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BBC News
2 days ago
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Frank and players silence the critics and protestors
Although Tottenham's 2024-25 season ended in glory with their first trophy in 17 years and their first European silverware since 1984, their woeful league performances left them 17th, in their worst position in English football since one campaign in the old Second Division in the late protests were a regular part of last season, although a planned protest on Saturday failed to materialise, apart from a handful of fans outside the stadium holding one banner criticising chairman Daniel Levy, which read: Built a business, killed a football supporters have expressed their disappointment at the club's business in the transfer window as Mohammed Kudus, along with midfielder Joao Palhinha who has joined on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich, have been the only major popular club captain Son Heung-min was sold to Los Angeles FC for £18m, while Spurs failed in an attempt to sign England's Morgan Gibbs-White with the midfielder since agreeing a new deal with Nottingham the club are making progress to sign Crystal Palace and England forward Eberechi Eze with talks expected to progress in the next 48 hours, while Manchester City winger Savinho remains a best way for Tottenham and Frank to stop fans protesting is with their result against Burnley, and their showing in the Uefa Super Cup on Wednesday - when they gave European champions Paris St-Germain a huge fright before conceding a 94th-minute equaliser to draw 2-2 and then lose on penalties - has been a good have remained as entertaining as they were under Postecoglou, but the early signs under Thomas Frank are that the team will be able to do that without the all-out attack and defensively vulnerable nature often displayed under the summed it up by saying: "It was a perfect start, our dream start, but we all know we need to follow on it."But today I will just enjoy it, and I hope the players, the club and the fans enjoyed it."
BBC News
01-08-2025
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What Palhinha would offer Tottenham
Tottenham are closing in on the loan signing of Bayern Munich midfielder Joao Palhinha. The destructive number six joined the German giants in a £42.3m deal last summer and called it "the happiest day of my life" – although the move has since soured due to injury and a lack of playing has started just 10 games in all competitions for Bayern in the last year, prompting a potential move back to the Premier League where he excelled during his two seasons with Fulham between 2022 and 34-cap Portugal international proved to be a real bargain after swapping Sporting Lisbon for Craven Cottage for around £17m, comfortably topping the Premier League rankings for tackles with a total of 300 during his initial two-season stint – 109 more than any other player. He also ranked sixth for interceptions (92).His combative style of play, however, does carry risks. The 30-year-old received 27 yellow cards across 2022-23 and 2023-24 – at least five more than anyone up for news alerts on your club
