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Archie Gray believes Tottenham have a prime opportunity to end their 17-year wait for silverware by winning the Europa League this season.

Despite a challenging domestic campaign – which sees Spurs sitting 13th in the Premier League and eliminated from both domestic cup competitions – European success remains a realistic target.

Many bookmakers currently rate Tottenham as favourites to lift the Europa League trophy, with their last-16 clash against AZ Alkmaar set to begin next week.

Gray, 18, has been a standout performer in what has been a difficult season for Spurs. His efforts were recognised on Thursday when he was named Men’s Young Player of the Year at the London Football Awards.

Speaking after receiving his award, Gray opened up the club’s lengthy trophy drought, which dates back to their 2008 League Cup triumph.

“It is not something we speak of because we know the opportunity that we’ve got is golden, especially in the Europa League, with the squad we’ve got and people coming back from injuries, we know we can change that [trophy record],” Gray said.

“We are just focusing on the next game and being carried away. That [winning the Europa League] is definitely the goal but we are not getting carried away. It is the Europa League next game but we’re just taking it each game at a time.”

Since making the switch from Leeds United last summer, Gray has made 35 appearances, often playing out of position as a center-back rather than in his preferred midfield role.

The England under-21 international also praised the influence of club captain Heung-Min Son, crediting him with helping him settle in at Spurs.

“He’s definitely a world-class player and as a person, he’s probably one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met,” Gray added.

“Ever since I first moved to the club, he always sat down and had breakfast with me every morning which for a new player at the club – you look at players like Sonny, Madders [James Maddison], all of them in the squad to be fair – you wouldn’t really expect them to go out of their way to speak to the new 18-year-old who’s just come from a Championship club.

“To be fair to them, they’ve helped me settle in really well and everyone has been amazing with me.”

Tottenham and Arsenal have named their starting sides for the first North London derby of the season in the Premier League on Sunday.

As expected, Gunners manager Mikel Arteta will be without Martin Odegaard because of an ankle injury the captain sustained with Norway.

For Tottenham, £55 million summer signing Dominic Solanke makes his home debut in attack as they seek a second win in the last eight editions of the fixture.

The striker did not score against Arsenal in five appearances against them for former club Bournemouth, losing on each occasion.

Tottenham vs Arsenal: Four changes

Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou makes four changes to the side who were beaten 2-1 at Newcastle before the international break.

Centre-half Micky van de Ven is back from injury, while Rodrigo Bentancur and Brennan Johnson also returns. Radu Dragusin, Wilson Odobert, Yves Bissouma and Pape Sarr drop out.

Son Heung-Min is making his 19th Premier League appearance in the North London derby, making Sol Campbell (22) the only outfield player to feature more in the fixture in the competition.

Tottenham starting XI: Vicario, Porro, Van de Ven, Romero, Udogie, Bentancur, Maddison, Kulusevski, Johnson, Son, Solanke

Subs: Forster, Spence, Davies, Dragusin, Gray, Sarr, Bergvall, Odobert, Werner

Arsenal vs Tottenham: Jorginho, Martinelli in

Declan Rice is suspended for Arsenal after being sent off in their 1-1 home draw against Brighton & Hove Albion on August 31.

The England international and Odegaard are replaced by Jorginho and Gabriel Martinelli, with Raheem Sterling – a deadline-day loan signing from Chelsea – poised for his Arsenal debut from the bench.

Arsenal starting XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber, Partey, Jorginho, Havertz, Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Subs: Neto, Kiwior, Kacurri, Heaven, Lewis-Skelly, Sterling, Nwaneri, Jesus, Kabia

Rodrigo Bentancur has been charged by the Football Association for comments he made about Tottenham team-mate Son Heung-min.

Bentancur was a guest on Uruguayan TV show Pro La Camiseta in June when host Rafa Cotelo asked for a Spurs player’s shirt. Bentancur replied by saying: “Sonny’s? It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all look the same.”

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South Korea international Son, who is Spurs captain, said he had spoken to Bentancur at the time, writing on Instagram: “He made a mistake, he knows this and has apologised. Lolo would not mean to ever intentionally say something offensive. We are brothers and nothing has changed at all.

“We’re past this, we’re united, and we will be back together in pre-season to fight for our club as one.”

Spurs also released a statement in which they said they supported the fact “our captain Sonny feels that he can draw a line under the incident.”

However, the FA today announced Bentancur had been charged.

It said: “Rodrigo Bentancur has been charged with an alleged breach of FA Rule E3 for misconduct in relation to a media interview.

“It’s alleged that the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has breached FA Rule E3.1 as he acted in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or brought the game into disrepute.

