Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and predicted lineups ahead of Brentford vs Tottenham Hotspur in Gameweek 1 of the 2026/27 Premier League season. Spurs begin their first full campaign under Roberto De Zerbi looking to put back-to-back 17th-place finishes behind them.
An insider has revealed the priority for recruiting attackers at Tottenham amid an update on a £155million Manchester City double raid.
Tottenham Hotspur are set to table a bid to sign Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo as they close in on a double deal to sign Savinho and Omar Marmoush from Manchester City.
James Maddison, Mateus Fernandes and Destiny Udogie have all been training ahead of Tottenham’s Premier League opener at Brentford, giving Roberto De Zerbi some welcome options as he plans his first competitive team selection of the season.
Here's what he had to say...
Tell us about the summer so far. So much has happened since May, so many big signings, players leaving - how happy are you?
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Brentford boss Keith Andrews has revealed Sepp van den Berg will miss the opening stages of the Premier League season with a groin injury.
The Bees will kick off the 2026-27 Premier League season with a clash against Tottenham Hotspur at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Tottenham interest in a Chelsea winger has been confirmed by an insider, who’s revealed the ranking of Spurs attacking targets for the back end of the window.
Continuing our preview feature 'what can you tell us about...?' we turned to David Anderson of Bees Tactical, the home of all things tactics, data and youth Bees, found on on Substack.
Here's what David had to say...
