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Amanda Staveley says she hopes to be back involved with Premier League football soon, amid recent links with Tottenham.

Staveley, who helped broker the Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle along with her husband Mehrdad Ghodoussi, was reportedly in talks over taking a stake in Spurs, external earlier this year.

Speaking at Bloomberg's 'Women, Money & Power' event in central London, she was asked about her feelings for Newcastle and those links with Tottenham.

"First of all, I think all we can do is thank the amazing Newcastle community and the founders for all the support that we had and and continue to get," said Staveley.

"It's so hard to move on from a club that's amazing. We could never move on from Newcastle and we never will. But yes, we're looking at a number of investment operations.

"We can't say too much at the moment because of you know, rules around it. But we will be able to talk about it, hopefully in the not too distant future."

Staveley and Ghodoussi sold their remaining shares in Newcastle in July to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Reuben family.

Ange Postecoglou's boys came out of the traps quickly against Real Betis that night, two goals up and cruising before a half an hour was played.

The only thing that pierced the silence of the Seville crowd was the incredulous jubilation of the visiting Celtic support.

With an injury-affected team, this was their new manager's first group game in Europe - Europa League, September 2021 - and he was owning it, until he wasn't.

Tottenham fans might have a sense of how this story ends. Two-nil Celtic became 4-3 Betis.

That was the first such lightning strike of Postecoglou's time in football management in the UK. Last Sunday against Chelsea was another.

The Australian is now back in the place he called home, Glasgow. His launchpad to White Hart Lane. On Thursday, Spurs play Rangers in the Europa League at Ibrox.

The visitors sit 11th in the Premier League. With one win in seven, a split support, an apparent lack of Plan B in his approach, injuries, and a player - Cristian Romero - appearing to have a pop at the club for a lack of investment, Postecoglou could do with rediscovering his halcyon days in the city.

Back then, his carefree Celtic treated Rangers like a cat treats a mouse.

There is a world of difference between the Scottish Premiership and the Premier League, but Angeball unites them both. As a game plan, it remains a terrible beauty, a thing of exhilaration and exasperation depending on the day.

Postecoglou doesn't really do steady. He's a yo-yo in human form.

In 76 league games with Celtic he had as many 6-0 and 6-1 victories on his record as he had 1-0s (four of each).

At Tottenham, in his 53 league games, he's had six 4-0 or 4-1 wins and only one routine 1-0. Even then, there was turbulence, Yves Bissouma getting sent off after 45 minutes.

Postecoglou returns to Glasgow, not beleaguered but sufficiently bothered to take on a shouty fan after the recent loss to Bournemouth.

If he gets hollered at in Glasgow - and he will - it'll be coming from Rangers fans with bitter memories of the rubble he reduced them to in his time up north. Happier days for Ange, those. Simpler.

Postecoglou and the angst that goes with him belong to Spurs now, but Celtic fans still feel blessed for the time they had with him. He arrived when the team needed a total rebuild and he did it in quick order, winning trophies with largely thrilling football.

More than half of the Brendan Rodgers team that's making improvements in Europe right now were brought in by the Australian.

It's true that Postecoglou operated in a weird footballing climate in Scotland.

Celtic bombed out of the Europa League in his first season but then went on a 23-game unbeaten run on home fronts, so the fans were sated.

They got embarrassed 5-1 on aggregate by Bodo Glimt in the Conference League but went on to win the domestic league, so Postecoglou was lauded.

In his one shot at the Champions League, Postecoglou was unbending in his attacking mindset even when drawn against Real Madrid.

For half an hour in Glasgow, his team were absolutely outstanding against the Spanish giants. It was some of the best stuff delivered by Celtic in Europe for years. They lost 3-0. Then they lost 5-1 away.

Postecoglou was regularly pressed on the high energy, high risk, low compromise style he deployed but said he'd "never move an inch, mate", in the way he saw the game.

Celtic secured two points from 18 in the Champions League that season.

Domestic dominance was the safety net that trumped European failure. Spurs have no such latitude in the brutal terrain of the Premier League.

Celtic have moved on a little since Postecoglou's departure and have hit on a style of play that works better for them on the unforgiving fields of Europe.

But Postecoglou's return will have some fans pondering what might have been had he never received an offer to go south.

