The Tottenham Post
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Tottenham make their move for Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson
$20.3M on the table at Brentford. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market17 Aug 2026
Dante Cassanova turns Milton Keynes Dons down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Real Sociedad tell Tottenham: Álex Remiro is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Aug 2026
Burton Albion come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Tottenham did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Omar Marmoush in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tottenham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Portsmouth join the queue for Rodrigo Bentancur
Add another name to the list: Portsmouth have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Rodrigo Bentancur. The answer from Tottenham has not changed — yet.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Tottenham
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Tottenham training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohammed Kudus is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market17 Aug 2026
Anthony Barnes steps up from the Tottenham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Anthony Barnes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad No place for Luis Suárez in the new shape
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Tottenham
- The dugout Sandro Tonali keeps his manager's vote