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The Tottenham squad for the 2024/25 season is in place and ready to go, as Spurs look to secure Champions League qualification for the first time since 2022.

The official party line will be to challenge for the Premier League title, but, after last term’s collapse and eventual fifth-placed finish, Champions League football is more realistic. Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs are a fluid, exciting unit when on form but can be porous as sponge when not – the north Londoners conceded 61 league goals last season, only six fewer than 17th-placed Nottingham Forest.

Results against direct rivals need to improve, particularly at home: Spurs’ 12 defeats in 2023/24 included backyard reverses to Aston Villa, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City – each dealing a key blow to their ambitions and boosting a competitor’s. Playing free-flowing football is nice, but fans demand greater consistency.

Premier League seasons consist of 38 games. Last time out, Spurs entered November top of the table and unbeaten, with eight victories, two draws and 26 points taken from a possible 30… then an implosion at home to Chelsea on matchday 11 obliterated their form.

Long-term injuries (sustained during that fiery derby clash) to James Maddison and Micky van de Ven contributed to a five-game winless streak from which the side never truly recovered. Spurs ultimately missed out on Champions League football.

If Postecoglou’s side can start just as strongly and maintain that standard this season, they’ll be challenging for more than just European qualification. But can they avoid collapse when inevitable injuries and suspensions strike?

Tottenham squad for 2024/25

Tottenham squad for 2024/25: Ange Postecoglou's full team

GK: Guglielmo Vicario

GK: Fraser Forster

GK: Brandon Austin

GK: Alfie Whiteman

DF: Sergio Reguilon

DF: Radu Dragusin

DF: Emerson Royal

DF: Destiny Udogie

DF: Cristian Romero

DF: Pedro Porro

DF: Djed Spence

DF: Ben Davies

DF: Ashley Phillips

DF: Micky van de Ven

MF: Oliver Skipp

MF: Yves Bissouma

MF: James Maddison

MF: Archie Gray

MF: Lucas Bergvall

MF: Giovani Lo Celso

MF: Pape Sarr

MF: Rodrigo Bentancur

MF: Alfie Devine

FW: Son Heung-min

FW: Richarlison

FW: Timo Werner

FW: Dejan Kulusevski

FW: Brennan Johnson

FW: Manor Solomon

FW: Dane Scarlett

FW: Dominic Solanke

Tottenham squad numbers for 2024/25

Tottenham manager

Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou made an instant impact after arriving at Spurs from Celtic one year ago, making shrewd signings, implementing a high-octane style of football and wooing a beleaguered fanbase with his no-nonsense personality. The Australian’s dogmatic, attack-no-matter-what philosophy has been widely lauded, though recent jibes about the club’s ambition will have some fans worried.

Tottenham's key player

Son Heung-min

Son Heung-min hit 17 goals and 10 assists in the top-flight last term to help fill the goalscoring void left by Harry Kane. Tottenham’s skipper is now the club’s fifth-highest scorer, with 162 strikes, and remains their most potent attacking threat. Arsenal fans aside, who doesn’t love the South Korean?

One to watch

Micky van de Ven

Micky van de Ven became the quickest Premier League player in history when clocking a top speed of 37.38km/h against Brentford in February, leapfrogging Man City and England speedster Kyle Walker to top spot. The Dutch defender enjoyed a stellar debut campaign and will be desperate to avoid injury and contribute even more this time around.

The mood

Grumbles around exorbitant ticket prices, Daniel Levy’s perceived penny-pinching and a lack of silverware persist, but the current mood is far better than it ever was under Postecoglou’s predecessors Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho. On their day, this team is capable of serving up the type of football worthy of the club’s magnificent stadium. Whisper it, but there’s belief around Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Most likely to...

Leak goals at set pieces. Spurs were among the worst sides in last season’s Premier League when it came to defending dead balls, leading to questions over a lack of dedicated set-piece training. Postecoglou claimed he had “no issue” with the worrying statistics. "Eventually I will create a team that has success and it won't be because of working on set pieces," he sniffed. “I'm just not interested in it. I never have been.”

Least likely to...

Win anything. Since Spurs lifted the 2008 League Cup, 64 of their players and coaches have won more than 200 trophies… at other clubs after leaving Tottenham.

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Dominic Solanke will lead the line for Tottenham Hotspur next season, after completing a record £65 million move from Bournemouth.

But Ange Postecoglou is also keen to add more creativity to his midfield, ensuring a steady supply of chances for the team's new focal point.

In addition to Solanke, Tottenham have already signed young prospects Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Yang Min-hyuk this summer.

