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Mauricio Pochettino has no doubt that his Tottenham players remain fully committed to the club despite their troubled start to the campaign.

Tottenham have won just three of their 10 matches in all competitions this season and were thrashed 7-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Pochettino admitted last week his side s poor run of form could be down to an unsettled squad, with a number of players rumoured to have pushed for a move away during the close season.

Three days on from the home humiliation at the hands of Bayern, however, the Argentine coach shot down suggestions his players no longer care.

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)

I have no doubt the players want to always do their best to win, he said at Frid…

Antoine Griezmann has repeatedly been linked with a return to Atletico Madrid during this transfer window and Diego Simeone has heaped praise on a player he still believes can be a success at Barcelona.

Griezmann endured a mixed season for Ronald Koeman s men last campaign, scoring 13 times in 36 appearances as Barca s LaLiga title challenge faded down the home straight.

In contrast, Atleti – in true Simeone fashion – battled to secure their first Spanish top-flight success on the last day of the 2020-21 season and ended a seven-year spell without a LaLiga triumph.

Ahead of the 2021-22 campaign, reports in Spain have suggested that Simeone was keen to link-up with the France forward once more, but the Atleti head coach seemed keen not to inflame that specula…

Riyad Mahrez is hungry to achieve more with Manchester City after signing a new contract with the Premier League champions.

The Algeria international has spent the past four seasons with City, having joined from Leicester City in a £60million transfer, and his new deal will run through until June 2025.

Mahrez has scored 63 goals and assisted a further 43 across 189 appearances for City, winning seven major trophies across that successful period. 

He also famously won the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016, but the 31-year-old is eager to add more trophies to his collection with Pep Guardiola s side.

I m very happy to sign the new deal, said Mahrez, who previously had just one season left to run on his contract.

I have enjoyed every sin…

Manchester United have activated the one-year extension in the contract of Timothy Fosu-Mensah.

The defender s deal had been due to expire at the
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However, Stats Perform understands the option to extend the player s terms by a further 12 months was exercised back in January.

Fosu-Mensah has not played a senior competitive game for United since the 2-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace at Old Trafford in May 2017, at the end of Jose Mourinho s first season in charge.

The 22-year-old has spent the past two seasons on loan at Palace and Fulham, but he has been sidelined since having surgery on a knee ligament injury last April.

Fosu-Mensah is the latest United player to see his contract extended beyond the en…

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Lee Mason has left his role by mutual consent after his blunder cost Arsenal a win against Brentford last weekend.

The Gunners were held to a 1-1 draw in a London derby last Saturday, though Ivan Toney s equaliser should have been disallowed.

Toney headed in from close range after Christian Norgaard nudged the ball across the face of goal, but the latter had been offside in the build-up.

The goal went to a VAR check for a separate incident instead, with Mason – in charge of the technology for the game – not spotting Norgaard strayed just offside.

The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body responsible for referees in England, subsequently acknowledged it was a significant error and Mason was not assign…

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Two sides who will turn their attention back to Nations League duties on Wednesday night, Scotland will welcome Ukraine to Hampden.

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Starting with the hosts, managing to make an immediate return to winning ways when heading into the summer break, Scotland will now have their sights set on trying to find some stability. Last seen on June 14th when picking up a routine 4-1 victory away at Armenia, Steve Clarke s men still have a Nations League promotion at the top of their agenda. Mustering six points from their opening three outings this year, the Tartan Army are also desperate to prove that their shock 3-0 drumming against British rivals Ireland three months ago was just a minor blip. However, watching their World Cup dreams go…

Gareth Bale is set to join a Tottenham attack which already has Harry Kane and Son Heung-min established as one of the most productive partnerships in Premier League history.

Wales international Bale is nearing his second debut for Spurs, whose fans are understandably excited about the impact he could have after signing on loan from Real Madrid.

Even without him, though, England captain Kane and South Korea star Son have made a magnificent start to the 2020-21 season, taking their past production to another level.

Ahead of Sunday s home London derby against West Ham, Opta data helps us to examine just how impressive the partnership between Kane and Son has been.

4 Harry Kane has assisted all four of Son Heung-Min s goals against Southampton today the firs…

Aymeric Laporte is on the verge of becoming Manchester City s record signing after Athletic Bilbao confirmed the defender has paid his release clause.

In a statement on their official website, Athletic confirmed the payment of the clause – which stands at €65million (£57m) – was made by Laporte, such are the mechanics of transfer deals under Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) regulations.

City were not mentioned in the statement but Pep Guardiola is now poised to make the 23-year-old the Premier League leaders biggest individual signing, outstripping the £55m paid to Wolfsburg for Kevin De Bruyne in 2015.

Athletic also tweeted a brief statement from Laporte, where he thanked a club he joined as a youngster in the 2009-10 season.

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Liverpool have confirmed an “ongoing situation involving the family of Luis Diaz” amid reports the forward’s parents were kidnapped in Colombia.

Colombia’s president has said Diaz’s mother “has been rescued” but his father remains missing.

“Liverpool Football Club can confirm it is aware of an ongoing situation involving the family of Luis Diaz in Colombia,” read a club statement.

Liverpool Football Club can confirm it is aware of an ongoing situation involving the family of Luis Diaz in Colombia.

— Liverpool FC (@LFC)

“It is our fervent hope that the matter is resolved safely and at the earliest possible opportunity. In the meantime, the player’s welfare will continue to be our immediate priority.”

Colombia pres…

Tottenham missed the chance to move top of Group D in the Champions League after being held to a goalless draw by Eintracht Frankfurt.

It proved to be a wasteful day for Antonio Conte s side, who registered just two shots on target from 11 attempts in Germany.

Harry Kane and Heung-min Son went closest for Spurs, but they have now failed to find the net in successive Champions League group games for the first time since the 2016-17 season.

Both sides remain on four points after three matches, and two behind Group D leaders Sporting CP following the Portuguese giants 4-1 thrashing by Marseille.

The points are shared.

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)

Emerson Royal fired a volley over after six minutes, while Kane was whiskers away fro…