James Wilson

Striker - Tottenham
19 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for James Wilson

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The Tottenham Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Derby day misery for Tottenham

Losing 0‑1 is one thing; losing to Arsenal in a derby is a wound that takes months to close.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Guglielmo Vicario

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Tempers go at Tottenham

Dejan Kulusevski was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Dominic Solanke gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Mohammed Kudus

4 goals and a season average of 7.29 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Player ratings

Dejan Kulusevski runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

The Guglielmo Vicario story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Guglielmo Vicario signs something — a contract at Tottenham or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Player ratings

Dominic Solanke keeps on missing

Shots: 4, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Player ratings

Mohammed Kudus leaves them behind him

Shots: 5. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

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The Tottenham Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Tottenham

Sandro Tonali was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Tottenham find a way past Brentford

Brentford made Tottenham work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Xavi Simons

Marked 9.21 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Micky van de Ven runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Pablo Lemos wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Tottenham know it.

Player ratings

One of those days for João Palhinha

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.59, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

One of those days for James Wilson

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.48, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Loan watch

Ronny Moncur has seen enough of Newcastle United

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Tottenham, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

James Wilson is off the mark for Tottenham

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief