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Manchester United are reportedly among the three clubs ‘interested’ in signing England international Harry Kane from Bayern Munich.

The 31-year-old left Spurs during the 2023 summer transfer window as he entered the final year of his contract to join Bayern Munich in a deal worth around £86m.

Kane departed Tottenham to give himself a better chance of winning team trophies and he’s on track to win the Bundesliga this season. He has 70 goals in his 72 appearances for the German giants.

Despite this, the veteran forward has been heavily linked with an exit this week as it’s emerged that he has a ‘secret clause agreement’ in his contract. He could have left for around £66m in January and will have another chance to move on during next year’s winter window for £54m.

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Subsequently, it has been reported that Spurs have a ‘first option agreement’ with Bayern Munich, but this can only be activated under two conditions.

Now, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has confirmed Kane’s clause and revealed Spurs have a “matching” agreement with Bayern Munich.

He said: “There is a release clause in the contract of Harry Kane at Bayern.

“And trust me, clubs are aware of this and what’s going on in terms of the clause. It’s a clause active in January. There was a release clause this January for €80m and there will be one next January for €65m. It’s only for January.”

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“What does it mean? It sets the price for Kane. But there’s a good feeling between Kane and Bayern Munich. But in 2026 it could be different, so let’s see what happens.

“Remember, Tottenham have a matching price for him. It doesn’t mean that he has to go to Spurs. It means Tottenham have a match point to close the deal and them it’s up for the player to close the deal.”

Paul Merson has claimed Arsenal “will buy” Kane, but a report in Spain claims Spurs, Man Utd and Saudi Pro League outfit Al Ahli are the three clubs ‘interested’ and his clause ‘makes his sale easier’.

‘Harry Kane’s [situation] has sparked the interest of several clubs, including Tottenham, Manchester United and Al Ahli.

‘Tottenham, who saw Kane leave for Bayern in 2023, are reportedly considering his return to bolster their attack and become the leader of a project that is looking to re-emerge after a difficult campaign under Ange Postecoglou.

‘On the other hand, Manchester United are also interested, with Ruben Amorim looking for a quality centre-forward. Kane’s experience in the Premier League and his goalscoring ability make him an attractive option for the Red Devils.

‘On another front, Saudi Pro League side Al Ahli could spring a surprise by attempting to sign the Englishman, especially given the possible departure of Roberto Firmino.’

Pundit Jamie Redknapp has hit out at Tottenham Hotspur after they were dumped out of the Carabao Cup semi-finals by Liverpool on Thursday night.

Spurs took a 1-0 aggregate lead into their second leg against Liverpool at Anfield, but the runaway Premier League leaders tore them apart last night.

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou – who is the firm favourite to be the next Premier League manager sacked – selected a team to nullify Liverpool, who took the lead through Cody Gakpo before the interval and scored three more goals after the break to seal a place in the Carabao Cup final.

Mohamed Salah scored a penalty before Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk took the tie away from Spurs, who are at risk of another trophyless season.

Speaking post-match, former Liverpool and Spurs midfielder Redknapp hit out at Postecoglou‘s side but explained why he “felt sorry” for Djed Spence.

“I can’t remember in my lifetime a team go down with less of a fight than Tottenham did today. Not having any shot on target in a semi-final second leg when trying to change the course of your history,” Redknapp said on Sky Sports.

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“I felt sorry for their young players. Djed Spence played 14 different positions tonight. I’ve never seen anything like it.

“The experienced players need to make sure they set the right tempo. They didn’t do that one bit. There’s been some lows but that today, looking at that scoreline, is just horrendous.

“From Liverpool’s perspective it is absolutely fantastic. The way they got after Tottenham, suffocated them in the first half and set such a high tempo.

“They never let them get out or feel comfortable. The manager got everything right, the tactics…and when you’ve got Mohamed Salah up front, what a player.”

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“We expected a bit more from Tottenham tonight. I cannot get my head round them not having one shot on target in a semi-final. I know there was the one half chance when Son manufactured something but even then you felt the game had gone.

“They were trying to play out from the back. The goalkeeper was edgy. In midfield they never showed any courage to get on the ball and make things happen.They were so abject. It’s not the inexperienced players, it was the experienced ones I was looking at.

“It is too easy to say they have had injuries. Van de Ven is obviously a big miss but there are still players there to cause teams problems.

“I counted eight internationals for Tottenham today. That is not an inexperienced team.

“There are a lot of players who know what it’s like to come to Anfield, to have to suffer and make sure you compete. That was shocking.”

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has claimed Tottenham never “surprise you and win against the odds” after failing to reach the Carabao Cup final.

Carragher absolutely tore into Ange Postecoglou’s side after their 4-0 defeat at Liverpool on Thursday night.

Spurs went to Anfield with a 1-0 aggregate lead in their Carabao Cup semi-final but were brushed aside in demoralising fashion in the second leg.

In a superb ‘lads, it’s Tottenham’ rant on Sky Sports, former England and Liverpool defender Carragher did not hold back, claiming that Accrington Stanley gave the Reds a tougher match in the FA Cup third round and that Postecoglou’s midfield three were a “disgrace”.

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“It was never in doubt before the game,” Carragher said. “It’s Tottenham.

“When did Tottenham ever win a big game? When did Tottenham ever go anywhere and surprise you and win against the odds?

“The odds were massively in favour of Liverpool. They are at home at Anfield, they are the best team in the country and possibly in Europe right now.

“It is not just this Spurs team. They never shock you and do something out of the ordinary.

“I am trying to think of the last big game they won and I would probably have to go back to that Ajax game in the Champions League semi-final and they were very lucky. They got battered in most of the game.

“Whenever Tottenham go into a big game they never believe that they are going to win. Not one of those Tottenham fans tonight would have believed.

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“I am not saying this to make a headline. I think Accrington Stanley, Liverpool didn’t have their best team, but they gave more trouble to Liverpool than Tottenham tonight.

“When I look at those three Tottenham midfield players, I thought they were a disgrace no matter who the manager is.”

Dion Dublin was more candid during BBC Radio 5 Live coverage, stating that the “body language from the Spurs players” was poor.

“Fully deserved,” he said. “I am pretty sure Arne Slot has taken them in at half-time and said ‘go through the gears’.

“They didn’t have to go hell for leather, but they did enough. Spurs, for me, were completely off it.

“I thought Liverpool did what they had to do. It’s not all guns blazing with Arne Slot team. They just do enough, and when they have to put their foot on the gas, they do.

“If I was a Spurs fan, I would be very disappointed that my team didn’t hang on to what they had.

“I didn’t like the body language from the Spurs players – they were just jogging around.

“With Liverpool’s attitude towards winning they made it look like a training game.”

A new report has revealed Mathys Tel’s current stance on a move to Manchester United after he joined Tottenham Hotspur on deadline day.

Tel attracted interest from several Premier League clubs in January after it emerged that he wanted to leave Bayern Munich to pursue regular football elsewhere.

Man Utd and Arsenal were mooted as potential destinations for the 19-year-old attacker, but Spurs were most interested and eventually signed the Bayern Munich starlet on deadline day.

Tottenham initially moved to sign Tel permanently for around £60m but re-negotiated a loan deal with a buy option after the teenager turned down an immediate long-term move to North London.

It’s since emerged that this ‘purchase option agreement’ depends on one condition as this clause can only be triggered if Tel is in favour of the move.

Now, Falk has broken down how Tel ended up at Spurs, with Bayern Munich “very disappointed” with his initial decision.

“Bayern would have liked to have sold Mathys Tel in the January transfer window. In fact, they were very disappointed that, at the last moment, Tel said, ‘No’ to a permanent move to Tottenham,” Falk said in his Daily Briefing column.

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“That was before the weekend, but during the weekend it seems he wanted to stay at Bayern Munich. So, this is how the loan deal with Tottenham eventually came about.

“Tottenham were really fighting for this release clause – Bayern initially refused and then agreed on a €60m release clause.

“Bayern see it as a success that they managed to agree a big loan fee, which could rise to €10m, which is a lot for only six months.

“If they manage to then sell Tel in the summer, by their calculations they could earn as much as €70m, which would mean they’d get a lot of money back from their Harry Kane purchase (€100m) back in 2023. If you think about it that way, they would have only spent €30m for Kane – that’s cheap!”

