @giostadium 📺💻📱: @ParamountPlusAU #Matildas #VisitCanberra @visitcanberra — CommBank Matildas (@TheMatildas) June 1, 2025 Australia's Matildas host Argentina in an international friendly in Canberra, with South Korea and Colombia also facing off.
