John Moore

Defensive Midfielder - Tottenham U18
17 Mar 2033
Thursday
Process

Marked for John Moore

334 Edition

The Tottenham Post

20 Dec 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Whatever happens, Tottenham do not lose

25 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

The dugout

Jan Paul van Hecke keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tottenham may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

Nobody wins at Tottenham

15 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Market

Emanuel Emegha is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tottenham is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Bukayo Saka

15 goals and a season average of 7.56 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Market

Tottenham may not be able to give Savinho what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Savinho wants continental football; whether Tottenham can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Tottenham

Bukayo Saka and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Tottenham find a way past Norwich City

Norwich City made Tottenham work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Tottenham lose John Moore

52 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief