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One Tottenham fan called in to the talkSPORT phone-in and predicted they will win the Premier League… you can imagine the reaction.

Even the biggest Spurs advocate Jamie O’Hara couldn’t stop laughing and admitted he couldn’t defend the ridiculous claim.

Ange Postecoglou’s side smashed Everton 4-0 in their first home game of the season on Saturday.

They have taken four points from the opening two matches, having drawn 1-1 with Leicester on Monday.

The Spurs fans were in a jubilant mood, leading to one supporter making some outrageous claims.

Andrew the Spurs fan said: “I just want to say that, maybe, Tottenham could win the league.”

Cue the laughter track.

He continued: “I want to say that all the other teams should be wary of the threat of Tottenham Hotspur.

“After the first two performances, and the second season with Ange - it’s glory.

“You can’t hide the facts. It’s 2008, it’s 1991.

“You better watch out.”

O’Hara and Cundy were in absolute stitches and could not stop laughing.

Cundy: “Watch out for what?”

Andrew: “I’m saying this season Angeball will take control. Just watch.”

Postecoglou himself is targeting a first piece of silverware for the club after 16 years.

And he admitted: “Usually in my second season I win things.”

O’Hara continued: “We’re gonna win it all, is that what you are saying?”

Cundy: “Can you win the league?”

Andrew: Everything! The other teams need to be worried.”

Cundy: “I don’t think they are.

“Can you win the league?”

Andrew: “Yes

Cundy: “Can you win the Europa League?”

Andrew: “Yes.”

Cundy: “Can you win the Carabao Cup?”

Andrew: “Hell yes.”

Cundy: “Can you win the FA Cup?”

Andrew: “Yes”

After Andrew was off the air, there was still laughter from the two hosts.

Cundy: “You Spurs fans are actual gold.”

O’Hara: “I can’t even defend that.”

Tottenham are next in action against Newcastle next Sunday at 1:30pm.

Micky van de Ven once again showed why he is the Premier League's fastest player in history after recording a stunning assist in Tottenham's win over Everton.

The centre-back covered approximately 78 metres in roughly nine seconds before setting up skipper Heung-min Son's second goal of the 4-0 win.

Van de Ven, who clocked a top speed of 37.38km/h last season to break the top-flight record, turned defence into attack in rapid fashion.

With Spurs leading 3-0, the Dutch defender reacted quickly to capitalise on a poor pass from Toffees winger Dwight McNeil.

Picking up the ball on the edge of his box, he then charged down the middle of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium pitch carrying the ball.

The 23-year-old then proceeded to slot Son in after approaching Everton's penalty box after breezing past the Merseyside outfit.

Son then made no mistake to fire through Jordan Pickford's legs as Spurs picked up their first win of the new season, following Monday's 1-1 draw with Leicester.

But it was all the work of Van de Ven, who rivalled Olympic gold medallist Noah Lyles' 100m pace he set at Paris 2024.

The American sprinter took just 9.79 seconds to come home in first place in the 100m final.

Breaking his time down, he would have reached 80m at around 7.8 seconds, just two seconds quicker than what Van de Ven is estimated to have run.

While Spurs may have eased past Everton, it was Van de Ven's stunning speed that proved to be the big talking point on social media.

Taking to X, one fan said: "Not a single other centre-back in the world can do this."

Another messaged: "Hope this gives him the confidence to make those runs more often."

A third added: "That's a fantastic display of athleticism and teamwork from Micky van de Ven!"

This fan then commented: "Micky van de Ven you are f****** insane."

One then posted: "Micky van de Ven is a joke man. That is insane."

Meanwhile this supporter simply stated: "Assist of the season."

Dominic Solanke will miss Tottenham's clash with Everton on Saturday through injury.

The £65million signing picked up a knock in Monday’s 1-1 draw at Leicester City and has failed to recover in time for the visit of Sean Dyche's side.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou reassured fans the injury was not serious but stopped short of guaranteeing his return for next weekend's trip to Newcastle.

"Dom picked up a knock in the last game. He got through the game but it flared up the day after and he'll miss the game tomorrow," Postecoglou said.

"It's an ankle injury, he copped it really early on, someone went across his ankle.

"It just depends on his recovery [when he returns], obviously we've got the international break, but it's not serious."

Postecoglou confirmed that Richarlison is fit to start against the Toffees after his brief cameo at the King Power Stadium.

The Brazilian had been linked with a move away from the club ahead of next week's transfer deadline, but Solanke’s injury could see him stay put, for now.

Goalscorer against the Foxes, Pedro Porro, is available after limping off with a foot complaint while Rodrigo Bentancur will miss out due to concussion protocol.

Postecoglou addressed the situation surrounding Yves Bissouma who was suspended by the club after posting a video of himself inhaling nitrous oxide on social media.

The Malian missed Spurs’ Premier League opener, however Postecoglou revealed the player is available but there is still work to be done.

“Biss is available but we've got some options there,” the Spurs boss added. “The whole idea of trying to bulk up the squad is for these situations.

“He's available for selection. The bridge building continues.”

Postecoglou’s side controlled the first half against Leiecster but allowed the Foxes to gain an upper hand and pick up a point.

Spurs will hope they can take inspiration from last season’s form where they opened with a draw at Brentford before going on a nine-game unbeaten run which saw them take top spot into the Autumn.

The fixtures are coming thick and fast for Tottenham with trips to Newcastle and Manchester United and the north London derby against Arsenal to come before the end of September.

Postecoglou will hope to have Solanke fit and ready for the onslaught of high-profile fixtures as well as the return of the Europa League.

Jermaine Jenas has revealed he found out his time at Tottenham was up after being denied access to the training ground.

Chelsea’s new manager, Enzo Maresca, recently admitted plenty of the Blues’ bloated squad are not present in first-team training as a number of stars have been left out of their match day squads.

talkSPORT understands former first choice left-back Ben Chilwell has been offered to Manchester United, whilst £50million player Raheem Sterling has been stripped of his squad number and left out of Chelsea’s games so far this season.

Former England international Jenas hosted talkSPORT Drive on Thursday and revealed that he’d been in Chilwell and Sterling’s position himself when playing for Spurs.

He told co-host Jermaine Pennant: “Mine [Spurs departure] was bad like that.

"Spurs had built this brand new training facility and I was there for about six months and I thought, ‘this place is absolutely stunning, it’s beautiful’.

“But what it was, when you walked in through reception - so at this point Andre Villas-Boas had just joined the club. I did the whole pre-season.

“My Achilles weren’t great, I’ll be totally honest. So I wasn’t anywhere near my best but obviously thought I’d be given a bit of time to kind of get myself up to speed and maybe around Christmas time I could fight for my place in the team.”

But unfortunately for Jenas, that’s not how things panned out.

He continued: “I literally walked through the door, and we used to have this turnstile type thing where it had a fingerprint ID, so you put your thumb on it, it would spin through and you’d go in.

“And I put my thumb on it and it just went [error sound]. It just went red! So I went ‘oh, wipe my thumb a bit’, it just went red.

“I looked at the people at reception and they put their heads down, everyone just dived for cover. Nobody even spoke to me or pulled me to say, ‘look this is not going to be happening' or anything like that.

“It was just cut throat as that. But that’s the way it is, unfortunately, in football it’s a business and that’s what happens!”

“It was just cut throat as that. But that’s the way it is, unfortunately, in football it’s a business and that’s just what happens!”

Jenas signed for Spurs from Newcastle for a initial fee of £7m in 2006.

In 2011 he went on loan to Aston Villa and then, following Villas-Boas’s arrival in the summer of 2012, he went on loan to former club Nottingham Forest.

