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His tactics take time to bear fruit, have Spurs taken too big a risk?

His tactics take time to bear fruit, have Spurs taken too big a risk?

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On Tuesday, in their third managerial change of the season, Tottenham Hotspur hired manager Roberto De Zerbi to lead them out of their dire situation; 17th in the league and winless in 2026. De Zerbi’s previous romp in the Premier League was a successful stint at Brighton and Hove Albion, which he left in 2024 on the back of disagreements with the board. His exit at Marseille in February followed a similar pattern, as some sources said the relationship between him and his players completely broke down. This then raises the question of why Tottenham decided to offer the Italian a five-year contract, when he has not stayed at any club for more than 3 years. Desperation certainly plays a part and one can only assume that De Zerbi had all the power during negotiations. The Guardian reported that the club were interested in De Zerbi after sacking Thomas Frank, but the Italian was not keen on taking over mid-season, preferring to wait until the summer. But Tottenham have slumped further since then under interim …

Struggling Premier League club Tottenham hires Roberto De Zerbi amid concerns from women’s fan group | Football News

Struggling Premier League club Tottenham hires Roberto De Zerbi amid concerns from women’s fan group | Football News

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4 min readMar 31, 2026 11:04 PM IST Roberto De Zerbi was hired Tuesday as Tottenham’s third coach of the season in a last-ditch bid by one of England’s top clubs to avoid costly relegation from the Premier League. The appointment came amid criticism from fans’ groups about the Italian coach’s past support of a player who was charged with – but not convicted of – offenses including attempted rape. Tottenham, the reigning Europa League champion and an ever-present in England’s top division since 1978, is one point above the relegation zone in the Premier League with seven games left. De Zerbi has replaced Igor Tudor, who was fired on Sunday after 44 days as interim coach. De Zerbi left Marseille in February and previously worked in the Premier League as Brighton’s manager. De Zerbi signed a “long-term contract,” the team said. “Our short-term priority is to climb the Premier League table, which will be the complete focus until the final whistle of the last game of the season,” De Zerbi said in the announcement. …

Champions League: With Manchester City and Chelsea facing three-goal deficits, a look at four times UCL witnessed crazy 2nd-leg comebacks | Football News

Champions League: With Manchester City and Chelsea facing three-goal deficits, a look at four times UCL witnessed crazy 2nd-leg comebacks | Football News

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Over the next couple of days, multiple top English clubs will be hoping to make comebacks – some from a doable position like Liverpool, who just trail by a solitary goal against Galatarasay, but others like Manchester City and Chelsea have mountains to climb. While City were hammered 3-0 by Real Madrid in Spain (could have been 4-0 but for a missed penalty), Chelsea were competitive for so long against defending champions PSG with the game heading for a 2-2 draw, but collapsed in the last quarter to lose 2-5. And the less said about Tottenham Hotspur’s performance against Atletico Madrid, the better as they were abject in a 2-5 defeat. Can these teams take some insipration from the past comebacks that the European showpiece event has witnessed? There has only been one four-goal comeback and there are three famous three-goal comebacks. 2016/17 round of 16 PSG’s Edinson Cavani felt that the club was the victim of “injustice” in their famous capitulation to Barcelona. (Reuters/File photo) 1st leg: PSG 4-0 Barcelona2nd leg: Barcelona 6-1 PSG …

Tottenham Hotspur boss Igor Tudor’s roller-coaster evening at Anfield: From ‘confusing’ his own staff member for Arne Slot to a combative interview | Football News

Tottenham Hotspur boss Igor Tudor’s roller-coaster evening at Anfield: From ‘confusing’ his own staff member for Arne Slot to a combative interview | Football News

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4 min readMar 16, 2026 12:39 PM IST It may not have got them out of the relegation scrap that they find themselves in but Tottenham Hotspur finally earned their first point under current manager Igor Tudor. Their Premier League match against Liverpool away from home finished 1-1, thus making it the first match that they hadn’t lost under the Croatian manager since he took over from Thomas Frank last month. Before the match began, though, Tudor inadvertently ensured that referee Paul Tierney awkwardly standing in the middle of the Chelsea huddle won’t be the only viral moment of the Premier League weekend. Clips have gone viral of Tudor greeting Tottenham’s player liason officer Alan Dixon at the dugout before the match. While it is not clear from the clip itself, it has been widely interpreted on social media that Tudor had confused Dixon with Liverpool manager Arne Slot. The fact that Dixon and Slot both sport famously bald heads has only added fuel to the online fire. Igor Tudor confused Alan Dixon for Arne …

What does it mean to be ‘Spursy’? Swedish parliament weighs in, mocks Tottenham Hotspur | Football News

What does it mean to be ‘Spursy’? Swedish parliament weighs in, mocks Tottenham Hotspur | Football News

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Swedish politician Mikael Damberg, speaking in the Parliament, recently likened their predicament with that of English football club Tottenham Hotspur. “I naturally think of Tottenham Hotspur, also known as Spurs, it is one of England’s most distinguished and rich clubs with an enormous stadium,” he said, likening the present handling of the Swedish economy to the London-based club, per The Telegraph. “Despite this, Tottenham find themselves in crisis… just a few points above the relegation zone…because they have squandered opportunities.” To be ‘Spursy’ according to him is “when you have opportunities but get no results.” “Sweden can’t perform like Tottenham,” he pleaded. Going into the last 10 rounds, the Premier League is full of life. With 11 matches to go, both the title and the relegation fight are heating up. Arsenal, going for their first championship in 21 years are fighting a very different fight than their eternal rivals, Tottenham. A wayward 17th place finish last year stands out as an outlier, especially considering the previous 16 years of top-8 finishes. Or does it? This …

