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Chelsea will host Jack Wilshere's Luton Town in the Carabao Cup second round, while Tottenham Hotspur host Charlton Athletic in a London derby.

Former Arsenal midfielder Wilshere will take his League One outfit to Stamford Bridge, as the 11 Premier League sides not involved in European competition this season joined the winners of the first-round ties in the hat.

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Among the other tasty ties are League One AFC Wimbledon visiting Alvaro Arbeloa's Fulham at Craven Cottage, while Keith Andrews' Brentford face a potentially tricky tie against Birmingham at St Andrew's.

The winner of the Devon derby between Plymouth and Exeter, live on Sky Sports on Monday night, will get Premier League side Coventry City at home, while West Ham face an all-Championship tie away to Southampton.

In the north draw, Newcastle have been given Championship side West Brom at home, while Leeds were given an all-Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest.

David Moyes' Everton go to second tier club Preston - as the Toffees boss reunites with the club where he began his managerial career.

Like the first round, the second round draw was also regionalised and split into Southern and Northern section ties. The second-round matches will be played in the week commencing August 24.

The remaining Premier League teams will join in the third round, which will be split over the week commencing September 7 and the week commencing September 14. The teams competing in the Champions League will start in the later week.

Carabao Cup second round draw in full

North Draw

Stoke City vs Hull City

Newcastle vs West Brom

Blackburn vs Sheffield Utd

Nottingham Forest vs Leeds

Doncaster vs Middlesbrough

Barnsley vs Crewe

Preston vs Everton

Blackpool vs Lincoln

Sheffield Wednesday vs Wolves

Bradford vs Burnley

Fleetwood vs Shrewsbury

South Draw

Walsall vs Leyton Orient

Ipswich vs Leicester

Cardiff vs Norwich

Stevenage vs Reading

Cambridge vs Millwall

Birmingham City vs Brentford

Southampton vs West Ham

Watford vs Peterborough

Fulham vs AFC Wimbledon

Plymouth or Exeter vs Coventry

Chelsea vs Luton

Tottenham vs Charlton

Catch up with all the goals so far!

The first-round ties have had plenty of drama, action and goals as sides from the Championship League One and League Two sought a spot in the second round.

Clubs relegated from the Premier League in West Ham, Wolves and Burnley have all made it through, while three clubs from League Two have also booked their spot in the hat - Crewe, Fleetwood and Shrewsbury.

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The top stories and transfer rumours from Sunday's newspapers...

Premier League

Cristian Romero is open to joining Arsenal this summer - but Tottenham are adamant their defender will not be crossing the north London divide - Sunday Mirror

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Everton and Crystal Palace are in discussions over a potential swap deal between Dwight McNeil and Brennan Johnson - Mail on Sunday

Barcelona are confident they can reach a compromise agreement with Manchester City for £68m-rated Rodri as they prepare a revised bid - Mail on Sunday

Arsenal are once again eyeing up a move for Juventus winger Kenan Yildiz after seeing their ambitious bid to lure Vinicius Junior to the Premier League fall flat - Sunday Mirror

Enzo Maresca will choose his own Manchester City captain rather than put the decision to a team election and wants to inject some English influence into his leadership group - Mail on Sunday

Non-League

Andy Carroll was sent off with a straight red card in Dagenham & Redbridge's first game of the season after an off-the-ball incident - The Sun

Scottish Football

Rangers have tabled an improved offer for PSV Eindhoven winger Couhaib Driouech - The Scottish Sun

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Atletico Madrid are in talks with Tottenham over signing their captain Cristian Romero.

Sky Sports News understands numbers have been discussed between the two clubs, but Spurs are yet to receive a formal offer.

Atletico have been long-term admirers of the Argentina international, who is expected to depart Spurs this summer.

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Inter Milan are also keen but, as things stand, they need to sell players before they can act on their interest.

According to Sky in Italy, the figures involved have made a deal complicated for Inter, both in terms of wages and fee.

Meanwhile, Atletico have made progress with sales of defenders Matteo Ruggeri, who is closing in on a move to Aston Villa, and Nahuel Molina, who is expected to join Roma, paving the way for them to approach Spurs.

Romero signed a new deal last summer - which expires in 2029 - when he was made captain by former boss Thomas Frank.

However, Spurs have a bloated centre-back department after signing Jan Paul van Hecke and Marcos Senesi this summer.

Head coach Roberto De Zerbi has suggested during pre-season that he would not stand in Romero's way if he wished to leave.

What did De Zerbi say on Romero's future?

Speaking on July 30, De Zerbi was quizzed about Romero's uncertain future at the club amid overseas interest. "At the beginning of my time in April, I had one million individual meetings!" he said.