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Falk claims a move to Man Utd remains on the table as he “would like” to join the Red Devils if possible.

“There were also talks with Manchester United who were interested in Mathys Tel’s signature,” Falk added.

“Tel was certainly open to the move, but United weren’t prepared to pay the loan fee Bayern Munich were demanding at the time (€5m). So, you see, there was a huge difference to the offer Tottenham came to the table with.

“Whether Tel stays with Bayern beyond the summer or moves on, it’s entirely up to him. If he can make the step to United, he would like to do it. If he sees a chance at Bayern Munich, perhaps he would also stay, but I think it’s hard for him, as he didn’t make it under Vincent Kompany.

“So, I think if he is performing very well, he will stay in the Premier League. If he doesn’t, he has to go back to Bayern and start again.

“All in all, though, Bayern are the big winners in this case, as he wasn’t getting game time in Munich, so they’ll get some money from the loan, they don’t have to pay his salary, and, in the end, they get either a transfer fee or a player with Premier League experience. A good solution!”

Ange Postecoglou has conceded that Liverpool “were too good for us” in Tottenham’s 4-0 Carabao Cup semi-final second leg defeat.

Tottenham took a 1-0 aggregate lead to Anfield for Thursday’s second leg clash but were comfortably beaten by Arne Slot’s men.

Cody Gakpo opened the scoring on the night before Mohamed Salah scored a penalty to put Liverpool ahead on aggregate and two up on the night.

Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk then put the tie out of reach for Spurs, who were absolutely abysmal in defeat.

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Postecoglou did at least admit that Liverpool “were too good” and deserved to win.

The Spurs boss told Sky Sports: “I guess that Liverpool deserved the victory. They were the far better team – we were not able to get a grip of the game.

“They were too good for us. We allowed them to get into the game and we were not as aggressive as we needed to be. We didn’t get the game started off in the right footing.

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“It was very difficult for us to wrestle that control back.

“We definitely needed to be braver with and without the ball. They’re a very good Liverpool team in a good spell of form and they’re very settled.”

Postecoglou added to BBC Radio 5 Live: “Liverpool were too good for us tonight. We didn’t get into the game in the way we wanted to. We allowed them to get control of it.

“When they get into a rhythm, we didn’t give ourselves an opportunity to get a foothold in the game.

“We were way too passive in terms of our football with and without the ball. I think it is a lesson there for us. We cannot shy away from the football that we want to play.”

Quizzed on winning a trophy in his second season at the club, Postecoglou replied: “We have given up a good opportunity tonight and we cannot shy away from that.

“We were in a good position to get to the final.

“Nobody needs to pick me up, I just need to pick up the players.”

Postecoglou also told ITV that his side “never played to our identity and strengths and shied away” at Anfield.

“Tough night,” he said. “Credit to Liverpool they were way too good for us tonight.

“We never really got to grips with the game with or without the ball. We just allowed them to get control pretty early and it made it difficult for us to get in the game.

“Both of the first two goals we could have done better but ultimately what was really important was that we never played to our identity and strengths and shied away from the challenge a little bit.

“Overall we didn’t start well and were way too passive and let Liverpool get in a rhythm. We still have competitions to play for starting on Sunday.

“With the opportunities we do have still, we have to tackle them in our way rather than finding different ways to win games.”

Fair to say it’s a drum we’ve been banging for quite some time, but Ange Postecoglou really could now be one game from the sack. He can’t say he hasn’t been warned.

The cup runs and injury crisis have been the two saving graces for Postecoglou but there was little mitigation to be found here in the meek and, frankl,y gutless way in which Spurs’ hitherto heartening Carabao Cup campaign ended with not even a whimper.

There is no shame in going out at this stage to a Liverpool side this good, especially after a run that has included wins over both Manchester clubs. But the manner of this second-leg capitulation has pushed Postecoglou to the brink. The very real and present danger now is that Spurs will go out of both domestic cups in the space of four days, and very possibly without landing a blow in anger.

Aston Villa away is not a kind FA Cup fourth-round draw, and it’s so hard to see how Postecoglou can lift his players – and indeed himself – after this painful humiliation. But he must.