Would he have tweaked his natural instincts for the greater good, as Rodgers has done, or would Celtic still be trying to go toe-to-toe with all comers, as they did on his watch, with bad outcomes?

The answer can probably be found in what we're seeing from the boom and bust that is Spurs - good enough to put Aston Villa, Manchester City and Manchester United to the sword, but also soft enough to cough up goals and points late on in a list of matches they had control of.

As much as Celtic fans loved having him, there's probably an acceptance now that they needed to lose him to advance in Europe, the real testing ground of a team that has Scottish football sewn up.

Because it's Postecoglou and because it's Rangers, half of Glasgow will be white on Thursday. They will always appreciate him and support him, but in the new world Celtic seem to be moving into, the days of lamenting him are over.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou returns to Glasgow to face old foes Rangers in the Europa League with his Spurs side in need of a victory amid a poor run of form.

Spurs have won just one of their last seven matches in all competitions - a 4-0 Premier League victory over Manchester City - and Postecoglou has been criticised by some fans and pundits in the wake of Sunday's 4-3 defeat by Chelsea.

Rangers, who are ahead of Tottenham on goal difference in the Europa League table with both sides accruing 10 points so far, have themselves had a turbulent campaign and are already 11 points behind Celtic in the Scottish Premiership.

However, Philippe Clement's side are unbeaten in eight matches, winning six, and have saved their best performances for the Europa League.

Postecoglou got the better of Rangers when in charge of Celtic between 2021 and 2023 before taking the Spurs job, winning back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles and a domestic treble.

Now the Australian returns to Ibrox with the same pressure to deliver.

Clement, though, is ignoring any notion Spurs are arriving in Glasgow in crisis, and referred to the comprehensive win over Manchester City last month.

"It's Premier League, it's the highest level in the world," the Rangers boss said.

"Things are really close together, so you can lose points there. I think it's still a really good team."

Rangers face Celtic at Hampden on Sunday in the final of the League Cup, as they attempt to defend the trophy they won last season.

Clement, who has yet to win an Old Firm derby, dismissed any notion his squad's focus will be split but did admit the short turnaround will factor into his selection for Thursday night.

"If you have one or two days more, you can take it more separately, now I need to take them together in my mind, making choices," Clement added.

"But my players need to be ready just for Spurs, nothing else. And to be focused on that, and give everything.

"And also knowing that playing at Ibrox with our fans on these European evenings, it's something special, it's something magical.

"And if they are tough, if they are brave, if they show quality, then there's a lot of energy coming out of the stands also."

Postecoglou is under no illusions about the reception he will receive on his return to Govan, given his ties to the other side of Glasgow.

However, he said that kind of intensity and passion is what football is all about, pointing to the "meaningless" games played behind closed doors during Covid.

"Once you experience football in empty stadiums, you realise how meaningless it is," Postecoglou said. "As much as you think it could be hostile tomorrow, that's what we love about the game. That's what brings it to life. Ultimately it is a game the evokes passions and emotions.

"Like every human being, you'd love it to be positive but it's not going to happen. You definitely want that as opposed to playing the game somewhere sterile where you don't have that."

The Australian insisted that tough away fixtures in Europe - like this one and last month's trip to Galatasaray - will benefit his young side in the long run.

"We played Galatasaray and that was a pretty decent atmosphere as well," the former Celtic boss continued. "We've got a young team at the moment and the more we can expose them to games like this, the better it will serve us moving forwards."

Postecoglou added Tottenham's current injury woes are the worst he has ever seen in 25 years of management, but he remains "very confident" in his side's ability to "get the job done" on Thursday.

"When the draw came out, it was the one that was of most interest to me because of my history up here. It should be a good game and in the context of where we are in Europe, it's an important game for both clubs.

"A positive result gets you a good way to getting through to the knockout stages so I'm looking forward to it."

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says defender Cristian Romero has apologised for criticising the club's owners.

The Argentine centre-back lamented the lack of investment by the club in recent times during an interview with Spanish broadcaster Telemundo Deportes on Sunday after his side's disappointing 4-3 loss to Chelsea, having led 2-0.

Romero, who joined Spurs permanently in 2022 after a season-long loan from Atalanta, said "something is going wrong, hopefully, they [the board] realise it", when discussing the spending of other clubs compared to Tottenham.