"And [the players] told me what was their idea. I said: 'Yes, help me to stay up and then I help you to leave. If you don't help me to stay up, you stay underwater with me!'"

Tottenham's Premier League survival went down to the final day of the 2025/26 season, but Romero missed their 1-0 win over Everton through injury - and was criticised for travelling to his native Argentina in the days before the crucial game.

But De Zerbi said: "Romero with me was unbelievable. Top, in his behaviour, his respect. He suffered when he did not play the last game. It is not true that he wanted to leave for Argentina to prepare for their World Cup. It's not true.

"After the semi-final [against England] we text a message but I never called him to convince him to stay. I respected what he told me. Like for [Guglielmo] Vicario, like for every player."

De Zerbi added: "Romero as a player is one of the best centre-backs in the world, but at the end I said I want to respect the will of the players."

Timing in sport often defines a career and for Conor Gallagher and Tottenham, it probably could not have been worse.

He arrived at Spurs last January from Atletico Madrid for £35m and within weeks boss Thomas Frank had been replaced by Igor Tudor, who by Gallagher's own admission "wasn't having me" as a player as the club battled relegation.

They were tough times at Spurs and Gallagher could not see a way out of the slump.

However, the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi as head coach began to change everything. Tottenham avoided relegation to the Championship and Gallagher played his part, although in an emotional interview on the final day he admitted he had not been able to show fans what he was really about.

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Gallagher believes now is the time to really start his Spurs story.

"It's time to kick on to try and show the fans what I can do," he told Sky Sports. "I want to be at my best to help the club go to where we should be.

"Every footballer has things going on and hard, tough times. It's just life. Everyone has problems and I'm just really happy that we came out of it and I ended the season well.

"Hopefully this is only the start of my Spurs career."

Gallagher's praise for De Zerbi

It feels a very different Gallagher sitting in the sunshine a few weeks out from the start of a new season.

Much of that is down to De Zerbi, who joined Spurs in March.

Gallagher said: "With me, it was just a confidence thing mainly and slightly a physical thing, which you get from just playing more games. I wasn't really used to that at that time.

"The manager gave me a bit of my confidence back and I started playing more consistent minutes on the pitch.

"A lot of credit to the manager but for him, it's only the start also."

De Zerbi's demanding reputation and intensity are clear to see but Gallagher admits he was still a little daunted during their first meeting.

He added: "He was a bit scary, especially the first time meeting him, but after a while it's not like that.

"He's actually a really nice man but you know you can't mess around. You've got to do the right things and train right and give 100 per cent.

"As a coach, he's one of those coaches that you want to do well for. He shows a lot of belief in his players. He instils that confidence in the players. He makes you want to do your best for him and work as hard as you can.

"He always said, 'if you listen to me and stick with me and believe me, then we'll be fine'. And that was when we were in the situation we were last season.

"So he had full belief in himself and he kind of needs everyone on board with him for it to work. And everyone is and does just by the way he is."

That belief is reflected in the way De Zerbi talks about Gallagher.

In Sydney during pre-season, the Spurs boss said, when Gallagher is at his best, it is like Tottenham have an extra player - a remarkable turnaround from a player who a few months ago was struggling for minutes.

Gallagher smiles. "It's nice. I always try and give my best whenever I'm on the pitch. I feel like it should be my prime kind of years. I've kind of been at a load of teams already and had amazing experiences and loved every club I played for at that time.

"So now I just want to have a bigger role and try and lead by example, on and off the pitch."

'De Zerbi wants to dominate everything'

Tottenham have backed De Zerbi heavily this summer, getting much of their business done early.

Almost £200m has been spent on new players - all with Premier League experience - and the early arrivals have given Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and Andy Robertson a chance to create some chemistry in the squad.

For De Zerbi, building relationships is as important as building a team, and Gallagher says he loves a bit of team bonding.

He said: "We've got a really good group of people and footballers. The gaffer loves it - a team dinner and a few drinks and a bonding night out."

It is all part of what De Zerbi's vision for the club is and, perhaps, I suggest to Gallagher, we got a glimpse of it in one of their pre-season games with Chelsea - one of Spurs' biggest rivals and the midfielder's former club - which was pretty fiery.

Gallagher's tackle committed on Dario Essugo - too committed thought some - prompts him to hold his head in his hands and laugh.

"That tackle was not as bad as what it looked, to be fair," he said. "I had no intention of hurting anyone."

He added: "De Zerbi wants to dominate everything. He wants to have the ball and control games.

"He wants us to obviously win every game, like any manager would. But he believes we can dominate any team we play against if we play the right way and with the right personality."

Where that can take Tottenham this season will be fascinating after two 17th-placed finishes.

What will also be interesting is to see what Gallagher does next. "It feels perfect here," he finishes.

Perhaps now really is his time at Spurs.