He was then sold to QPR in January 2013.

He made 202 appearances for Spurs in total, scoring 26 goals and recording 23 assists.

Tottenham will look to win their opening home game of the season to start their push for the Champions League against Everton this weekend.

Spurs were held to a 1-1 draw against Leicester on Monday despite dominating the majority of the game and carving out plenty of chances.

But it was a similar story to last year for Ange Postecoglou's men, who had their weak underbelly exposed by Jamie Vardy.

However, Tottenham will be hopeful of picking up three points against an Everton team that struggled on the opening weekend.

The Toffees were thrashed 3-0 at home by Brighton and ended the game with ten men after Ashley Young was sent off.

It was an awful start to the campaign for Sean Dyche's side, and he will hope to see huge improvement as Everton travel to north London.

Tottenham vs Everton: Dom's not so dream debut

Tottenham started new £65 million man Dominic Solanke against Leicester, and it wasn't the dream debut he was hoping for.

The English striker had a few glorious opportunities to get himself off the mark in a Spurs shirt, but he couldn't take them.

Overall, Solanke had three shots, all on target, and he should have scored at least one.

Of course, it's good he was getting into those positions to score in the first place, and there should be no panic at all from anyone connected with Spurs.

However, he'll want to get off the mark soon, and Everton at home should be the perfect chance to do just that.

Tottenham have scored more Premier League goals against Everton both overall (102) and at home (63) than they have vs any other opponent.

Everton have won just one of their last 23 Premier League games against Tottenham (D11 L11), a 1-0 away win in September 2020 under Carlo Ancelotti.

Everton have won just three of their last 20 Premier League away games against London sides (D6 L11), with those three wins all coming consecutively between September and November last season.

Tottenham vs Everton: Date and how to follow

This Premier League game is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 24.

Kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is set for 3pm.

Unfortunately, due to the 3pm TV blackout, this game won't be broadcast in the UK.

Highlights will be available on the Sky Sports App and YouTube channel shortly after full time, while Match of the Day will also have highlights in the evening.

talkSPORT will bring regular updates from north London on GameDay Live with Adrian Durham, Troy Deeney and Scott Minto.

To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

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Everton haven’t won a Premier League game in the month of August in any of the last three seasons (D3 L6), losing each of their last four such games without scoring. Their last such victory was in 2021 at Brighton (2-0).

Tottenham have won their first Premier League home match in five of the last six seasons, with the only exception being a 1-0 defeat to Everton in 2020-21.

Everton lost their opening Premier League match against Brighton, and started both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns with consecutive defeats. The only team to lose their opening two games in three consecutive Premier League campaigns (not including those who suffered relegation in between) are Bournemouth (2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18).

Tottenham vs Everton: Team news

The hosts will be without Rodrigo Bentancur in line with the Premier League's concussion rules after the midfielder suffered a horrible head injury against Leicester.

Pedro Porro is also doubtful after he was subbed off late on against the Foxes with a foot problem, but was spotted by fans in a training video posted by the club.

Yves Bissouma is back after the club banned him from their opening Premier League game.

The midfielder was suspended after he uploaded a video of himself inhaling laughing gas.

Young will be suspended for the Toffees after he hauled Kaoru Mitoma down as he ran through on goal, so the former England man will serve a one-match ban.

This leaves the Toffees very short at right-back due to Seamus Coleman and Nathan Patterson being injured.

James Garner, who can play there, has a calf problem and is set to miss out.

But they will hope Jarrad Branthwaite is fit after the centre-back missed the 3-0 defeat to Brighton.

After winning four consecutive Premier League away games between October and December last season, Everton are now winless in their last 11 on the road (D4 L7). Nine of those have come in 2024, leaving the Toffees as the only ever-present side over the two campaigns without an away win this calendar year.

Tottenham drew 1-1 with Leicester in their opening Premier League match of 2024-25 – the last time they failed to win either of their first two games in a single campaign was 2015-16 (D1 L1).