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According to TEAMtalk, Spurs are looking to bring in Ebere Eze from Crystal Palace, who scored 11 goals and assisted four more in the Premier League last season. Since moving to Palace four years ago, Eze has shown that he can unlock stubborn defences with his exceptional dribbling and passing ability.

His performances have become much more consistent, leading to interest from the likes of Manchester City and Arsenal, who released him as a youngster. Eze started his career at Queens Park Rangers and soon developed a reputation as one of the Championship's most exciting talents.

He is comfortable playing out wide or through the middle, so would give Postecoglou plenty of options if he opted to join Tottenham.

“He’s a great talent,” former club legend Chris Waddle recently told the Mirror. “I think he’d mainly be used in a wide role. He’s got pace, grace and balance. The Spurs fans would love to watch him. He’s definitely a Tottenham player. He would be a great addition."

After making his debut last year, Eze was part of the England squad that reached the final of the Euros, coming off the bench against Denmark, Slovakia and Switzerland. The 26-year-old is under contract at Palace until 2027 but they could be tempted to cash in for around £60 million.

Their other creative spark, Michael Olise, has been sold to Bayern Munich and they would be wary of losing both players in the same transfer window.

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Tottenham have made Dominic Solanke one of their biggest-ever purchases after agreeing a transfer fee in the region of £65m with Bournemouth.

The former Chelsea and Liverpool centre-forward is a belated replacement for Harry Kane, who they sold to Bayern Munich last summer.

Like most Premier League clubs, Tottenham’s record with spending this kind of money has had its hits and misses over the years. Here’s the current top ten and how they got on at the club.

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Well, the jury’s out, naturally, given that the Leeds United youth product has only just made the move to the club this summer.

A versatile utility player most at home in central midfield but with experience at full-back, the dynamic youngster is part of the famous Gray family with links to Elland Road going back to the 1960s.

Gray has taken the step up from Championship level after establishing himself as a key player for Leeds last season, with their defeat to Southampton in the play-off final allowing Tottenham to swoop to give the 18 year old the Premier League move he presumably wanted.

The France international was already well-known to English fans when he made the move from Newcastle United in summer 2016 following the Magpies’ relegation to the Championship.

Sissoko had a tough time getting into the side in his first season at Tottenham but found his stride in 2017/18 and improved even further in 2018/19, when he was briefly considered one of the best midfielders in the Premier League. Sissoko helped Spurs reach the Champions League final and won Spurs’ player of the year award.

After recovering from several months out with a knee injury midway through the 2019/20 season, Sissoko returned to the line-up but fell out of favour as Jose Mourinho’s side laboured, and was sold to newly-promoted Watford for £3m in summer 2021. Not a bad investment by any means.

The Dutch centre-back looks an absolute steal for Spurs so far following his arrival from German side Wolfsburg last summer.

Van de Ven has brought both pace and positional sense to a Spurs back line that has needed it in Ange Postecoglou’s unique brand of attacking football, and was one of the Premier League’s shrewdest signings last season.

Still just 23 years old, van de Ven still has plenty of good years ahead of him, and will be hoping to maintain the kind of form that saw him awarded the club’s player of the season award in his debut campaign.

That figure is slightly more complicated than that, as it includes the €5m initial loan fee Tottenham paid to bring the former Manchester City full-back in from Sporting, with a €40m obligation to buy in the summer.

Porro struggled to impress as he took his earliest steps at Tottenham, but has gone from strength to strength since then, starting all but three of Spurs’ Premier League games last season.

The Spaniard started the campaign in fine form for assists, notching up seven in his first 20 appearances, and when that dried up he become a goal threat instead, ending the campaign with three strikes in seven games. At 24, Porro looks like being been money well spent for Tottenham.

God, Spurs spent quite a bit last year, didn’t they? Again capitalising on a Premier League side’s relegation, Spurs held off interest from Newcastle United to land Maddison from Leicester City.

The attacking midfielder’s first season mirrored Tottenham’s as a club: an absolutely sensational start, with three goals and three assists in his first nine appearances, followed by a less convincing rest of the campaign.

In fairness to Maddison, he at least had a serious ankle injury to excuse him. Losing him midway through a 4-1 defeat to Chelsea proved to be an inflection point in Spurs’ season, and while Maddison’s stats on his return were respectable, he was unable to match the bar he had set for himself. The summer break may well have done him a lot of good, you suspect.

You wonder how much that transfer fee motivated Spurs to keep Davinson Sanchez around for six years, like stubbornly using a car you’re not quite happy with for years just to feel like you’ve got your money’s worth out of it.

Sanchez was not horrendous, but nor was he quite up to the standard Tottenham would have hoped for when they sanctioned what was then a club-record fee for the Colombian centre-back’s services, despite an initial strong start.

