Tag: Tottenham Hotspur

  • Madueke remembers Drogba’s powerful strike against Tottenham.

    Madueke remembers Drogba’s powerful strike against Tottenham.

    European U21 2023 Championship winner with England, Noni Madueke has revealed that he attended his first game as a fan in 2012, and the clash was between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup.

    Madueke was a schoolboy at Crystal Palace eleven years ago, before transferring to Tottenham Hotspur in 2014 and four years later he joined PSV Eindhoven after rejecting a scholarship at the north London club.

    The left-footed attacking player returned to London in the January transfer window, signing a seven-and-a-half-year contract at Chelsea, with a club option to extend for a further year.

    Madueke was a non-playing substitute for Chelsea in their 2-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur on February 26, 2023.Chelsea thrashed Spurs 5-1 in the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley in 2012 with Didier Drogba scoring the pick of goals with a powerful shot that beat goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini.

    Other African players on parade at the National Stadium in England were John Obi Mikel, Salomon Kalou, Emmanuel Adebayor and Benoît Assou-Ekotto.

    Speaking to Chelsea’s official website, Madueke said: “My first game was Chelsea against Tottenham, in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley in 2012, when Drogba banged it with his left foot! That was the first-ever game I went to.”My dad just got us tickets. He’s not a Chelsea fan, but my brother and my sister are, so he just got us tickets for a family day out.”Didier Drogba got that great goal – I’ll always remember that one, when he spun William Gallas and banged it into the top corner – and Chelsea smashed Tottenham 5-1. They won the final that year as well.”

    Madueke, who earned a move to Chelsea in exchange for €35million, was involved in every single game played by England in this summer’s U21 EURO.

     

  • Tottenham Appoint Nuno Espirito Santo as Manager

    Tottenham Appoint Nuno Espirito Santo as Manager

    Tottenham Hotspurs have appointed former Wolves boss, Nuno Espirito Sancho as manager on a two year deal.

    The former Wolves boss has signed a two-year deal with the north London club bringing an end to their long-running search for Jose Mourinho’s successor.

    Spurs’ new managing director of football Fabio Paratici has led the club’s search for a new permanent head coach and close the deal as he flew into London for the first time on Tuesday.

    The Spurs hierarchy have held talks with Antonio Conte, Mauricio Pochettino, Paulo Fonseca, Gennaro Gattuso and Julen Lopetegui since the end of the Premier League season.

    Santo was not a candidate when he left Wolves at the end of the season as Spurs pursued other targets, but emerged as the leading contender in the last week.

    The Portuguese brought Wolves into the Premier League in 2018 and established them as a top-half side – twice finishing seventh – until last season, when they ended 13th.

  • Spurs score after 57 seconds but draw with Wolves

    Spurs score after 57 seconds but draw with Wolves

    Tottenham Hotspur scored after just 57 seconds against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, but Jose Mourinho’s men paid for a defensive display during the rest of the game as the hosts rescued a point with a deserved late equaliser.

    French midfielder Tanguy Ndombele received the ball well outside the box to fire a sumptuous low shot past Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio for Spurs’ dream start.

    After an even first half, Spurs dug in for the second period, seeking to demonstrate their new defensive steel under Mourinho as they repelled marauding runs from Adama Traore and trickery by Fabio Silva in the penalty area.

    Tottenham Hotspur scored after just 57 seconds against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday but Jose Mourinho’s men paid for a defensive display during the rest of the game as the hosts rescued a point with a deserved late equaliser.

    French midfielder Tanguy Ndombele received the ball well outside the box to fire a sumptuous low shot past Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio for Spurs’ dream start.

    After an even first half, Spurs dug in for the second period, seeking to demonstrate their new defensive steel under Mourinho as they repelled marauding runs from Adama Traore and trickery by Fabio Silva in the penalty area.

  • Manchester United humiliated as Mourinho lead Spurs to massive win at Old Trafford

    Manchester United humiliated as Mourinho lead Spurs to massive win at Old Trafford

    A shambolic Manchester United suffered a club record-equalling defeat in the English Premier League (EPL) era as they crashed to a 6-1 loss at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

    Son Heung-min and Harry Kane each scored twice for Spurs while Manchester United’s Anthony Martial was sent off in the 28th minute.

    It was a big occasion for Jose Mourinho who celebrated a stunning victory on his return to the ground where he once was in charge.

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side had taken a second minute lead through a Bruno Fernandes penalty kick.

    But Spurs responded quickly, taking advantage of some awful defending as Tanguy Ndombele and Son put them 2-1 ahead.