Against no side does Tottenham midfielder James Maddison have more Premier League assists than he does against Everton (4), with each of his four against the Toffees coming in his last three appearances.

Since joining Tottenham from Everton in 2022, Richarlison has scored three Premier League goals against the Toffees, with all three coming in last season’s two meetings. Of players to have previously played for Everton in the competition, only Wayne Rooney (4) has scored more against them than the Brazilian.

Tottenham vs Everton: What has been said?

Speaking after the draw with Leicester, Postecoglou slammed Spurs' wastefulness in front of goal.

In an interview with talkSPORT's Sam Matterface, he said: "I thought we started the second half well, I think for 15 minutes we were on top.

"We were just really wasteful in front of goal, we just didn't take the opportunities.

"We weren't clinical enough, we made some poor decisions, we lacked composure in and around the box.

"And in a game of football, it's always a danger that the opposition will go up once and score and that's exactly what happened.

"They get a bit of momentum from that and we lost a bit of composure and finished strong.

"But like I said, you can't keep giving up chances like we did tonight and hope to get a better outcome."

Sunderland are considering an offer from Ipswich for winger Jack Clarke, talkSPORT understands.

The bid for the right-footed left winger is worth £15million plus adds on, taking it to around £20m.

The 23-year-old has already scored a goal and registered an assist in just two Championship games for the Black Cats this season.

Clarke was arguably the Championship's most impressive star last term, scoring 16 goals and offering five assists.

After an incredible 25 goal involvements in the second tier a year earlier, Clarke is starting to fulfill the potential that saw him tipped for stardom as a teenager.

At present, Clarke is a talisman figure in a supremely young and talented Sunderland side featuring Anthony Patterson, Chris Rigg, Dan Neil and Jobe Bellingham.

With two years left on his contract, Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris has urged the player to stick around at the Stadium Of Light.

He said: “I think his position with us is perfect.

"Let's not change anything! Stay with us, keep growing because we need this kind of player.

“The rest, I don't know. He's an important player for us, for sure."

Coming through the youth setup with Leeds, Clarke earned a £10million move to Tottenham in the summer of 2019, which meant being loaned back to the Yorkshire side for the 2019/20 season, however this was cut short as the 18-year-old moved to QPR.

Signed by Mauricio Pochettino, the winger was faced with a daunting prospect when he moved to London a year later when Jose Mourinho confronted him over his disappointing time with QPR before a friendly, saying: "Either you’re s***, or QPR are s***. And we’ll find out today."

Limited to just four appearances for Spurs, Clarke completed a move to Sunderland in January 2022 on an initial loan deal that was made permanent following their promotion from League One to the Championship.

Since then, Clarke has scored 28 goals in 114 appearances for the Black Cats.

Ipswich have already been busy this summer making no less than 10 signings, including deals for Armando Broja, Omari Hutchinson, Liam Delap, Sammie Szmodics and a loan deal for Man City's Kalvin Phillips.

The Tractor boys will be desperate to get quality to through the door as they aim to avoid an immediate return back to the Championship.

Rodrigo Bentancur suffered a nasty concussion in Tottenham's 1-1 draw with Leicester and rules will see him miss the Everton game this weekend.

Midway in the second half, from a Tottenham corner, the Uruguayan clashed heads with Foxes winger Abdul Fatawu.

Fatawu was fine, but Bentancur sickeningly hit the floor and was out cold for several minutes.

He was immediately treated by medical staff and was awake when he was taken off the pitch on a stretcher.

The former Juventus man was not taken to hospital and was assessed by the Spurs medical staff in the dressing room.

And ahead of the Everton match this weekend, we have a look at why he won't be playing.

Is Rodrigo Bentancur fit to play against Everton?

Based on the Premier League's concussion guidelines, Bentancur won't be allowed to play in this weekend's game against Everton.