Postecoglou said: "He realises that a lot of what he said was good but some wasn't the right way of dealing with it. The same way I wouldn't criticise a player publicly.

"I've spoken to Cristian about it and he's apologised for it. It wasn't the right way to do it. It shows he cares. There's a way to do it and this wasn't it."

Romero and centre-back partner Micky van de Ven both returned to Tottenham's line-up for the defeat by Chelsea after injuries.

But the 26-year-old was taken off in the 15th minute following another setback, while Dutchman Van de Ven was also substituted 11 minutes from time.

Both will miss Thursday's Europa League fixture against Rangers at Ibrox, although Postecoglou does not know how long they will be on the sidelines for this time.

"We're still getting some clarity around the prognosis," he added. "Both have picked up injuries that will keep them out again.

"That's disappointing for us because obviously we're pretty thin on numbers. We've had to deal with that for quite a while now."

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Tottenham defender Cristian Romero has criticised the club's board for a lack of investment following the disappointing 4-3 loss at home to Chelsea.

Spurs let a 2-0 lead slip on Sunday and Ange Postecoglou's side have now won just one of their past seven games in all competitions.

Speaking to Spanish broadcaster Telemundo Deportes following the defeat, Argentina international Romero said a lack of spending is seeing the club fall behind their rivals.

"Manchester City competes every year, you see how Liverpool strengthens its squad, Chelsea strengthens their squad, doesn't do well, strengthens again, and now they're seeing results. Those are the things to imitate," said Romero.

"You have to realise that something is going wrong, hopefully, they [the board] realise it."

The result against London rivals Chelsea left Tottenham in the bottom half of the Premier League table, sitting 11th after 15 games.

Similar runs of form have seen Spurs part ways with managers in recent years, but Romero believes the board should take the blame rather than Postecoglou.

The Australian is the fifth manager, including caretakers, that the 26-year-old has played under since arriving in 2021.

"The last few years, it's always the same - first the players, then the coaching staff changes, and it's always the same people responsible," said Romero, in an interview translated from Spanish.

"Hopefully they realise who the true responsible ones are and we move forward because it's a beautiful club that, with the structure it has, could easily be competing for the title every year."

Speaking in Spanish, Romero gave an interview live on Spanish TV, to a reporter from Telemundo Deportes, in which the defender was asked a question about Tottenham's squad depth.

The interview went out live on TV and was published as a text article and video clip online.

However, a link to the full Romero interview initially published on Telemundo Deportes' website now only directs readers to a page saying:, external "We're sorry. The page you are looking for is no longer available."

Part of the interview - where Romero praised Postecoglou - was widely quoted in the aftermath of the game, including on BBC Sport.

But the more critical quotes emerged more slowly, with British media starting to report the translated version on Monday night.

Spurs reported losses of £86.8m in April, covering their finances for the 2022-23 season - the most up to date financial data available publicly.

Total revenue increased by 24% from 2022 to a record-high £549.6m, with matchday income reaching a record £117.6m.

But they reported a loss for the fourth successive year following the 2022 deficit of £50.1m.

Daniel Levy, who has been chairman since 2001, said the club were looking for "prospective investors".

"To continue to invest in the teams and undertake future capital projects, the club requires a significant increase in its equity base," he said.

Spurs sold England captain and record goalscorer Harry Kane to Bayern Munich for 100m euros (£86.4m) in August, but that deal fell outside the financial window and will be included in the 2023-24 accounts.

Journalist Rory Smith defended Levy on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, praising the "sustainable" way he runs the club.

In 2022-23, Tottenham spent £148.4m on transfers according to Transfermarkt,, external while in 2023-24 - Postecoglou's first season in charge - they spent £224.5m.

This summer, the club spent £122.8m on the likes of Sweden midfielder Lucas Bergvall (£8.5m), English midfielder Archie Gray (£30m) and England striker Dominic Solanke (£65m).

"The way Spurs is run is sustainable and ultimately that's good, that's what clubs should be doing," said Smith.

"Spurs' business in the summer was very future focused - Bergvall is 19 years old, Gray is 19 - those are smart signings.

"Solanke is probably overpriced because he's English and 27 but he is a proven Premier League goalscorer and that's what Spurs needed after losing Kane."

