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Premier League finish, top goalscorer and season preview

Posted By joeerazer
August 15, 2024
4:30 am
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Tottenham Hotspur are one of the more interesting teams heading into the new Premier League season.

Their first season under the management of Ange Postecoglou was largely a successful one, implementing a unique brand of attacking football and surviving the loss of all-time leading scorer Harry Kane just days before the campaign began.

But there are clear and fair criticisms that remain of Spurs. Will they fix their flaws defending set pieces? Will they fix their flaws defending, full stop? How will Tottenham cope now battling a schedule which also includes several Europa League fixtures and presumably deeper runs in the cups?

Here’s 90min’s season preview of Tottenham’s 2024/25 campaign.

Tottenham are now fairly far removed from their period of relative league success under Mauricio Pochettino, during which they recorded three successive top-three finishes – their best run of that kind since the early 1960s – and were perennial Champions League qualifiers.

In more recent years, Spurs, a traditional member of the ‘big six’, have actually finished as low as seventh and eighth. Postecoglou managed to steer the team to fifth last season, though their cup performances left little to be desired.

There’s also hope of a deep European run in north London having not progressed beyond the last 16 of any continental competition since reaching the 2019 Champions League final.

Season

Premier League

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Europe

2023/24

5th

R4

R2

2022/23

8th

R5

R3

Champions League L16

2021/22

4th

R5

SF

Conference League GS

2020/21

7th

R5

RU

Europa League L16

2019/20

6th

R5

R3

Champions League L16

Tottenham have confirmed a few shirt number changes prior to the new season and could yet make further rearrangements this week or at least before the end of the transfer window.

Guglielmo Vicario has ditched 13 for 1 after Hugo Lloris left the club in January, while compatriot Destiny Udogie has swapped 38 for 13.

Record signing Dominic Solanke is yet to be assigned a number.

Number

Player

1

Guglielmo Vicario

3

Sergio Reguilon

4

Oliver Skipp

6

Radu Dragusin

7

Son Heung-min

8

Yves Bissouma

9

Richarlison

10

James Maddison

13

Destiny Udogie

14

Archie Gray

15

Lucas Bergvall

16

Timo Werner

17

Cristian Romero

18

Giovani Lo Celso

20

Fraser Forster

21

Dejan Kulusevski

22

Brennan Johnson

23

Pedro Porro

24

Djed Spence

27

Manor Solomon

29

Pape Matar Sarr

30

Rodrigo Bentancur

33

Ben Davies

35

Ashley Phillips

37

Micky van de Ven

40

Brandon Austin

41

Alfie Whiteman

45

Alfie Devine

59

Mikey Moore

62

Will Lankshear

63

Jamie Donley

65

Alfie Dorrington

73

Tyrese Hall

*Numbers subject to change before end of transfer window

In

Tottenham’s window so far has been primarily based on youth, welcoming Lucas Bergvall following a previous agreement in the winter with Djugarden as well as versatile teenager Archie Gray from Leeds United.

Solanke has been Spurs’ marquee signing of the summer, while Timo Werner’s loan from RB Leipzig has been extended for a further 12 months.

Player

Joined from

Fee

Lucas Bergvall

Djugarden

£8.5m

Archie Gray

Leeds United

£40m

Dominic Solanke

Bournemouth

£65m

Yang Min-Hyuk

Gangwon

Undisclosed

Timo Werner

RB Leipzig

Loan

Out

The clear-out and rebuild has continued in regards to outgoings, with further deadwood shifted.

Former record signing Tanguy Ndombele has finally been let go, joining Nice on a free transfer. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has also departed for the south of France, signing for Marseille on loan with an obligation to buy.

Player

Club Joined

Fee

Joe Rodon

Leeds United

£10m

Troy Parrott

AZ Alkmaar

£6.7m

Yago Santiago

Elche

Undisclosed

Nile John

Feirense

Undisclosed

Emerson Royal

AC Milan

Undisclosed

Eric Dier

Bayern Munich

Free

Ivan Perisic

Hajduk Split

Free

Ryan Sessegnon

Fulham

Free

Japhet Tanganga

Millwall

Free

Tanguy Ndombele

Nice

Free

Matthew Craig

Barnsley

Loan

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg

Marseille

Loan

Bryan Gil

Girona

Loan

Alejo Veliz

Espanyol

Loan

Dane Scarlett

Oxford United

Loan

Home kit

Tottenham Hotspur home kit

Tottenham have welcomed navy blue back to their home shirt / Tottenham Hotspur FC

Away kit

Micky van de Ven

The away kit will be light blue / Tottenham Hotspur FC

Third kit

Tottenham have not yet unveiled their third kit, but it is believed to be dark green reminiscent to the strip they wore when they beat Ajax in the semi-finals of the 2018/19 Champions League.

Heung-Min Son

Son should be among the goals again / Warren Little/GettyImages

Following a rather subpar 2022/23 by his high standards, Son Heung-min came roaring back last season and finished as Tottenham’s top scorer across all competitions, grabbing 17 goals.

He should be rivalled for that mantle this time around by Dominic Solanke, who tallied 21 in his final campaign with Bournemouth.

Richarlison put up a decent tally of 12 goals last season, but his game time is likely to be limited following Solanke’s arrival in N17.

As is the case with many teams just below the title contenders, there’s so many different ways in which Tottenham’s season could pan out.

They could perfect the thrilling art of Ange-ball and attack their way back into the Champions League or fail to shore up at the back and drop into mid-table. What’s guaranteed with Spurs is their games will be compelling and entertaining, at least.

The majority of Postecoglou’s squad is still quite young, but they do have stars ready to compete now as well. Tottenham shouldn’t bottom out, but they’re probably still a year or so away from where the Australian really wants them.

Tottenham 2024/25 Premier League prediction – 5th

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