This is because any player who suffers concussion in a match cannot return to competitive action for at least six days.

Tottenham's game against Leicester was on Monday, and they next play on Saturday, meaning the Uruguayan will miss Spurs' first home match of the season.

He will undergo a formal post-match assessment, and if that reveals no sign of concussion, Bentancur can return to first-team training.

Tottenham also used a concussion substitute, known as an additional permanent concussion substitute [APCS], and there are rules attached to using one of these.

Spurs must now submit medical information and a report on Bentancur's condition within seven days after using an APCS against Leicester.

The Premier League's relevant sub-section will check over this information and make sure it is all correct.

If everything is fine and Bentancur shows no delayed signs of concussion, the midfielder will be able to return to action against Newcastle United on Sunday, September 1.

Although Spurs fans will be disappointed he can't play against Everton, they will be pleased to know he's fine and the proper procedure was followed.

Speaking after the game about Bentancur, Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou said: "He is up and communicating.

"It is a head injury, and we will leave it in the hands of the medical team, but he is conscious and communicating.

"Nowadays we are always cautious in the moment."

If Liverpool, Tottenham and Aston Villa all wanted to sign you, who would you choose?

That was the question asked of Charlie Adam in 2011, but there was never any doubt about where he wanted to go.

The former midfielder starred for Blackpool and was nominated for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award in the 2010/11 campaign.

And following the Seasiders' relegation from the Premier League that season, Adam became a target for some of the country's top clubs.

Liverpool were one of those clubs and in July 2011, he arrived at Anfield to play under fellow Scotsman Kenny Dalglish, who also signed captain-in-waiting Jordan Henderson.

The chance to join the Reds was one that Adam couldn't turn down and he has now revealed that he rejected both Aston Villa and Tottenham to make the move.

Speaking exclusively to talkSPORT.com, the now 38-year-old said: “I did have a couple of options to speak to clubs.

“I once met [the late Villa manager] Gerard Houllier who for me was a very, very top manager. He spoke really well.

“I also had the opportunity to go to Tottenham on the last day of one of the windows as well.

“They were the two clubs that were coming in for me then.

“But when I knew Liverpool were interested, it was the club I wanted to go to. A huge club with a great fanbase, unbelievable supporters.

“And a squad that was full of top international players that played at a very, very high level.

“I was very fortunate enough to have the honour of playing for Liverpool.”

He continued: “You look at the history of the players and everything at the football club was synonymous with the great players and what they’ve won over the years.

“It was such a special club to be part of just for the one season and I love going back to Anfield.

"I think it’s one of the top stadiums and a great place to go and watch a game.”

Adam would go on to spend a year at Liverpool playing alongside the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez, making 37 appearances.

A move to Stoke then materialised and he managed to settle there, becoming a key man for the Potters in the Premier League.

He spent seven years at the club and totted up more than 150 appearances before leaving in 2019 at the age of 33.

And it was after that exit that when Adam was offered another transfer twist that unfortunately he couldn't pursue.

“I didn’t have any offers from abroad after Liverpool but when I was leaving Stoke I had an opportunity to go to Australia to play," he said.

“But it was just before the pandemic and the kids and family couldn’t come for six months.

“So it was going to be very difficult for me to do that. It was something I looked at but I ended up going to Reading.

“And it was a great option and I loved my time there with great people.”

Now, after retiring from football, he is in his first managerial role as Fleetwood Town boss in League Two.

Adam joined the Cod Army last campaign but experienced relegation down to the fourth tier.

The club kept faith in the former Liverpool man though, and now he is aiming to lead them back up the Football League.

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Scoring, taunting rival fans, and telling an opponent to f*** off... welcome back to the Premier League Jamie Vardy.

The 37-year-old headed home the Leicester's equaliser against Tottenham in the 57th minute, just moments after being seen downing a can of Red Bull in the tunnel.

Vardy made a remarkable recovery from injury to even start that match and he was at the centre of everything.

He took his fair share of abuse from the Tottenham fans throughout the match and in true Jamie Vardy style he gave just as good back.

As he was coming off in the second half he point to the Premier League badge on his shirt, then made a 1-0 gesture at the travelling Spurs support.

Of course, Vardy is a Premier League winner with the Foxes while Tottenham have never won one.

Leaving the pitch as a substitute in the 79th minute for Stephy Mavididi, Cristian Romero took exception to Vardy slowly getting off the pitch.

It led the former England international to clearly tell the Argentina defender to 'f*** off'.

Asked about his banter with the Spurs travelling fans, Vardy told Sky Sports: “You take a bit of stick during the game. As long as they can take it when I give it back then it's all good.”

The veteran striker continues to show he is the man from the big moment, despite Leicester's struggles early on.

Spurs dominated the first half at the King Power Stadium in their Premier League opener.

Pedro Porro deservedly put the visitors ahead after guiding his header into the bottom right corner after being picked out by James Maddison.

But they were made to pay for their wastefulness in front of goal, which saw newly-promoted Leicester score with their first shot on target.

The goal means that Vardy has now scored eight goals on the opening weekend of a Premier League campaign.

Only Liverpool hero Mohamed Salah has more, with the Egyptian forward scoring a record ninth during the Reds' 2-0 win over Ipswich.

Vardy now has extended his record of boasting the most Premier League goals while in his thirties, having banged in 104.

Speaking after the draw, Vardy said: "We had a chat at half time. Tottenham are really good, but we gave them too much respect.

"Started off on the front foot and that changed the momentum. It was very calm.

"We said don't concede anymore and you give yourself a good chance. We take the point and move on."

As for his own future in football, he added: "I see it as just a number [age]. As long as my legs still feel great, then I'll carry on."

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has called on his players to be more 'ruthless' if they wish to close the gap on the Premier League's top teams.

Spurs were held to a 1-1 draw against Leicester at the King Power Stadium on Monday night in a game they had 71 per cent possession in.

The north Londoners had ten shots in the first half - more than any other side managed across the opening weekend of the top-flight campaign.

While Pedro Porro broke the deadlock, Spurs should have went into the break at least two or three goals to the good.

But the visitors failed to make their dominance count, resulting in Jamie Vardy equalising in the 57th minute with the Foxes' first shot on target.

And Tottenham failed to get themselves back ahead, with Spurs now failing to beat a newly-promoted side for the first time under Postecoglou.

The Australian, who was spotted looking despondent on the team bus, conceded that his side will fail to reach the next level unless they improve on their decision making.

Speaking to talkSPORT's Sam Matterface, Postecoglou said: "I thought we started the second half well, I think for 15 minutes we were on top.

"We were just really wasteful in front of goal, we just didn't take the opportunities.

"We weren't clinical enough, we made some poor decisions, we lacked composure in and around the box.

"And in a game of football, it's always a danger that the opposition will go up once and score and that's exactly what happened.

"They get a bit of momentum from that and we lost a bit of composure and finished strong.

"But like I said, you can't keep giving up chances like we did tonight and hope to get a better outcome."

And Postecoglou then insisted that Spurs' attractive style of play counts for nothing unless they claim all three points.

He stated: "You play that football for an outcome, you don't just play it to look nice.

"If we're going to go to the next level as a club, then as a team we need to have that [cutting edge].

"There were times last year where we were very similar, we kept oppositions in the game because they just weren't ruthless enough with our decision making in the front third.

"We need to be better, our football will take us so far, but if we want to bridge a gap with the top teams, then we need to be more decisive."

He concluded: "I can't fault the performance of the players.

"But at the same time, as a team, when you don't get the result you want, you've got to take that as a collective disappointment."

Postecoglou will be hoping for a better result on Saturday when Spurs welcome bottom of the table Everton to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.