The shift away from a back three to a four was particularly deleterious to the erratic Sanchez’ form, and he left for Galatasaray in 2023 having played a diminished role following Mauricio Pochettino’s departure.

Another successful loan-to-permanent deal, with Romero coming in from Atalanta on a season-long loan in 2021 – though in his case the permanent move appears to have been an option, rather than an obligation.

Triggering that clase proved to be a no-brainer for Spurs, and he has proven to be well worth the money… despite a disciplinary record that would make Patrick Vieira blush.

Romero has attracted transfer rumours since playing a key role in Argentina’s 2022 World Cup win, which have only amplified further after adding the Copa America this summer to boot. Real Madrid have been linked for ages…

Another of those big-money arrivals in the same summer Spurs sold Kane, the Welshman had played a starring role in an eccentric Nottingham Forest side to help them get promoted and then stay in the Premier League.

It didn’t take long for talk of a potential big move to turn into reality, with Spurs splashing out to bring in Johnson.

So far he’s been more or less exactly what you would have expected for a winger taking another step up in level after being signed aged 22: occasionally brilliant, occasionally anonymous. His five-goal, 10-assist contribution last season was a promising start to build on, though.

The Brazilian has admirably made no secret of his struggles off the pitch during his first campaign at Tottenham, where he struggled to justify the hefty fee Spurs had paid to bring him in from Everton: just one goal in 27 Premier League appearances.

But last season was a return to exactly the kind of numbers that led Tottenham to sign Richarlison, as he chipped in with 11 goals and four assists.

The bulk of those goals came as part of a sensational run of form from December to February, but an injury-hit end to the season put an end to that. Richarlison has turned down a move to Saudi Arabia to stay and fight for his place at Tottenham.

Ah, well, never mind, eh?

The midfielder remains the club’s record arrival five years on from arriving to bolster a side of Champions League finalists, but had fallen out of favour before the end of his first season at the club.

Ndombele showed some signs of improvement the following season, but a loss of fitness and form soon saw him return to disappointing sorts.

Spurs tried to cut their losses from 2022 with loans to Lyon, Napoli and Galatasaray, with a smaller and smaller number attached to the option-to-buy clause in each case; none of them bit, and Ndombele left as a free agent earlier this summer.

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Tottenham report: Dominic Solanke gives go-ahead for Spurs move

Bournemouth are set for a massive profit and a club record fee for Dominic Solanke after reports they have agreed terms on a sale to Tottenham - but are said to be frustrated by the circumstances of the move.

The former Chelsea and Liverpool striker had told Bournemouth earlier in the summer that he would be interested in pursuing potential bigger opportunities after five and a half increasingly productive years at the club.

Solanke arrived from Liverpool in January 2019 and has scored 77 times in 216 appearances, with his 19-goal Premier League tally - one every other game for the ever-present striker - comfortably his best output in the top flight.

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Bournemouth unhappy at timing of Dominic Solanke departure

Now coming into his prime years with his 27th birthday just a few weeks away, there was always a chance that Solanke would attract interest from one of the Premier League's big boys.

But if the Daily Mirror are to be believed, Bournemouth are rather disgruntled that Tottenham have waited until this close to the start of the new season to make their move for Solanke.

They write that there is 'some frustration' at the timing, just as Bournemouth were starting to feel genuinely optimistic that they might be able to hold onto their star asset. We presume therefore that Bournemouth will not themselves be on the lookout for any new signings of their own despite Solanke's departure, given that it's so close to the start of the season and would disrupt other teams' plans for the new season and everything.

Intriguingly, the Mirror add that 'Spurs have made their move in light of Richarlison's decision to remain in north London despite a lucrative approach from the Saudi Pro League'.

Perhaps we're reading too much into that, but it might suggest that Tottenham were waiting to see exactly what kind of budget they would have for their belated Harry Kane replacement a year on from selling him to Bayern Munich.

At the £55m plus £10m in add-ons that has been reported, Solanke would be Tottenham's most expensive ever signing, topping the £62.5m they paid for, erm, Tanguy Ndombele, and would crush Bournemouth's record for a sale: the £40m they got from Manchester City for Nathan Ake.

Liverpool are meanwhile reportedly set to receive a £10m cut from Bournemouth as part of a sell-on clause agreed in the move that took Solanke away from Anfield.

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As Tottenham close in on a move for Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke in what would be their biggest deal of the summer, they could also be about to complete their biggest outgoing deal of the window so far.

Spurs are believed to be in advanced talks over the signing of England striker Solanke, with the BBC reporting a deal is close to being negotiated that is lower than his £65million release clause.

