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Al Ahly v Inter Miami: Club World Cup 2025 opening match – live updates
MLS side host Egyptian champions in Club World CupExplainer: all your Club World Cup questions answeredReach Beau at beau.dure.freelance@theguardian.comThe stage has been cleared from the field. The teams have walked out, but instead of the traditional single line, they’re staring at each other as if they’re about to play Red Rover.
Now they’re shaking hands.The VAR crew are from Spain and Uruguay. The referee is Alireza Faghani, who has moved to and works in Australia but is from Iran. What must be going through his mind right now? Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/14/al-ahly-v-inter-miami-club-world-cup-2025-opening-match-live-updates
Al Ahly v Inter Miami: Club World Cup 2025 opening match – live updates
MLS side host Egyptian champions in Club World CupExplainer: all your Club World Cup questions answeredReach Beau at beau.dure.freelance@theguardian.comThe Al Ahly side are overwhelmingly domestic. A few players from Morocco dot the roster, and they have Slovenian Nejc Gradišar on the bench.One familiar name is Trézéguet – no, not David. It’s actually a Brazilian-style nickname for an Egyptian player Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan. He spent a few years with Aston Villa before a spell in Turkey and a return back to the club with which he started. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/14/al-ahly-v-inter-miami-club-world-cup-2025-opening-match-live-updates
Auf wiedersehen, Thomas Müller, Germany’s dreammaker who found goals in space | Jonathan Wilson
Bayern Munich legend defined not only a position but an entire way of thinking about the gameIt’s 17 years since Thomas Müller made his debut for Bayern. Since then he has played 751 games for the club, scoring 248 goals, while also scoring 45 goals in 131 games for Germany. He has won 13 Bundesliga titles, two Champions Leagues and a World Cup. He will retire at the end of the Club World Cup after a career played entirely at the highest level and yet still nobody has been able to quite work out what he is.Is he a centre-forward? Is he a false 9? Is he a wide forward, a second striker, an attacking midfielder? Is he all of those things, none of those things or some of those things some of the time? Louis van Gaal loved him; Pep Guardiola never seemed quite so sure. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/auf-wiedersehen-thomas-muller-germanys-dreammaker-who-found-goals-in-space
Cloughie’s notes, Hillman Imps and Bela Lugosi: my glorious trove of old Forest programmes
Dusting off a pile of matchday gems from the City Ground spanning 50 years reveals a rich seam of cultural and sporting delightsWhat to do with the pile of vintage Nottingham Forest programmes that came into my possession several years ago? At first, standard protocol was observed for uncategorised piles of paper. The 21 City Ground programmes, spanning 50 years from September 1963 to November 2012, were packed away in a dark cupboard, ignored and unread. But finally taking the time to study them has paid dividends: a rich seam of history leaps off the pages in clear, elegant black-and-white type.Forest’s presence in the top-flight’s upper echelons evoked the club’s halcyon days and plenty has been written about the Brian Clough-Peter Taylor era. Less attention has focused on Clough’s often entertaining programme notes during his 18-year tenure – while the editions outside Clough’s time are a fascinating way of charting Forest’s trajectory, as well as how profoundly football and wider society have changed. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/nottingham-forest-brian-clough-matchday-programmes-history
Natural entertainer Rayan Cherki ready for test of maturity at Manchester City
France international impressed with his flicks and tricks from a young age at Lyon. Now City hope he can fire their creative rebuild“To win the Ballon d’Or and the Champions League,” came the response from Rayan Cherki to the Lyon academy director Jean-François Vulliez’s question. Even as a 15-year-old the playmaker was ambitious, knowing his talent would take him to the top. He might have expected to reach the Premier League earlier but he is ready to take the next steps at Manchester City.Vulliez worked at Lyon for 12 years and from the moment he witnessed an eight-year-old Cherki he knew the club had a glorious talent on their hands. This week City paid £30.5m for the France international, who could make his debut against Wydad AC on Wednesday at the Club World Cup. Lyon’s academy coaches were soon gossiping about the two-footed generational talent who dribbled past opponents, created chances and plundered goals in the youth setup. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/natural-entertainer-rayan-cherki-ready-for-test-of-maturity-at-manchester-city
Thomas Frank gave Brentford fans so much for so long – we will truly miss him | Natalie Sawyer