For the second time this season, Liverpool battered Spurs into submission. For the second time this season a thumping scoreline nevertheless flattered a broken and humbled Spurs, who somehow remained technically level in this tie at half-time in the second leg. But it never, ever felt like that. A 4-0 Liverpool win on the night for a 4-1 aggregate success still told only some of the story.

What really hurts Postecoglou here, though, is this was a night to completely explode what remains of the myths around this team. Spurs aren’t even just who they are, mate. Not any more. They didn’t lose this game 4-0 by going toe-to-toe with a superior side. This was a team set up to try and low-block-and-counter its way to somehow preserving the one-goal lead with which they arrived. And getting battered anyway.

It was a plan that never ever looked like it might work. It was, in its own way, every bit as naive as the infamous 0-7-1 against Chelsea or any of the rest of Postecoglou’s more macho bits of posturing, performative over-attacking nonsense.

The temptation will be to try and present this as some kind of gotcha for his critics. ‘See? You wanted him to show adaptability – he did, and they still got spanked.’ But that’s to miss the point. There exists a fairly sizeable middle-ground between kamikaze gung-ho attack, attack, attack and timid, gutless defend, defend, defend.

If you want a near flawless example of it, you need only look at Tottenham’s opposition here. Spurs aren’t as good as Liverpool, obviously, but there really isn’t a compelling reason why they can’t play football in at least something approaching this fashion, with attacks full of verve and menace and importantly numbers, that don’t leave the back door wide open.

Spurs currently both attack and defend like a team that has been reduced to 10 men. There’s almost something impressive about the ability to appear outnumbered in every part of the pitch, in possession and out. It was even the case for large swathes of the win at Brentford last week.

Postecoglou’s defenders will point also to the catastrophic individual mistakes his players made tonight. They will be right; Spurs were truly horrible in possession here. All too often the second touch was a tackle and sometimes not even that.

But those individual errors do not exist in a vacuum. The deeply negative system Postecoglou deployed and subsequent the lack of runners, the lack of energy and apparently also desire and belief that spread throughout the team is going to lead to error-strewn performances. Especially against a team like Liverpool.

Simply put, Postecoglou can no more avoid all responsibility for those errors than he can the injury crisis. When you are hit by that many misfortunes, it really can’t all just be bad luck.

Spurs started the game nominally in a 4-3-3 but in practice it was a 5-4-1 when Spurs were out of possession, and they were out of possession a lot. And if they weren’t out of possession, you could be confident they soon would be.

Liverpool, meanwhile, were everything Spurs were not. The gulf between these two clubs has been growing for years now but even on previous one-sided evenings it has never appeared quite so wide as here.

Arne Slot’s side were focused, slick, confident and determined. They were strong in the tackle, crisp in the pass, and pressed Spurs relentlessly knowing the mistakes would come but surely surprising even themselves with the frequency and ease with which they were generated.

What was somehow Liverpool’s only goal of a comically one-sided first half came from one such moment, Yves Bissouma casually and carelessly giving the ball away and seconds later Cody Gakpo was continuing his fine recent form with a precise first-time finish.

Still Spurs did nothing. Even at their worst last season and for good chunks of this they have remained a front-foot team. At its best, Angeball works as a philosophy rather than a tactical plan. It’s possible to defend positively on the front foot. Even here, there were glimpses of that from Spurs’ full-backs Archie Gray and Djed Spence. But for the rest, either body, mind or both was unwilling.

It was a sorry sight. There would be no criticism for Spurs in getting outplayed at Anfield. But there is in appearing so much less enthusiastic for the task. This was a far, far bigger game in the context of Spurs’ season than it was in Liverpool’s. You would never have guessed it from the way the two teams set about the task.

Spurs were simply overwhelmed in a second half that bordered on the embarrassing at times. One wonders what Mathys Tel made of it all from his isolated vantage point up front. He’ll certainly have had plenty of time to think about things, and wonder if maybe his first thought wasn’t in fact the right one after all.

As Liverpool’s quadruple bid carries relentlessly on, Spurs look utterly lost. They surely can’t set up like this again at Villa Park on Sunday, but even a belated return to some of Angeball’s supposed core values might well now be too little, too late.

But surely if Postecoglou is going to go down he’ll at least want to go down his way and on his terms. At least go to Villa and have a bit of a go. At least get the sack for playing his football badly rather than playing this grim passionless, nihilistic Mourinho-lite dreck, also badly.

Say what you will about tenets of Angeball, but at least it was an ethos.

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has not been included in Arne Slot’s squad for Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Tottenham.

Slot surprised Liverpool fans with his team selection as the Reds look to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg last month.

The Reds fell to a surprise defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but remain strong favourites to advance to the final of the Carabao Cup.

Whoever progresses to the final at Wembley will face Newcastle United after their spectacular 4-0 aggregate victory over Arsenal.

Slot handed starts to Darwin Nunez, Curtis Jones, Conor Bradley and Caoimhin Kelleher for the second leg at Anfield.

No. 1 goalkeeper Alisson has not been included in the squad, but any fears were quickly alleviated by Liverpool journalist James Pearce.

Pearce says the Brazilian has been rested and does not have an injury. He wrote on social media: ‘Alisson just rested tonight, no fitness worries’.

Dropping Alisson to the bench would not have been surprising given it is a cup match, but his omission altogether did ring alarm bells.

Mathys Tel was named on the bench by Ange Postecoglou and could make his Spurs debut after signing from Bayern Munich on deadline day.

Fellow new signing Kevin Danso was named in the starting XI and partners Ben Davies at centre-back.

Full Liverpool starting XI v Spurs: Caoimhin Kelleher; Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai; Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo

Spurs XI: Antonin Kinsky; Archie Gray, Kevin Danso, Ben Davies, Djed Spence; Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarr; Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison, Heung-min Son

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has been tipped to reject a return to Tottenham Hotspur, while Paul Merson reckons Arsenal “will buy him”.

The England international left boyhood club Spurs to join Bayern Munich during the 2023 summer transfer window for around £86m.

Kane departed Tottenham to give himself a better chance of winning team trophies and he’s on track to lift the Bundesliga this term after Bayern Munich missed out on the title last season.

Despite this, the 31-year-old has consistently been linked with a return to the Premier League over the past couple of months and it’s emerged that there is a ‘secret clause agreement’ in his Bayern Munich contract.

This enabled him to leave for around £66m in January or around £54m during the 2026 winter transfer window.

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Tottenham – according to The Telegraph – have a ‘first option agreement’ with Bayern Munich, but this depends on two conditions.

‘Telegraph Sport understands that there is a release clause in Kane’s Bayern contract, even though he is said to be extremely happy in Germany and has no thoughts of activating it any time soon. Premier League clubs are already aware of the existence of Kane’s release clause, which could be crucial to a potential return to England.

‘Kane moved to Bayern on a four-year contract for £100m in August 2023, with Tottenham also securing a first option agreement as part of the transfer. That would only be applicable should Bayern agree to sell Kane and the striker wanted to return to Spurs, where he spent 13 years and became the club’s all-time highest scorer.

‘There is no fixed fee in Tottenham’s first-option agreement, meaning the club would still have to trigger his release clause or negotiate a price with Bayern for Kane.

‘Should a rival club ever trigger his Bayern release clause, Tottenham would have to decide whether or not to match the bid and hope the 31-year-old preferred a return to North London.’

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Arsenal are known to be in the market for a striker. Merson has explained why his former club could sign Kane and why he may reject a return to Spurs.

“Arsenal will buy him,” Merson lightheartedly said on Sky Sports.

When asked whether he was serious, he added: “Why not? £64m, why not? Sol Campbell did [make the move].

“People will go ‘Oh he’s this age and that age’ but Arsenal need now.”

He continued: “If Arsenal haven’t won the League, you’ve got to take a chance. You’ve got to take a chance, buy someone that’s proven.

“I wouldn’t be surprised, and when you’re Harry Kane and you’ve been told you can go for £64m, there’s only a couple of teams who could buy him.

“Maybe Tottenham will buy him back but he’ll have to win something at Bayern Munich to go back to Tottenham. If you’ve not won anything at Bayern Munich, you’re not going back to Tottenham to win nothing.”

Tottenham Hotspur reportedly have a ‘first option agreement’ with Bayern Munich which could push through Harry Kane’s return to the Premier League.

Kane is one of the best strikers in Premier League history as he’s scored 213 goals in his 317 appearances in English’s top division for boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur.

During the 2023 summer transfer window, the 31-year-old left Spurs as he looked to end his long wait for a team trophy.

After being linked with several Premier League rivals, Kane joined Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich for around £86m.

The 2023/24 campaign was disastrous for Bayern Munich as they failed to win a trophy, but they are currently six points clear of second-placed Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga.

Kane has 70 goals in 72 appearances for Bayern Munich, but he’s been sporadically linked with a potential return to the Premier League over the past couple of years.

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Earlier this week, a report from German outletSport BILD revealed Kane has a ‘secret clause agreement’ in his Bayern Munich, which enabled him to leave last month or during the 2026 January transfer window if he wants to ‘return to England’.

The report explains:

‘The striker would have had to pull the clause during the winter transfer window and would then have been allowed to move for an estimated sum of 80 million euros (£66.5m).

‘However: The clause will be valid again next winter, then for a transfer for summer 2026.

‘The transfer fee that FC Bayern would receive in this case should then only be an estimated 65 million euros (£54m). When the contract ends in the summer of 2027, the striker would then be free of charge.’

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A new report from The Telegraph’s Matt Law confirms Kane’s release clause exits and he’s explained what this could mean for Spurs and their Premier League rivals.

‘Telegraph Sport understands that there is a release clause in Kane’s Bayern contract, even though he is said to be extremely happy in Germany and has no thoughts of activating it any time soon. Premier League clubs are already aware of the existence of Kane’s release clause, which could be crucial to a potential return to England.

‘Kane moved to Bayern on a four-year contract for £100m in August 2023, with Tottenham also securing a first option agreement as part of the transfer. That would only be applicable should Bayern agree to sell Kane and the striker wanted to return to Spurs, where he spent 13 years and became the club’s all-time highest scorer.

‘There is no fixed fee in Tottenham’s first-option agreement, meaning the club would still have to trigger his release clause or negotiate a price with Bayern for Kane.

‘Should a rival club ever trigger his Bayern release clause, Tottenham would have to decide whether or not to match the bid and hope the 31-year-old preferred a return to North London.’

Ange Postecoglou has hit out at suggestions that Mathys Tel initially rejected Spurs and revealed an injury blow before Thursday’s match vs Liverpool.

It was reported that the teenager initially rejected a move to Spurs after the North London outfit had a bid worth around £60m accepted by the Bundesliga giants.

However, Tel was persuaded to perform a U-turn after having a “conversation” with head coach Postecoglou. He could debut on Thursday night when Spurs face Liverpool in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final with his new side leading 1-0 on aggregate.

Postecoglou has explained the Tel situation, claiming he “just wanted to be comfortable with his decision”.

“I think people need to understand that you are talking about a 19-year-old who has to make a major decision for his career and it’s not that he rejected us or rejected anyone else – I think he just wanted to be comfortable with his decision. I don’t think he wanted to be pushed in a certain direction and it’s credit to him,” Postecoglou said.

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“I had a conversation with him and it was purely around the football and I think he’ll find a really good place for him here. Irrespective of age he will get an opportunity here.

“The way we play I think will suit him and what we are building beyond – I thought this would be the perfect fit for his next step. I think it’s right that he took time in his decision.”

He continued: “I am more than 100% sure that he wants to be here.

“He was so diligent when he made the decision that it gave me even more confidence that we were getting the right kind of mentality and player. He is very ambitious. He has a great deal of self belief and confidence and it feels like he can reach the very top of the game.”

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Postecoglou has also revealed that they will be without Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero for the Liverpool match.

“In terms of availability, everyone is fine from last week so no issues there. Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel are both available, they have trained,” Postecoglou revealed.

“With Micky [van de Ven] and [Cristian] Romero to a certain extent, I kind of feel we have to be a bit more conservative with them.

“Micky got through the game [vs Elfsborg] alright but I don’t think he feels ready for Premier League intensity and that’s the same with Cristian.

“We are going to keep them ticking over in training and make sure they are absolutely ready with no set-backs.”

He added: “Kevin Danso will play. Whether he starts or not we will have a look because we have another game in three days.

“Pedro [Porro] has played every minute of football we’ve had for the last three months. It’s great to get Kevin in but whether he will start or come on, we will make a decision. Having him available as an option is good.”