The Tottenham Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Xavi Simons
47 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tottenham lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Alexander Aravena
Tottenham and Portland Timbers have settled on $11.5M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alex Meret is a medical away from Tottenham
The deal with Napoli is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Nəriman Axundzadə
Tottenham asked and Columbus Crew said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tottenham turn down Young Boys for Richarlison
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sandro Tonali signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sandro Tonali and Tottenham agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Tottenham
Sandro Tonali and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcos Senesi wants more than Tottenham are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Market10 Aug 2026
Burnley watching Brandon Austin
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tottenham have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Tottenham
- Market Nobody at Tottenham has picked up the phone to Jan Paul van Hecke
- The dugout Micky van de Ven asks for a word with the manager