Across nearly seven years, Frank achieved great things. His switch to Spurs feels like a break-up but we wish him wellDon’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Thomas Frank is no longer Brentford’s manager and that’s not easy to write. We knew the day was drawing near but it’s still a bitter pill to swallow. It feels like a break-up, a one-sided one where we do not get the chance to ask why and how. And the grief supporters are experiencing is because we were so emotionally invested in a partnership that brought us so much joy in the near seven years we had together.Rewind to October 2018, when Frank was appointed as Dean Smith’s successor, and not many of us would have thought we would now be looking forward to a fifth campaign in the top flight. There is much to be grateful to Frank and his team for. They brought us the fabled BMW (Saïd Benrahma, Bryan Mbeumo and Ollie Watkins); they broke our playoff hoodoo at the 10th time of asking to take us to the Premier League; they set club records and beat some of the best teams in the land. It really has been quite the ride. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/thomas-frank-gave-brentford-fans-so-much-we-will-truly-miss-him
Your Guardian Sport weekend: Club World Cup, US Open golf, tennis and rugby finals
Here’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reports Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/13/your-guardian-sport-weekend-club-world-cup-us-open-golf-tennis-and-rugby-finals
Plymouth appoint Tom Cleverley as new head coach on three-year deal
Former Watford manager back in the dugout in DevonBuckingham and Barry-Murphy in frame for Cardiff postTom Cleverley has been handed a three-year deal as Plymouth Argyle’s new head coach. The club, relegated to League One, appointed the 35-year-old former Watford manager after being impressed in further talks this week. Cleverley succeeds Miron Muslic, who left for Schalke at the end of last month.Cleverley, sacked by Watford last month after finishing 14th in the Championship, had been identified as Plymouth’s number-one target after final interviews with four candidates on Wednesday. Discussions are believed to have been held with Jack Wilshere and Des Buckingham but neither made the final stages. The St Mirren manager, Stephen Robinson, is thought to have made the last round of talks. The recruitment has been led by David Fox, their former player who was recently appointed head of football operations, and the former Norwich sporting director Stuart Webber, a consultant. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/12/plymouth-tom-cleverley-head-coach
Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Spurs sue Ineos and Club World Cup news – football live
Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email NiallThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means the cups will not be such a low priority.There is one further doubt, which is more to do with Spurs than with Frank. He is leaving an exceptionally well-run club, at which every component worked together to a coherent philosophy. There can be no certainty that any one cog from that system, however important, can achieve success in a different environment, something Chelsea have found as they accumulate more and more parts from Brighton without ever looking like replicating the efficiency of the Brighton model. It may be that such efficiency is not even possible at bigger clubs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/13/club-world-cup-buildup-transfer-news-frank-in-at-spurs-and-more-football-live
Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Spurs sue Ineos and Club World Cup news – football live
Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email NiallThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means the cups will not be such a low priority.There is one further doubt, which is more to do with Spurs than with Frank. He is leaving an exceptionally well-run club, at which every component worked together to a coherent philosophy. There can be no certainty that any one cog from that system, however important, can achieve success in a different environment, something Chelsea have found as they accumulate more and more parts from Brighton without ever looking like replicating the efficiency of the Brighton model. It may be that such efficiency is not even possible at bigger clubs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/13/club-world-cup-buildup-transfer-news-frank-in-at-spurs-and-more-football-live
Association football: offside law amendment passed – archive, 1925
On 13 June 1925, the International Football Association Board voted to reduce the required number of opponents between an attacker and the goal line from three to two15 June 1925 Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/13/association-football-offside-law-amendment-passed-1925
Thomas Frank’s Tottenham in-tray: style, injuries, the defence and Levy
The Dane showed at Brentford how he will approach some issues, though handling the chair will, as ever, be keyEarly in Ange Postecoglou’s reign, Spurs fans chanted: “We’ve got our Tottenham back.” The Australian departed as a cult hero after a Europa League triumph but in Bilbao his team had played nothing like the “glory game” of club lore, instead hanging on for dear life. And that was a marked improvement on the sludge served up at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, amid 22 Premier League defeats. Is Thomas Frank the manager to return Spurs to the days of Bill Nicholson or Keith Burkinshaw? With the right players and a trailing wind, it’s not impossible. Before promotion to the Premier League, Frank’s Brentford played an attractive hybrid passing and pressing game, only to readjust to the division above with a style that at first seemed agricultural, a playing of the margins, though one that embraced attack rather than defence as the means of survival. Frank does not shun creative players; Christian Eriksen’s signing in January 2022 was a masterstroke, while Mikkel Damsgaard’s awkward running belies a playmaker of high quality and high output. Last season, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa and Kevin Schade were in double figures for Premier League goals. No other team attacked with such fearlessness. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/13/thomas-frank-tottenham-in-tray-style-injuries-defence-daniel-levy
Palmeiras president Leila Pereira: ‘I fought for this. I hope my fight inspires others’
Of the 32 clubs at the men’s Club World Cup, Palmeiras have the only female president, a billionaire businesswoman who pulls no punches“People think women are the weaker sex, and we’re not. I fight back. If they hit me, I hit back – but much harder. The way I hit back is by continuing to work and by showcasing Palmeiras’s work.”Leila Pereira is in full flow as she sits in the Palmeiras president’s office in São Paulo. In the 110-year history of a club founded by Italian working-class immigrants, she is the first woman to hold the post. The male dominance of global football is laid bare once again when you look at the lineup for the revamped men’s Club World Cup in the United States: of the 32 participating clubs, representing six continents, Pereira is the only female president. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/13/palmeiras-president-leila-pereira-i-fought-for-this-i-hope-my-fight-inspires-others
Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Club World Cup, Frank’s emotional farewell – football live
Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email YaraThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means the cups will not be such a low priority.There is one further doubt, which is more to do with Spurs than with Frank. He is leaving an exceptionally well-run club, at which every component worked together to a coherent philosophy. There can be no certainty that any one cog from that system, however important, can achieve success in a different environment, something Chelsea have found as they accumulate more and more parts from Brighton without ever looking like replicating the efficiency of the Brighton model. It may be that such efficiency is not even possible at bigger clubs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/13/club-world-cup-buildup-transfer-news-frank-in-at-spurs-and-more-football-live
Club World Cup buildup, transfer news, Frank in at Spurs and more: football – live
Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email YaraThe Club World Cup starts on Sunday and has already been controversial because of extra fixtures and Fifa involvement. Add on that temperatures in US are likely to be above 30C and whew.Notable heat events are not guaranteed during the Club World Cup but they are more likely to happen than in the past because of climate breakdown and there is a question over whether enough is being done to adapt to a new reality. The sole reference to extreme weather in Fifa’s regulations for the Club World Cup relates to the use of cooling breaks, which allow players to take on extra fluids once in each half if the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) (a measure of heat stress that includes humidity and air movement) exceeds 32C on the pitch. This is the protocol in place since 2014, and for the international players’ union, FifPro, it is insufficient. It argues that the threshold for cooling breaks should be between 28C and 32C under the WBGT, with options for a second drinks break per half. If the heat rises above 32C, FifPro argues, matches should be rescheduled. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/13/club-world-cup-buildup-transfer-news-frank-in-at-spurs-and-more-football-live
Al Ahly v Inter Miami: Club World Cup 2025 opening match – live updates
MLS side host Egyptian champions in Club World CupExplainer: all your Club World Cup questions answeredReach Beau at beau.dure.freelance@theguardian.comThe stage has been cleared from the field. The teams have walked out, but instead of the traditional single line, they’re staring at each other as if they’re about to play Red Rover.
Now they’re shaking hands.The VAR crew are from Spain and Uruguay. The referee is Alireza Faghani, who has moved to and works in Australia but is from Iran. What must be going through his mind right now? Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/14/al-ahly-v-inter-miami-club-world-cup-2025-opening-match-live-updates
Atlético Madrid weigh up move for Liverpool’s Andy Robertson
Liverpool close to signing Bournemouth’s Kerkez for £40m Bournemouth want Rennes left-back Adrien TruffertAndy Robertson is the subject of interest from Atlético Madrid as Liverpool edge closer towards the signing of the Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez for a fee of about £40m. The Premier League champions planned to sign Kerkez to compete with the long-serving 31-year-old Scotland defender but are relaxed about the interest. Liverpool are not yet thought to have received any formal contact.The trigger for Kerkez’s move is expected to be Bournemouth’s signing of the Rennes left-back Adrien Truffert. The 23-year-old Rennes captain, who received interest from other clubs, has agreed personal terms and is expected to cost about £15m. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/atletico-madrid-weigh-up-move-for-liverpools-andy-robertson
Mehdi Taremi to miss Club World Cup after Israeli strikes close Iran’s airports