Former Tottenham midfielder Andros Townsend said Levy's work at Tottenham "goes under the radar".

"If you look at what Daniel Levy has done and take it out of this era and put it, 20, 30, 40 years ago, he'd be the best chairman in the world - there would be a statue outside the stadium of him," said Townsend.

"But because he's competing with Saudi owners, Qatari owners, American owners - all billionaires where they can just spend, spend, spend - his achievements go under the radar."

Pundit Jamie Carragher told Sky Sports, external he believes Levy should be replaced.

Since Levy took over Spurs have won just one trophy - the Carabao Cup in 2008.

In September 2023, Levy said he would be "open" to selling his stake if it was in the best interest of the club.

His family are 29.88% investors in Spurs' majority shareholder ENIC, who owns 86.58% of the club.

Levy oversaw the opening of the club's £1bn stadium in 2019.

"It's probably time for somebody else to come in because to not win a trophy in that period of time with the managers they have had, they've never really gone out of their way in the transfer market," said Carragher.

"Now that work's done in terms of a stadium and a training ground, someone else needs to be in charge of this football club."

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Despite being impressed by the way his young players kept their composure at Tottenham, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca refused to accept that his young squad is ready to mount a serious title challenge.

"Arsenal, [Manchester] City and Liverpool probably don't slide - like [Marc] Cucurella did," he said in a tongue-in-cheek reference to the misfortune of his Spanish left-back, who changed his boots after Tottenham's second goal.

"To be serious, we are not ready. We are far from these teams, but we focus on day-by-day and trying to improve the team.

"The plan or the idea is to not let the players slow down. They cannot drop because they know another player is waiting to come in."

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Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea

Enzo Maresca told BBC's Match of the Day that he was impressed by his Chelsea players' mental resilience after they kept their composure at Tottenham despite conceding two early goals.

"Overall I think, even in the first half, I think we were in control of the game," he said.

"Then when you concede two goals like we conceded it is not easy, but the reaction from the players [showed they] are mentally strong.

"We continued with the plan on the ball and off the ball and I think in the end we deserved to win the game."

Palmer's Panenka seals Chelsea's comeback win at Spurs

Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea

Nizaar Kinsella

BBC Sport football news reporter

Cole Palmer's ice-cool 'Panenka' penalty sealed Chelsea's impressive comeback as they came from two goals behind to win at Tottenham.

Strikes from Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandez and two spot-kicks from Palmer sank Spurs, who made a fast start but then fell apart and suffered a defeat that adds to the recent agony for under-fire manager Ange Postecoglou.

Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski had put Tottenham 2-0 up in 11 minutes, but by the time Son Heung-min added their third in stoppage time the game had slipped away from them.

Chelsea's win moves them to just four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool, while Spurs are 11th.

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There is no let-up in the football at this time of year, which is brilliant, but let's take time out this morning to reflect on the weekend's action before diving head-long into another week of Champions League action.

Storm Darragh left its mark on Saturday's fixture list, forcing the postponement of what was supposed to be the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

That gave Liverpool's title rivals the chance to close the gap and while both Arsenal and Manchester City were unable to take full advantage, a Cole Palmer-inspired Chelsea did not fluff their lines at Tottenham.

We have all the reaction coming up to those games and the rest of Sunday's Premier League programme, plus the latest on Dan Ashworth's abrupt departure from Old Trafford, Liverpool's reported contract offer to Mohamed Salah and Michail Antonio following his car crash.

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Enzo Maresca says Chelsea are ahead of expectations - but does not expect their Premier League rivals to slip up in the title race "like Marc Cucurella".

The Blues came back from a two-goal deficit to beat Tottenham 4-3 on Sunday, with both of Spurs' early finishes coming after Cucurella lost his footing.

Maresca became Chelsea boss in the summer after his predecessor Mauricio Pochettino led the Londoners to a sixth-placed finish.

Now they are second, just four points off leaders Liverpool, who have a game in hand after Saturday's trip to Everton was postponed due to Storm Darragh.

"We are ahead of my expectation," said Maresca after the impressive comeback win.

"In terms of the way we play on the ball, off the ball and in terms of the results."

The Italian, though, does not feel Chelsea are "ready" to challenge for the title yet.