Should Spurs get a deal over the line, he will be the fourth new arrival this summer, following on from the signings of 18-year-old trio Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Yang Min-hyeok as the club’s spending approaches the £100million mark.

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So far, only Joe Rodon’s £10million sale to Leeds has brought in any money, with the likes of Eric Dier, Ryan Sessegnon, Tanguy Ndombele and Ivan Perisic all leaving on free transfers, but further funds could soon be on the way to help keep the club's PSR situation on track.

According to Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Spurs have agreed a deal to sell defender Emerson Royal to AC Milan, with the Serie A side having ‘signed the documents’ which will see the 25-year-old move to the San Siro.

The next step will be a medical which is currently being booked, which will then lead to the Brazilian ending a three-year spell in north London that has seen him play 101 matches for the club.

Emerson struggled to hold onto his place in the Spurs starting XI at the back end of last season, but with Milan defender Alessandro Florenzi suffering an ACL injury in pre-season, the 10-time Brazil international has the opportunity to immediately win a place in the Milan side.

A fee of €15million, plus bonuses has previously been mentioned for the defender, which is in line with the player's Transfermarkt valuation of €18million, which, in FourFourTwo's opinion makes this a decent move for all parties.

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Tottenham star has just put a HUGE spanner in the Dominic Solanke transfer: report

Tottenham in for another huge striker signing following Dominic Solanke green light: report

After narrowly missing out on a place in the Champions League last season, Tottenham’s goal in the transfer market this summer is to put together a squad that can crack the top four in Ange Postecoglou’s sophomore campaign.

Spurs have so far focused on snapping up young talent in the current transfer window, signing a trio of 18-year-olds in Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvalla and Yang Min-hyeok, while Joe Rodon has been sold and a host of players including Eric Dier, Ryan Sessegnon and Ivan Perisici have left at the end of their contracts.

Unlike last summer, when Harry Kane left for Bayern Munich, the club have not seen any key first-team players depart, although that is not down to a lack of offers.

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That’s because Spurs forward Richarlison has revealed that he has turned down an offer to play in the Saudi Pro League, amid recent reports that Al Hilal were looking to sign the Brazil international.

Talking to ESPN Brasil, the 27-year-old has confirmed he had an offer to play in Saudi Arabia but has turned it down.

"There has been an offer but my dream of playing for the Brazilian Seleção and in the Premier League speaks louder," he said. "The money is big but my dreams are bigger."

Richarlison has been at Tottenham since 2022 when he joined from Everton and added that he wants to remain in the Premier League to maximise his chances of playing in the 2026 World Cup.

He may find that he has increased competition for places in the Spurs attack though, amid reports that Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke has expressed an interest in moving to the north London club, while Lille forward Jonathan David has also been linked in a cut-price deal as he enters the final year of his current contract.

In FourFourTwo's opinion, Richarlison staying may have a bearing on Spurs signing both forwards – but getting one does seem probable.

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Tottenham report: Dominic Solanke gives go-ahead for Spurs move

Tottenham’s efforts in the transfer market so far this summer have focused on youth, with three 18-year-olds being signed up.

The biggest move the club have made so far this summer has been a £35million swoop for Archie Gray, while Lucas Bergvall and Yang Min-Hyuk have also been snapped up.

Spurs’ attention now appears to be shifting to their forward line with Ange Postecoglou’s side reportedly looking to add more experienced options to a retooled striker corps.

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Earlier this week, the club got the green light to move for Bournemouth and England striker Dominic Solanke, as the 26-year-old reportedly told his representatives he would be keen to move to the north London side.

The Cherries have put a £65million price tag on the former Liverpool man’s head, leaving Spurs with a decision to make as to how badly they want to land the player who scored 21 times last season.

But Solanke is not the only forward that Spurs are in for, as L’Equipe report that the club are also hoping to move for Lille forward Jonathan David, who has now entered the final year of his contract.

The Canada international netted 26 goals last season, with Spurs, Atletico Madrid and Roma all linked with him in recent weeks. But with Atletico now moving for Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez and Roma said to be ‘finding it tough’ to agree a deal for David, the report claims that Spurs are leading the race.

The player himself has also snubbed Roma and is holding out for a bigger move.

David is said to be available for £25million, well short of his €50million valuation on Transfermarkt and at 24 years of age, could be a shrewd signing, in FourFourTwo’s opinion. Given Spurs’ usual transfer market negotiating tactics, this cut-price deal suits them down to the ground and if they were to bring Bournemouth’s price for Solanke down, they could transform their attack for the new season and give Postecoglou the tools he needs to crack the top four.