Iranian forward remains in Tehran due to closed airspaceInter to start Club World Cup campaign on WednesdayThe Inter forward Mehdi Taremi will not be able to join his teammates at the Club World Cup in the United States as he is stuck in Tehran because of the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel.Flights from all Iranian airports have been grounded after an exchange of military strikes between Iran and Israel over the past two days. That meant the Iran international was unable to take his scheduled flight on Saturday to join his teammates in Los Angeles. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/inter-mehdi-taremi-club-world-cup-israel-iran
Tottenham to make Mathys Tel move permanent with £30m transfer fee
French forward joined Spurs on loan in FebruaryThomas Frank looks to reunite with Brentford’s MbeumoTottenham are expected to seal the permanent signing of Mathys Tel for a fee of about €35m (£30m) in the next 48 hours. Spurs paid Bayern Munich a €10m loan fee to sign the forward for the second half of the Premier League season.The 20-year-old scored two goals in 13 league appearances, 11 of which were starts, but was an unused substitute for Spurs’ Europa League final triumph over Manchester United, which resulted in their first trophy for 17 years. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/tottenham-mathys-tel-transfer-bayern-munich
Auckland City aiming to do amateur football proud in Bayern Munich mismatch
‘We represent 95% of footballers’ says assistant coach of team of barbers, teachers and students at Club World CupWere you looking for a symbol to exemplify the gulf that lies between Auckland City Football Club and their rivals at the Club World Cup, you would find it at Kiwitea Street, the team’s home ground.Hard up against the Sandringham suburb it serves, the roofs of the surrounding city’s single-storey bungalows are visible from the one enclosed stand, and to the north there is nothing but the modest clubhouse and some incidental shrubbery to impede views of the Sky Tower’s lonely tenancy in the distant skyline. This, certainly, is no towering football cathedral of the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester City call home. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/auckland-city-aiming-to-do-amateur-football-proud-in-bayern-munich-mismatch
Xabi Alonso seeks meaning of ‘Madridismo’ on return to chaotic and toxic Real Madrid
Club World Cup offers new coach a first chance to measure task ahead at a club that has become angry and unmooredOf course he has been taking part in training. Quite frankly, it would have been deeply and offensively off-brand for Xabi Alonso not to have joined in. Darting around in the roasting heat, physically moving players into his desired positions, pinging pinpoint passes in his classic Predator boots: it was Alonso in his purest essence, and as the new Real Madrid coach oversaw his first sessions at Valdebebas this week it was hard not to feel that on some level nature was healing.As a player Alonso was a difference-maker, a details man, a midfielder who adored the ball and tried to leave nothing to chance. As a coach, the same traits define him. Sessions are high-intensity, fast-paced, but almost always with the ball at feet. He intervenes constantly, always correcting, always cajoling, and in case of doubt he can always grab a ball and illustrate the point himself. Zinedine Zidane would occasionally participate in training if numbers were short. But with Alonso it is almost as if he needs to be involved, that playing and coaching are simply two ways of painting the same picture. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/14/xabi-alonso-seeks-meaning-madridismo-return-chaotic-toxic-real-madrid
Spurs finally have an unpredictable head coach – but Thomas Frank is efficient too
Unlike José Mourinho, Antonio Conte and Ange Postecoglou, Frank is not wedded to one way of playingBy Opta Analyst“We are finding our feet in the best league in the world. We are developing a way of playing that is a little bit more pragmatic.” Those are the words of Thomas Frank, speaking at the end of the 2022-23 season, in which his Brentford side finished ninth in the Premier League despite having by far the lowest wage bill in the top flight, at £99m. The pragmatism he spoke of had helped Brentford overachieve for a second successive season after promotion to the top flight two years earlier.There is, in general, a strong correlation between wage bill and league position, but Brentford consistently defied their financial disadvantage under Frank to become established members of the top flight, something plenty of other clubs have failed to do in recent years. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/13/spurs-thomas-frank-unpredictable-mourinho-conte-postecoglou
Transfer roundup: Everton eye Thierno Barry as Brighton sign Kostoulas
David Moyes interested in Villarreal’s French strikerKostoulas moves from Olympiakos for £29.8mEverton have turned their attentions to the Villarreal striker Thierno Barry as David Moyes attempts to improve his forward options for next season.
Barry scored 11 goals in La Liga last season and 19 overall as Villarreal qualified for the Champions League. The France under-21 international is understood to have a release clause of €40m in his contract with the Spanish club but Everton would hope to sign the 22-year-old for less. Barry is currently on international duty at the European Under-21s Championship.
Moyes’ need to upgrade Everton’s attack is pressing with the club having missed out on Liam Delap, declined to take up an option to sign Armando Broja on a permanent deal from Chelsea and with Dominic Calvert-Lewin expected to leave on a free transfer this summer. Calvert-Lewin’s departure would leave only Beto and the unproven Youssef Chermiti as central striking options.Meanwhile, Brighton has signed Charalampos Kostoulas from Olympiakos for a reported £29.8m (€35m) fee. The 18-year-old, who scored seven goals in 22 games as Olympiakos won a record-extending 48th domestic title last season, has signed a five-year contract with Brighton that starts on 1 July. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/13/transfer-roundup-everton-eye-thierno-barry-as-brighton-sign-kostoulas
Spurs hold talks over signing Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo and interested in Wissa
Thomas Frank could move for former club’s main strikersSpurs file legal claim against Ineos over sponsorship dealTottenham have held initial talks about signing Bryan Mbeumo from Thomas Frank’s former club Brentford and are also interested in bringing his strike-partner Yoane Wissa to north London.Frank was confirmed as Ange Postecoglou’s replacement on Thursday and is targeting the duo that contributed 39 Premier League goals in last season for Brentford as he attempts to strengthen the Spurs squad. Mbeumo is also wanted by Manchester United, who had an offer worth up to £55m for the Cameroon forward rejected last week and are expected to return with an improved bid. Brentford value the 25-year-old at more than £60m but are not expected to stand in his way if they can agree a deal, with Mbeumo previously thought to favour a move to Old Trafford. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/13/spurs-hold-talks-over-signing-brentfords-bryan-mbeumo-and-interested-in-wissa
Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Spurs sue Ineos and Club World Cup news – football live
Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email WillThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means the cups will not be such a low priority.There is one further doubt, which is more to do with Spurs than with Frank. He is leaving an exceptionally well-run club, at which every component worked together to a coherent philosophy. There can be no certainty that any one cog from that system, however important, can achieve success in a different environment, something Chelsea have found as they accumulate more and more parts from Brighton without ever looking like replicating the efficiency of the Brighton model. It may be that such efficiency is not even possible at bigger clubs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/13/club-world-cup-buildup-transfer-news-frank-in-at-spurs-and-more-football-live
Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Spurs sue Ineos and Club World Cup news – football live
Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email WillThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means the cups will not be such a low priority.There is one further doubt, which is more to do with Spurs than with Frank. He is leaving an exceptionally well-run club, at which every component worked together to a coherent philosophy. There can be no certainty that any one cog from that system, however important, can achieve success in a different environment, something Chelsea have found as they accumulate more and more parts from Brighton without ever looking like replicating the efficiency of the Brighton model. It may be that such efficiency is not even possible at bigger clubs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/13/club-world-cup-buildup-transfer-news-frank-in-at-spurs-and-more-football-live
Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Spurs sue Ineos and Club World Cup news – football live
Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email WillThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means the cups will not be such a low priority.There is one further doubt, which is more to do with Spurs than with Frank. He is leaving an exceptionally well-run club, at which every component worked together to a coherent philosophy. There can be no certainty that any one cog from that system, however important, can achieve success in a different environment, something Chelsea have found as they accumulate more and more parts from Brighton without ever looking like replicating the efficiency of the Brighton model. It may be that such efficiency is not even possible at bigger clubs. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/jun/13/club-world-cup-buildup-transfer-news-frank-in-at-spurs-and-more-football-live
Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Club World Cup, Frank’s emotional farewell – football live
Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email YaraThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means the cups will not be such a low priority.There is one further doubt, which is more to do with Spurs than with Frank. He is leaving an exceptionally well-run club, at which every component worked together to a coherent philosophy. There can be no certainty that any one cog from that system, however important, can achieve success in a different environment, something Chelsea have found as they accumulate more and more parts from Brighton without ever looking like replicating the efficiency of the Brighton model. It may be that such efficiency is not even possible at bigger clubs. Continue reading...
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Thriving with LAFC, Hugo Lloris relishes another clash with Chelsea at Club World Cup
The French goalkeeper took some time to settle in MLS, but his heroics have helped his team to the summer showcaseWhen Los Angeles FC takes the field Monday in Atlanta for their first match in the Club World Cup, Hugo Lloris will step into a time machine. Chelsea, Lloris’ opponent as LAFC’s goalkeeper, are a familiar foe from his time at Tottenham Hotspur.The Club World Cup not only represents the highlight of the 38-year-old’s brief career in the United States, which started last year, but also LAFC’s biggest opportunity on the international stage. Continue reading...
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Football transfer rumours: Garnacho off to Villa? Spurs in for Mbeumo?
Today’s rumours are eyeing the weekendAlejandro Garnacho will be allowed to leave Manchester United this summer if the price is right. One surprising potential suitor is Aston Villa, who could make a move for the winger. They took Marcus Rashford on loan from Old Trafford last season, revitalising his career somewhat in the progress, so Garnacho might feel it is a move in the right direction away from the current dead end.It will be a busy summer at United as Ruben Amorim attempts to assemble a squad that has the vague chance of fitting into his 3-4-3 constraints. One key area where improvement is required is centre forward. A potential plan to source an actual goalscorer could see United offer up Joshua Zirkzee to Napoli as part of a deal for Victor Osimhen. There could, however, be some very serious competition for the Nigerian as Liverpool might also fancy a nibble. Continue reading...
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