"Arsenal, [Manchester] City and Liverpool probably don't slide - like Cucurella did," he added in a tongue-in-cheek reference to the misfortune of his Spanish left-back , who changed his boots after Tottenham's second goal.

"To be serious, we are not ready. We are far from these teams, but we focus on day-by-day and trying to improve the team.

"The plan or the idea is to not let the players slow down. They cannot drop because they know another player is waiting to come in."

While Cole Palmer had little say in the superb Jadon Sancho finish that sparked Chelsea's comeback at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the England international was integral to the next three, as he inspired the Blues to their derby triumph.

The 22-year-old coolly scored a penalty to draw the Blues level, before his mazy run and shot created Enzo Fernandez's volley to make it 3-2.

A cheeky 'Panenka' penalty for his second goal capped a fine display by Palmer, prompting former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher to compare him with Chelsea's footballing legends.

"People fear [him] when he has the ball," Carragher told Sky Sports. "When you look at Chelsea over the years, you look at flair players and you look at Gianfranco Zola and Eden Hazard. He has probably done more than Zola already in his 18 months at the club.

"He is going to go down as one of the biggest players for Chelsea if he keeps doing what he is doing. He is a very special player, and that's not just in the Premier League, it is in Europe and world football as well."

Palmer has taken just 48 Premier League matches to reach 50 goal involvements (33 goals, 17 assists).

He is the fourth quickest to reach that total, with Manchester City's Erling Haaland (39), former Newcastle striker Andy Cole (43) and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (46) reaching it in less matches for a club in the competition.

Former Liverpool and Spurs midfielder Jamie Redknapp added: "Palmer's move to Chelsea has been life changing.

"The things he does on the ball are frightening. He is a throwback of a player, like he is playing with his mates. It is effortless for him."

Tottenham defender Cristian Romero has backed Ange Postecoglou, while his manager insists he will not change his approach after a hugely disappointing 4-3 defeat by Chelsea.

Spurs led 2-0 within 11 minutes but ended up losing with Cole Palmer netting two penalties - both for fairly needless fouls by Tottenham players.

Postecoglou's side have only won one of their past seven games in all competitions, losing four of them.

They are in the bottom half of the Premier League table, sitting 11th after 15 games.

Postecoglou is the fifth manager, including caretakers, that Argentina centre-back Romero has played under since arriving in 2021.

The Australian manager has had success at most clubs he has been at - including Celtic - but Tottenham have not won a trophy since the 2008 League Cup.

Romero told Telemundo: "He's a great coach. We saw it in the first season. In this second one we've suffered a lot of injuries.

"Players are the first one to be criticised, then if we lose 10 games, the staff can be changed, but nobody talks about what is actually happening.

"We are very happy with this staff, me and my colleagues. We love how they work and the football they try to play. We'll try to move on quickly."

Tottenham, whose chairman has been Daniel Levy since 2001, started last season brightly under new boss Postecoglou but ended up fifth.

Postecoglou always stands by his attacking philosophy even though it often costs his team goals.

It is an approach that has seen him win trophies with South Melbourne, Brisbane Roar, Yokohama F Marinos, Celtic and the Australia national team.

"It was good enough to get us ahead in the game so I am not sure why we should change our approach," he told BBC Radio 5 Live of their quick start on Sunday.

Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski goals had them looking in control until Jadon Sancho started the comeback in the 17th minute.

Palmer scored twice and Enzo Fernandez also found the back of the net.

"It was a game of big moments. If we score at 2-2 and go 3-2 ahead then the pressure is on them and they have to open up like we did when we conceded," the Spurs manager continued.

"Their penalties were poor from our behalf. We didn't need to make those challenges and it was hard for us to claw it back.

"I think sometimes when you are in this position we are, you are desperate to do the right thing.

"You probably need a calmer approach. The guys are desperate to do the right thing and unfortunately it cost us."

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min, who scored an injury-time goal to make it 4-3, says the players need to "step up".

"We've got to stick together in such difficult moments," the 32-year-old South Korean told Sky Sports.

"It's very important and it's why we need big support. The players are very young and they need support more than before and more than we had.

"The fans were always supporting amazingly but I think it's time the players also need to step up. We need some big support and big cheering up."