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Tottenham reportedly want to sign Noni Madueke from Chelsea, and the club are becoming ‘frustrated’ with him and will therefore allow him to move on.

Madueke has shown promise in just over two years at Stamford Bridge. In the Premier League, he has never had a better return in front of goal than he has this season.

He has seven goals – the third most in the Chelsea side – and three assists. Madueke scored a hat-trick in his first game of the season, but has twice had runs of six games without a goal this campaign.

As a result, TBRFootball states the Blues are getting ‘frustrated’ with him. And with that being said, it’s believed he’s one of a few Chelsea players who will be allowed to leave in the summer.

Tottenham could be on hand to take advantage of that position, as the London rivals are reportedly interested in him as they assess their wide options.

They have appreciated him since before he moved to Chelsea, so the signing would be a long time coming if it’s one they are able to make.

That said, they do have competition in their way. Newcastle’s interest reportedly remains after they made an attempt to sign Madueke previously, while Aston Villa are also in the race.

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It’s not clear what price Chelsea would accept for Madueke, but with a few Premier League rivals on the offensive for him, his value could be driven up.

Madueke is only two goals behind Spurs’ top scorers Brennan Johnson and James Maddison in the Premier League this season, while he is on the same amount as Son Heung-Min, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke.

As such, while he might not be a massive upgrade on the players already available to Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham, he would certainly be a useful member of the attacking group if they could get him.

But doing so will depend on if they can beat Newcastle, Villa and any other interested sides to the transfer.

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has been tipped to “lose his job” on one condition with two possible replacements mooted.

Postecoglou is under huge pressure as Spurs have massively declined after they narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification ahead of this season.

Injuries have heavily impacted Spurs this season, but their performances have not been good enough as they have spent most of this campaign in the bottom half of the Premier League.

Postecoglou remains one of the favourites to be the next Premier League manager sacked following Tottenham’s disappointing 2-0 loss to Fulham before the international break.

Spurs also failed in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup, so all of their focus is on the Europa League ahead of their quarter-final against Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Ahead of this tie, former Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson claimed Postecoglou will “lose his job” if they “don’t win the Europa League”

“No, I don’t see the point in getting rid of him now because there’s dead space between now and the end of the season. The only thing that saves Ange Postecoglou now is the Europa League,” Robinson said.

“It could either be a disastrous season for Tottenham or in six weeks, we could be talking about them playing in the Champions League next season. His and his team’s future hangs on the Europa League. They’ve got massive games against Frankfurt home and away.

He added: “There’ve been some great nights under his stewardship, but results just haven’t been good enough. For me, if they don’t win the Europa League, then the manager loses his job.”

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Robinson has also explained why he reckons AFC Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola and Fulham’s Marco Silva are “achievable targets” for Spurs.

“No disrespect to Bournemouth or Fulham, but Tottenham’s a bigger club. Every week we talk about their fantastic stadium and training ground, so they’ve got everything in place except what’s happening on the pitch,” Robinson added.

“Any manager would know that they can’t take this club backwards because they haven’t won a trophy since 2008, so they’ve only got two options, be successful or do the same as any other manager at this club. Tottenham Hotspur would be a massive draw for any manager.

“Andoni Iraola’s done a fantastic job at Bournemouth. They’re defensively sound, whilst at the same time, they play a really good brand of football.

“Marco Silva doesn’t normally get linked with top jobs because of things that happened earlier on in his managerial career, such as his time at Hull and Everton, but Fulham have become an extremely well-established side, so I wouldn’t be disappointed if either of them were at Tottenham next season and I think both of them are achievable targets for Spurs.”

Tottenham would reportedly need to pay £40million for Wolves defender Rayan Ait-Nouri, after it was stated they had become frontrunners with a first bid.

Defensive stability has been a problem for Spurs this season. After 29 games in the Premier League, they have conceded 43 goals.

It follows a campaign in which they shipped 61 goals. But then, Tottenham finished fifth in the league, and they’d be lucky to come in the top half this season, given they’re currently 14th and 10 points off 10th.

They have their eyes on defensive reinforcements, with a number of reports suggesting Wolves man Ait-Nouri is one of their priorities. He’d likely replace Destiny Udogie as the first-choice left-back, who’s already lost his place to right-back Djed Spence at times this season.

According to Football Insider, Spurs would have to pay £40million to land Ait-Nouri. Amid competition from the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, that could see them safely land the left-back.

It seems Spurs will have to raise what they think is a decent offer if they are to get Ait-Nouri, then.

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Indeed, it was reported of late that they were planning a bid in the region of £29.5million, and a few days later, news of a £30million offer was revealed by just one outlet, which may suggest it was not a legitimate report.

In any case, it stated Tottenham were ‘the most likely candidates’ to sign Ait-Nouri. If that is the case, amid interest from other Premier League and European clubs, it would seem they would have to lodge an offer which Wolves are happier with.

Indeed, there is the chance that the door could be opened for one of their rival clubs if they decide against matching the £40million, given somebody else could decide to pay it.

Contact between Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy and former boss Mauricio Pochettino has reportedly ‘never really stopped’ and even Ange Postecoglou winning the Europa League might not help him from being sacked.

Spurs are in a poor spot in the Premier League. After a fifth-placed finish last season – Postecoglou’s first – and the manager stating he “always wins” something in his second season, there was optimism.

But Tottenham have slumped massively, currently finding themselves 14th in the Premier League. Postecoglou’s suggestion about second-season triumphs will be dead it he doesn’t win the Europa League, as might his job.

In fact, according to GIVEMESPORT, that might not be safe even if he does engineer triumph in that competition. Indeed, it’s stated there is a ‘growing feeling’ that even winning the European title might not be enough.

It’s believed among talk of Andoni Iraola and Marco Silva being lined up as candidates to replace Postecoglou, that the idea of former boss Pochettino‘s return has ‘lingered ever since he left’.

Indeed, it’s believed he remains ‘friendly’ with chairman Levy, and their contact has ‘never really stopped’. Though Pochettino is coaching the USA, performances have not been fantastic, so it’s not as if he could not be convinced away.

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It’s believed speculation about his return to north London could grow. It seems likely that if Spurs are dumped out of the Europa League, calls for Postecoglou’s head will get louder.

That could lend itself to calls for Pochettino’s return to also grow. Speculation has been particularly rife this week, after a photo of Levy and Pochettino sitting together was posted on social media.

There’s no way to prove when the photo was from, but the timing of its release, amid the pressure Postecoglou finds himself under, certainly adds fuel to the fire that the Argentine could replace him.

Tottenham are reportedly planning a ‘significant investment’ on Viktor Gyokeres, who is said to be ‘intrigued’ by Nottingham Forest, who have initiated contact for the striker.

Gyokeres is one of the deadliest strikers in Europe at the moment. He bagged 43 goals in all competitions for Sporting CP last season, and has 40 so far this term.

Amid that period of form, the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona have been linked with his signing. As have Tottenham, who reports in Spain suggest are willing to make a ‘significant investment’ on the striker.

Indeed, Gyokeres is said to be one of the most attractive options to bolster their attack next season.

Sporting will reportedly ‘remain firm’ in their demands for Gyokeres, which are currently said to be €65m-€75m (£54.5m-£62.9m), rather than his €100m (£83.7m) release clause.

But Tottenham face danger from yet another Premier League side, as Football Transfers reports Nottingham Forest have ‘initiated contact’ with the striker.

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He is said to be viewed as the long-term successor to Chris Wood, who at 33 years old, has 18 Premier League goals this season.

The report states Gyokeres is ‘intrigued by the prospect’ of heading to the City Ground. The potential of Champions League football in an ambitious project is said to be attractive for the striker.

Forest are aiming to re-establish themselves among the elite of English football, and the signing of one of the deadliest strikers in the world matches up with that.

Gyokeres has just one season of Champions League football under his belt, playing eight games and scoring six goals this season – including a hat-trick against Manchester City – and with Forest third in the Premier League, another campaign there could beckon for Gyokeres.

Tottenham’s only way of landing a spot in the elite European competition is by winning the Europa League, so the City Ground outfit have a much better shot at the moment.

According to reports, Tottenham Hotspur have chosen their two preferred targets to replace head coach Ange Postecoglou with ‘doubts emerging’.

Postecoglou is towards the end of his second season at Spurs and is coming under immense pressure.

The Aussie head coach was praised for his work in 2023/24 as he overhauled Tottenham‘s style of play, and they narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification.

Spurs were expected to step up this season, but they have gone backwards as they have spent most of the campaign in the bottom half of the Premier League.

Tottenham’s severe injury crisis has been a mitigating factor, but they have still been a massive letdown and Postecoglou is under huge pressure.

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Postecoglou is among the favourites to be the next Premier League manager sacked as their failure in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup have added to their woes.

Spurs were afforded a boost last week as they beat Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar over two legs to progress in the Europa League. However, they crashed down to earth on Sunday, losing 2-0 to London rivals Fulham.

Following this latest setback, a report from The Telegraph claims Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola and Fulham’s Marco Silva are Tottenham’s ‘leading contenders if they ‘sack Postecoglou’.

Spurs are said to be considering potential replacements if ‘they feel forced into changing the club’s head coach’.

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Tottenham’s Europa League campaign has been deemed ‘critical’ for Postecoglou, though ‘the club have remained supportive of Postecoglou and have been understanding of the injury crisis that was a huge contributing factor to form and results’.

Regarding Iraola and Silva’s stance on leaving their respective clubs, the report explains.

‘Bournemouth are expected to fight to try to keep Iraola, but there are doubts emerging over Silva’s future at Fulham, despite the superb job he has done at Craven Cottage.

‘There have been reports that Bournemouth want to extend Iraola’s contract, although sources close to his camp have indicated that he would be interested in the prospect of taking over at Tottenham.

‘Iraola’s current contract runs to 2026 and owner Bill Foley has confirmed that he plans to talk to Iraola personally about his future when he is scheduled to be in the UK next month.

‘Silva’s Fulham team beat Tottenham on Sunday to maintain their bid to qualify for Europe and the Cottagers are also in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they will face Crystal Palace.

‘But sources have cast doubt on Silva’s future at Fulham past this season, believing he and the club could be heading for a parting of the ways.’

A Tottenham fan has revealed what Mathys Tel said after the Spurs forward came to speak to an angry away end at Fulham on Sunday.

Tottenham lost an even game against their London rivals 2-0 with the Cottagers scoring two goals in the last 12 minutes through Rodrigo Muniz and Ryan Sessegnon.

The defeat saw Manchester United leapfrog Spurs into 13th with Ange Postecoglou’s men dropping down to 14th in the Premier League table.

Pressure is once again building on Postecoglou after failing to win any of their last three matches against Manchester City, Bournemouth and Fulham.

Their Europa League campaign is now their only way of getting a place in Europe ahead of next season and will be key to the mood in the stadium for the rest of the season.

After conceding two late goals, Tottenham fans were angry in the away end and Tel – who is on loan from Bayern Munich – was seen climbing into the travelling section to speak to supporters.

In a video posted on X, Tel was heard telling the supporters that they “need to be together” with the Frenchman told performances ‘aren’t good enough’.

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And now a fan, who has claimed to be one of the men involved in the video, has explained what happened, he told the Daily Mail: “After angrily shouting at the players, Maddison pointed at us and gave us a thumbs up before heading into the dressing room.

“Only after we continued shouting did Tel come over to us, hopping over the advertising boards before exchanging with me and the rest of the boys I with.

“He said ‘we need to be together,’ and then I said to him ‘it’s not good enough’, which he agreed with before heading back over the advertising boards and into the dressing room.

“It says it all when a 19-year-old loanee is the one to come over to the fans and be rather apologetic, whilst the rest of the leadership team kept their distance and clapped.

“Maddison, on the other hand, came close but didn’t give the time of day to speak to the fans shouting at him, instead giving a response that felt insulting to fans who spend hard-earned money to follow the team all around the country and over Europe.”

Dominic Solanke was disappointed that Tottenham failed to build on their win over AZ Alkmaar earlier in the week, which put Spurs through to the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Solanke said: “It’s a difficult one to take, we came here from the game in the week against AZ and wanted to try and build on that, build momentum, go on a bit of a streak, but we didn’t manage to do that.

“We pride ourselves on being a fit team that can run for the full 90 minutes, a lot of the time that works in our favour at the end of the games, but they scored first quite late in the game and that killed our momentum. We don’t want to be that team that’s great one day and then bad another day. We want to win every game, so we need to find that consistency.”

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou hit out at one of his players after his side suffered a 2-0 loss against Fulham on Sunday afternoon.

Spurs suffered their 15th Premier League loss of the 2024/25 campaign on Sunday as they were beaten by European candidates Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Postecoglou‘s side overcame AZ Alkmaar to progress in the Europa League on Thursday night but they reverted to type with a poor performance in Sunday’s London derby as Rodrigo Muniz and Ryan Sessegnon netted late goals for Fulham.

This result leaves Tottenham 14th in the Premier League table, having only picked up 34 points in 29 matches.

Spurs have been ravaged by injuries this season, but their performances have not been good enough and Postecoglou criticised midfielder Yves Bissouma after the Fulham loss.

“I feel Biss sometimes lets the game drift by him; he needs to be more dominant,” Postecoglou said.

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“Today, we needed more in that position. I had needed him to play because he hasn’t played a lot.

“At the same time, I need him to perform. It is safe to say maybe Biss and a few guys lack a bit of confidence, but at this stage of the season, we need people to perform.”

Postecoglou also admits Spurs’ Premier League record is “unacceptable” as they have been “nowhere near good enough” this season.

“Fifteen defeats nowhere near good enough,” Postecoglou added after his side’s latest defeat.

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“I said to the players, I’m not going to let anyone just think about Europa and nothing else.

“We can’t let this league season go the way it has. We’ve lost way too many games, unacceptable.

“I understand the supporters’ frustrations with that. It was another day where we let a game get away from us when we shouldn’t. We had chances to go 1-0 up which would have put pressure on them, then they scored a really soft goal.

“Today the opposition haven’t blown us off the park. For 75 minutes we were where we wanted to be, the fact we come out of that game with nothing is disappointing.”

When asked whether he’s struggling to motivate his players for Premier League matches, he continued: “I don’t think so. Hope not. We made a lot of changes today.

“When we get back [from the international break] this is going to be our schedule we need to make sure we have as many [players] in good condition.

“They had to play today to top them up. We had to rest a couple as well. Sometimes players go through these spells and he needs to find a way to break through that.”

According to reports, Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has finalised a deal to end INEOS’ sponsorship relationship with Tottenham Hotspur.

Ratcliffe has had a hectic year since completing his purchase of a minority stake in Man Utd at the start of 2024.

The INEOS supremo bought an initial 28% stake for around £1.25bn and later upped his share to roughly 29% for an extra £79m.

The British billionaire is only United’s minority shareholder, but he has been in control of footballing matters at Old Trafford since his £125bn deal was finalised.

Ratcliffe has made wholesale changes at Man Utd, sanctioning a major cost-cutting programme following years of mismanagement by the Glazer family.

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Ratcliffe and Man Utd’s other board members needed to balance the books as they do not have Champions League prize money despite sitting second in our five-year Premier League net spend table.

He has become a hugely unpopular figure at Man Utd after hiking ticket prices, sanctioning mass redundancies, cutting benefits to club legends and scrapping free lunches for staff.

Ratcliffe has also had to end INEOS’ affiliation with other sporting enterprises and in recent weeks, they have moved to cut ties with Spurs after they signed a five-year sponsorship deal in 2022.

A new report from The Daily Mail reveals INEOS have ‘agreed a deal worth millions’ for an ‘early exit’ from their partnership with Spurs.

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The report explains:

‘Manchester United co-owners Ineos have made an early exit from their sponsorship deal with Tottenham after a pay-off agreement was reached, Inside Sport understands.

‘Ineos were the official 4 x 4 partner of Spurs via their Grenadier vehicle and the curious sight of their branding on the dugouts and advertisement screens at a Premier League rival was the result of a deal signed well before their involvement at Old Trafford and thought to be worth several millions per season.

‘However, it was no longer visible at Tottenham’s Europa League victory over AZ Alkmaar on Thursday night.

‘And Inside Sport has been told a deal has been agreed which sees Ineos paying a ‘not insignificant sum’ thought to be in the millions to end the deal.

‘The situation certainly seems to have played out in more harmony than Ineos’s attempt to exit early from their sponsorship deal with the All Blacks, who have taken legal action over a withdrawal over an agreement not due to end until 2027.’

Brennan Johnson has been tipped to return to Nottingham Forest, as it’s believed he’d be “more than happy” to return and play Champions League football, something Tottenham can’t offer.

Johnson is having the best season of his Premier League career in front of goal. The Tottenham man is on nine goals, and has two assists so far.

His best goals tally prior to that was eight in his first top-flight season, with Forest, and he was then directly involved in 15 Premier League goals in his first season with Spurs.

But while his production is rising, Tottenham are underwhelming, while Forest are on the up. The north London outfit are 13th in the league, while Forest are third.

Respected journalist Paul Taylor has suggested in an Athletic Q&A that Johnson would be open to return to Forest, and could be a good option.

“I’d guess that he’d be more than happy to come back to Forest to play Champions League football, if they do manage to get themselves over the line for that, of course,” he said.

“But there might be a few more complicating factors involved. Not least the fact that Anthony Elanga has been a pretty exciting replacement for him. He has been brilliant down the Forest right.

“One more wide player/forward added to the mix would be very useful, of course, particularly one of Brennan’s quality.

“Would he get into the team right now? That’s a different question, or perhaps the question is where he would fit in. It’s definitely an interesting idea.”

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Forest could conceivably have fallen off at any point this season, having not been this high up in the top flight for a long time. However, they are playing attractive football and have won 16 games out of 29, so there seems no reason why they can’t continue their form all the way to a Champions League spot.

Newcastle got fourth two seasons ago and Aston Villa last season, so Forest sneaking in would not be a huge shock.

For Spurs, it would be embarrassing if they lost Johnson back to Forest, given when he left, they finished 16th, and Tottenham eighth.

Given he’s been a quality asset at Spurs, a return to his former side could see him reach a new level, in a familiar system which is clearly thriving, but whether that happens remains to be seen.