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Tottenham Hotspur target Dominic Solanke has given the green light to the north Londoners, ahead of a £60 million move.

Solanke starred for Bournemouth last season, as the Cherries recovered after a bad start to the season under Andoni Iraola to finish strongly. The forward netted 19 in the Premier League to record his best-ever top-flight return, two seasons after scoring 29 in the Championship en route to promotion.

Tottenham sold Harry Kane last summer, failing to replace their all-time record scorer directly in the transfer market, as Brennan Johnson and Manor Solomon arrived instead. With Spurs needing a little more firepower, however, manager Ange Postecoglou is prioritising a No.9 this summer.

Now, TEAMtalk has broken news of a breakthrough in the Solanke move. The 26-year-old has reportedly told his agents that he is keen on the transfer to happen.

The Telegraph have reported the value of the deal to be around £65 million. It's unclear as to whether Tottenham are willing to meet this price, with the report stating that Spurs are so far “unwilling” to pay that much.

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In FourFourTwo's opinion, it's probable that the Lilywhites' chairman, Daniel Levy, looks to negotiate this one up until the end of the transfer window. Given that Solanke has now given his word that he wants Spurs, Bournemouth may well have to acquiesce on their demands or keep a wantaway player.

FFT understands that the former Liverpool and Chelsea star is a model professional unlikely to force a move out – especially after a good season under Iraola. It's more likely that the Basque boss and his board grant Solanke the move out of respect of what he's done for the club – but even so, the Cherries will have to source a replacement before they consider selling.

The Dorset outfit currently have Turkish star Enes Unal as backup striker, having sold Kieffer Moore this summer. Unal has struggled for game-time since arriving in January, and Bournemouth would be likely to spend any money from Solanke's sale on a new No.9 to compete with the former Manchester City striker.

Solanke is worth €40, as per Transfermarkt. His contract expires in 2027.

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Tottenham’s summer transfer window so far has seen the club focus on youth.

The club have signed three 18-year-olds this summer, paying £35million to Leeds United for Archie Gray, while Lucas Bergvall’s £8.5million move from Swedish side Djurgarden has been completed and the club have moved to sign Yang Min-Hyuk from South Korean side Gangwon FC.

It is clear that the club are looking to the future with their transfer business this summer after Ange Postecoglou led the club to fifth place in his first season in charge at Spurs last season.

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But while three talented teenagers have been snapped up so far this summer, it may mean that opportunities for some of the club’s existing young hopefuls could be limited.

That would appear to be the case for academy graduate Nile John, who is set to leave the club this summer, according to TeamTalk, as Spurs look to cash in on a homegrown player who is now into the final year of his contract, which was only extended last summer.

John made two senior appearances for Spurs in 2021, once as a substitute in the Europa League and one starting in the Europa Conference League. He joined Charlton on loan for the second half of the 2021/22 season, failing to make an appearance, but has been a regular for Tottenham’s U21s side.

The arrival of Gray and Bergvall puts him even further down the midfielder pecking order, with other homegrown talents Alfie Devine, Tyrese Hall and George Abbott also vying for places.

There is no news of where John may be headed, but should Spurs bank a fee for the 21-year-old it would go down as pure profit in the club’s accounts, boosting their PSR standing.

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Tottenham fared pretty well last season without Harry Kane, despite not signing a direct replacement for their all-time record goalscorer following his departure to Bayern Munich. A new number nine is on Spurs' list of transfer priorities this summer, however.

Boss Ange Postecoglou has made it clear that he intends to add a centre-forward to his squad. The Australian put his faith in captain Son Heung-min during his first season in charge – and the South Korean star repaid that by netting 17 times in 36 appearances in all competitions.

Richarlison chipped in with 12 goals over the course of the campaign, but Dejan Kulusevski (8) was the only other Spurs player to score more than five. Another reliable finisher certainly wouldn't go amiss.

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Could Dominic Solanke be that man? According to The Telegraph, Spurs are trying to sign the 26-year-old from Bournemouth.

Solanke impressed with 21 goals at an average of one every other game for the Cherries last term. Nineteen of those came in the Premier League, where he finished as the joint top English scorer alongside Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins and Manchester City's Phil Foden.

The former Liverpool and Chelsea man, who earned his sole England cap to date in a 2017 friendly against Brazil, is believed to have a release clause of around £65m. He joined Bournemouth from the Reds for £19m in January 2019 and has scored 77 goals in 216 outings overall.

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There's no doubt that his 2023/24 form was impressive, and it could be the start of a sustained spell of consistent Premier League goalscoring. At £65m, though, there would appear to be better options for Spurs.

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