“It’s further alleged that this constitutes an “aggravated breach” which is defined in FA Rule E3.2, as it included a reference, whether express or implied, to nationality and/or race and/or ethnic origin.

“Rodrigo Bentancur has until Thursday 19 September 2-24 to provide a response to this charge.”

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou felt his side had enough chances to win “comfortably” at Newcastle this afternoon after watching their unbeaten start to the season end with a 2-1 defeat.

Spurs were wasteful throughout on Tyneside and Alexander Isak’s winner with 12 minutes to go condemned them to defeat.

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Postecoglou told Sky Sports: “It got away from us unfortunately. We had the chances to win the game probably comfortably but we walk away with nothing so it’s a bitter pill to swallow. It is what it is.

“If you don’t get the second goal when you have momentum… The keeper has pulled off a couple of good saves but we still had the chances to create something more and we didn’t.

“When we’re creating the amount of chances we have, we should be getting more in return than what we have been at the moment.

“The positives are that our football is good and has been in the past three games. We just need to get our rewards for our football. If we continue to play like that, I know we will get our rewards.”

Newcastle had just 34 per cent possession but still managed to notch their second win of the season to move to seven points.

For Isak it was a first goal of the season and the Sweden international was delighted. He said: “Generally we weren’t expecting to have too much of the ball. We wanted to be dangerous on the counter-attack. It wasn’t the most beautiful game from our side but we defended really well and scored two so that’s good.

“You always have to be concentrated. It’s easy to get frustrated. It was a tough game and tough for me – I wasn’t at my sharpest. Jacob Murphy had a great assist, very selfless, so it was just being in the right place.”

Newcastle host Tottenham at St James’ Park today looking to extend their impressive recent record over the Londoners on Tyneside.

The Magpies have scored 10 goals in their last two home league games against Spurs and will be hoping to register another win after taking four points from their opening two fixtures.

The visitors have also drawn one and won one of their first two games – following up a draw at Leicester with a resounding win over Everton.

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Newcastle Team News

Eddie Howe makes one change to the side that escaped with a fortunate 1-1 draw at Bournemouth last Sunday with Harvey Barnes, who impressed off the bench at the Vitality Stadium, coming in for Jacob Murphy.

Sandro Tonali, who made his first appearance following his 10-month ban for betting irregularities in the EFL Cup clash at Nottingham Forest in midweek, is on the bench while Joe Willock misses out with a thigh injury.

Fabian Schar serves the final game of a three-match suspension.

Newcastle: Pope, Kelly, Krafth, Burn, Livramento, Joelinton, Guimaraes, Longstaff, Barnes, Gordon, Isak.

Subs: Dubravka, Trippier, A Murphy, Targett, Osula, Hall, Tonali, J Murphy, Almiron.

Tottenham Team News

Micky van de Ven is not in the squad, presumably through injury, with Dominic Solanke and Richarlison also sidelined.

Brennan Johnson drops to the bench with Radu Dragusin and Pape Sarr coming in.

Tottenham: Vicario, Udogie, Porro, Romero, Dragusin, Maddison, Bissouma, Sarr, Kulusevski, Odobert, Son.

Subs: Forster, Davies, Bentancur, Spence, Devine, Bergvall, Gray, Johnson, Werner.

Man United have been handed a trip to face former boss Jose Mourinho’s new club Fenerbahce in the new-look UEFA Europa League.

Rangers were also handed a trip to Old Trafford in Friday afternoon’s draw in Monaco, while Erik ten Hag’s side will also host Twente Enschede, the club where he began his playing career, going on to have three spells at the club and playing more than 200 league games.

Tottenham have been given an away game at Ibrox, a ground boss Ange Postecoglou knows only too well from his time at Celtic.

As with the Champions League, for the first time this season all the qualifiers will be in one 36-team league phase, rather than eight four-team group.

At Friday afternoon’s draw in Monaco a new computer software was used to give each team four home games and four away ties.

The top-eight sides in the table after the initial phase ends in late January go straight into the last-16, with the sides finishing 9th to 24th facing a two-legged knockout tie to join them.

The teams in 25th to 36th will be eliminated from European competition entirely, with no sides dropping into the Europa Conference League.

The draw

Man United will host Rangers, PAOK, Bodo/Glimt and Twente.

They will visit Porto, Fenerbahce, Viktoria Plzen and Steaua Bucharest.

Rangers will host Tottenham, Lyon, Union Saint Gilloise and Steaua Bucharest.

They will visit Man United, Olympiacos, Malmo and Nice.

Tottenham will host Roma, AZ Alkmaar, Qarabag and Elfsborg.

They will visit Rangers, Ferencvaros, Galatasary and Hoffenheim.

Porto will host Man United, Olympiacos, Midtjylland and Hoffenheim.

They will visit Lazio, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bodo/Glimt and Anderlecht.

Ajax will host Lazio, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Galatasaray and Besiktas.

They will visit Slavia Prague, Real Sociedad, Qarabag and RFS (Latvia).

Roma will host Frankfurt, Braga, Dynamo Kyiv and Athletic Bilbao.

They will visit Tottenham, AZ Alkmaar, Union Saint Gilloise and Elfsborg.

Frankfurt will host Slavia Prague, Ferencvaros, Viktoria Plzen and RFS (Latvia).

They will visit Roma, Lyon, Midtjylland and Besiktas.

Lazio will host Porto, Real Sociedad, Ludogorets and Nice.

They will visit Ajax, Braga, Dynamo Kyiv and Twente.

Slavia Prague will host Ajax, Fenerbahce, Malmo and Anderlecht.

They will visit Frankfurt, PAOK, Ludogorets and Athletic Bilbao.

The fixture order and dates will be released by UEFA on Saturday.

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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou called his players “wasteful” after dropping two points from a winning position in their opening match of the 2024-25 Premier League season at Leicester City.

Spurs went ahead via defender Pedro Porro’s shoulder in the 29th minute and looked comfortable in the first half, only for Jamie Vardy’s 57th-minute strike to earn the newly-promoted Foxes a 1-1 draw.

“The first half was excellent and we controlled the game,” said Postecoglou, reflecting on the start of his second season in charge while speaking to Sky Sports.

“But we were wasteful in front of goal. The second half was the same. We started off well and once Leicester scored, the crowd lifted and we lost our composure.”

Leicester vs Tottenham

Spurs have won one of their seven away games since March 10, beating relegated Sheffield United on the final day of last season.

New £65 million signing Dominic Solanke failed to capitalise on two presentable early chances, while Rodrigo Bentancur saw an effort brilliantly cleared off the line by Wilfred Ndidi.

Richarlison also made his return from injury as a late substitute, only to head Lucas Bergvall’s inviting free-kick wide when well-placed.

“It was an issue we had last year as well,” rued Postecoglou. “We need to keep working hard and be a bit more ruthless in front of goal.

“At times, we made poor decisions. When we are that dominant, we should be out of sight. We do everything to score goals and we didn’t score.”

Spurs ‘weren’t clinical’

“The dominance is great but if you don’t score it is meaningless,” added Postecoglou. “We have to be stronger in our mindset in the front third. To be that wasteful tonight is disappointing. We just weren’t clinical.

“It’s not our football or effort. To get results, you need to be a lot more ruthless in the final third. If we’re not, we won’t get the rewards our football should get. The responsibility is on me. That’s why you coach.”

Spurs are next in action at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday (3pm BST) against Everton, who lost their opener 3-0 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.

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Tottenham’s 100 per cent record in pre-season came to an end today when they were beaten 2-1 by Bayern Munich in Seoul.

The presence of Spurs captain Son Heung-min meant the bulk of the crowd in the South Korean capital were rooting for Ange Postecoglou’s team but it made little difference as the Bundesliga side edged it in humid conditions.

Gabriel Vidovic put Bayern ahead after four minutes and Leon Goretzka doubled their advantage 11 minutes into the second half.

Pedro Porro pulled one back but it was not enough as Vincent Kompany’s men held on.

Despite lacking former Spurs captain Harry Kane and Germany internationals Leroy Sane and Jamal Musiala, Bayern started the better and took an early lead when a mix-up between goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and Djed Spence allowed Vidovic to score after Serge Gnabry had been denied.

Vidovic nearly had a second after 17 minutes but just failed to connect with the rebound after Vicario had saved Mathys Tel’s effort.

Son was quiet in attack but he did come to Spurs’ rescue with some brilliant defending to cut out a Tel cross that was intended for Vidovic, who was free in the middle.

Tel and Gnabry both went close as Bayern continued to dominate with Vicario also saving well to deny Raphael Guerreiro.

A raft of half-time substitutions from both managers failed to alter the complexion of the game with the overworked Vicario doing well to repel an effort from Bryan Zaragoza.

But the second goal Bayern had been threatening did arrive after 56 minutes. Tel broke through the heart of the Spurs defence and, although Vicario saved his initial effort, the midfielder made no mistake with his second.

Bayern substitute Eric Dier almost handed his former club a route back into the game on the hour mark – his error giving Pape Sarr the chance to test Sven Ulreich.

And Spurs did pull one back six minutes later when Porro found space and fired a rocket into the net.

Youngster Lucas Bergvall almost netted again two minutes later as Spurs nearly levelled.

More substitutions took the sting out of the game, although Bayern should have added a late third when Adam Aznou shot wide at the far post.