    Manchester United went down to 10 men after Martial was sent off following a clash with Erik Lamela at a corner kick and then Harry Kane made it 3-1.

    Read more: Liverpool, Chelsea transfers have ‘psychologically damaged’ Manchester United’s players — Gary Neville

    Son added his second shortly before the break as Manchester United conceded four goals in the first half of a league game for the first time since 1957 —– also to Spurs.

    Serge Aurier made it 5-1 in the 51st minute before Kane completed the rout from the penalty kick spot.

    Manchester United also lost 6-1 to Manchester City in October 2011.

  • Just In: Tottenham Hotspur complete signing of Gareth Bale from Real Madrid

    Just In: Tottenham Hotspur complete signing of Gareth Bale from Real Madrid

    Gareth Bale has officially returned toTottenham Hotspur,with the Wales international signing a season-long loan from Real Madrid, while Sergio Reguilon has also been signed.

    Bale, 31, left Spurs for a then world record £85m in 2013 and has scored more than 100 goals for Real in a spell where he has won four Champions Leagues.

    He has also won two La Liga titles, the Copa del Ray, two Uefa Super Cups and three Club World Cups but he has been allowed to leave after seven years at the Santiago Bernabeu.

    While he didn’t win any silverware during his time with Spurs, he was twice crowned PFA Player of the Year during his six years at White Hart Lane after arriving from Southampton in 2007.

    Despite enjoying plenty of success in Spain, Bale has endured a difficult relationship with Real manager Zinedine Zidane and was close to sealing a move to Chinese side Jiangsu Suning a year ago.

    The Wales captain made just 12 starts in La Liga last season, scoring twice and providing two assists.

    Reguilon has also joined from Real Madrid, with Spurs beating Manchester United to his signature.

    The 23-year-old Spanish right-back impressed on loan with Sevilla and will link up with Bale in a Tottenham Hotspur shirt next season.

  • Tottenham’s Dier gets four-game ban for confronting fan

    Tottenham’s Dier gets four-game ban for confronting fan

    Tottenham Hotspur’s Eric Dier has been banned for four games and fined by the FA over a confrontation with a fan.

    The ban was after the London side’s defeat on penalties by Norwich City in the FA Cup fifth round in March.

    “Eric Dier has been suspended for four matches with immediate effect, fined 40,000 pounds and warned as to his future conduct following a breach of FA Rule E3,” the FA said in a statement.

    Following the penalty shootout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, video footage showed England international Dier, climbing over seats and confronting a home supporter before he was restrained by security guards and other fans.

    The FA said Dier admitted that his actions were improper but denied that they were also threatening.

    However, an independent regulatory commission subsequently found them to be threatening. (Reuters/NAN)

  • Tottenham part ways with Pochettino

    Tottenham part ways with Pochettino

    By Our Reporter

    Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has left his post after five years in charge after a disappointing start to the season, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

    The Argentine, appointed by the north London club in 2014, had turned Tottenham into a force in England and took them to the Champions League final in June.

    Results have tailed off badly this season, however, and Tottenham have won only three of their opening 12 Premier League games and are in 14th spot.

    They were also thrashed 7-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

    Pochettino’s assistant Jesus Perez and the rest of his backroom staff have also been relieved of their duties, the club said in a statement.

    “We were extremely reluctant to make this change and it is not a decision the Board has taken lightly, nor in haste,” Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said.

    “Regrettably domestic results at the end of last season and beginning of this season have been extremely disappointing.

    “It falls to the Board to make the difficult decisions — this one made more so given the many memorable moments we have had with Mauricio and his coaching staff — but we do so in the club’s best interests.”

    Tottenham finished in the top-four of the Premier League for the past four seasons under Pochettino who has become a much-loved figure amongst the fans since joining from Southampton.

    They also mounted serious title challenges in 2015-16 and again in 2016-17 when they finished second to Chelsea.

    Last season they enjoyed a fairytale run to the Champions League final, beating Ajax Amsterdam on away goals in the semi-final after trailing 3-0 on aggregate at halftime in the second leg.

    They lost 2-0 to Liverpool in the final in Madrid.

    “Mauricio and his coaching staff will always be part of our history,” Levy said.

    “I have the utmost admiration for the manner in which he dealt with the difficult times away from a home ground whilst we built the new stadium and for the warmth and positivity he brought to us.

    “I should like to thank him and his coaching staff for all they have contributed. They will always be welcome here.”

    The statement said an update on the new coaching set-up would be made in due course. (Reuters/NAN)