Ange Postecoglou Vows To Deliver More Success If Tottenham Hotspur Stick With Him

Ange Postecoglou Vows To Deliver More Success If Tottenham Hotspur Stick With Him

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Ange Postecoglou urged Tottenham to end the “weird” speculation over his future as he promised to deliver more success for the Europa League winners. Postecoglou’s side suffered a 4-1 home defeat against Brighton in their last game of the Premier League season on Sunday. But the match was a sideshow to the debate about Postecoglou’s fate after the Australian ended Tottenham’s 17-year wait for a major trophy. Tottenham’s 1-0 win against Manchester United in the Europa League final in Bilbao on Wednesday fulfilled Postecoglou’s bold boast that he always lifts a trophy in his second season. However, the former Celtic boss has spent much of a turbulent campaign battling to quash speculation that he faces the sack. Tottenham, in 17th place, suffered their worst top-flight finish since 1976-77. And although Postecoglou has won over the Tottenham fans who chanted his name throughout the Brighton game, the verdict from chairman Daniel Levy is yet to be delivered. “I will be honest, I have been finding it really weird talking about my future when we …

Tottenham Hotspur fan who had vowed not to tweet till they won a trophy, finally re-appears after 2015 November

Tottenham Hotspur fan who had vowed not to tweet till they won a trophy, finally re-appears after 2015 November

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Football fans are known to ‘sacrifice’ all sorts of food habits and other delectables baiting their favourite clubs to win. But Tottenham Hotspur’s follower going by the handle @James Mouatt had taken a different vow. On November 15, 2015, Twitter user James had declared ‘Won’t tweet again until @SpursOfficial win a trohy’ at 10.54 pm. Finally after Spurs defeated Manchester United in a drab game of football, James resurfaced on Twitter with a Rock gif that said ‘FINALLY’. Football Twitteratti was delighted announcing that James had ‘cooked’ even as fellow Spurs fan @TOTspurs, Peets was celebrated for reassuring James last August that the title would come the following year. https://t.co/6jrauBi38e https://t.co/thZGKfWQ09 pic.twitter.com/ig20IxskV2 — James Mouatt (@JamesMouatt_8) May 21, 2025 Plenty of fans urged James in Spanish to show up and unleash characters on Twitter as soon as Man Utd was beaten. For those who had been chanting ‘Free James’ (from his self exile from Twitter), declared his liberation as the victory, albeit cumbersome one, was sealed. Story continues below this ad James describes himself as …

Spurs boss Postecoglou after winning Europa League title

Spurs boss Postecoglou after winning Europa League title

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Ange Postecoglou kept his promise to win a title in his second year, leading Tottenham Hotspur to their first silverware in 17 years as the Lilywhites beat Manchester United on Wednesday to win the Europa League in Bilbao. The trophy came at the back of a horrendous campaign for Spurs, who currently sit 17th — just one spot ahead of relegated teams — in the Premier League and are the lowest-ranking team in history to have won the European title. “It wasn’t me boasting. It was me making a declaration. I believed it. Finishing third wasn’t going to change this football club. Us winning something changes this football club,” said Spurs manager Postecoglou on him winning a title in his second season. “I’m not afraid to declare that. If I felt short then I was happy to cop it. That was my ambition. I could say that. I was prepared to wear it. People kept reminding me of it but that was only because there was an opportunity to win something,” he added. Postecoglou had …

Why Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min got no winner’s medal after Spurs won Europa League final | Football News

Why Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min got no winner’s medal after Spurs won Europa League final | Football News

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Son Heung-min was among the Tottenham Hotspur players who did not end Wednesday night with a Europa League winner’s medal around his neck, despite the Spurs defeating Manchester United in the final to claim the title. Reason? Because Tottenham Hotspur sent so many players on stage to pick up that UEFA ran out of medals. In scenes captured on the live broadcast after the culmination of the Europa League final, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin was seemingly caught by surprise when the medals ran out while there were still Tottenham players left to receive them. Among these players was Tottenham talisman Son, who won his first title in Europe. UEFA explained that both Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United were informed that only 30 medals would be presented on stage to each club. The club would also be given 20 further medals after the ceremony for players and staff. Story continues below this ad It’s unlikely that Son or the team would mind. This is the club’s first trophy in 17 years. “I felt the pressure. I …

Why Manchester United vs Tottenham was one of the most underwhelming European finales in recent memory 

Why Manchester United vs Tottenham was one of the most underwhelming European finales in recent memory 

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On the eve of the Europa League final, Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou had blasted a reporter for a headline which said that the Australian was “teetering between hero and clown”. “I’ll tell you one thing, irrespective of tomorrow, I’m not a clown and I never will be, mate,” he had said. On Wednesday night, Postecoglou edged past the travelling circus that is Manchester United to help Tottenham end their 17-year trophy drought in a final which will be forgotten in three months’ time by everyone except the Spurs’ fans. In one of the most dull and meandering finals in recent memory, both teams, who are 16th and 17th in the Premier League table looked like they were playing in a Community Shield clash, rather than one of the top European competitions. Throughout the match, United kept the lion’s share of the possession only to pass ponderously to each other in a hope to penetrate a Spurs backline which had the propensity to leak goals. But the white wall held their nerves and while Micky van de Ven …