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ottenham Hotspur’s pre-season friendly schedule officially begins on Wednesday evening with a match in Edinburgh against Hearts.
Spurs did play a behind-closed-doors training ground match against Cambridge United on Saturday afternoon, with one starting XI recording a 5-0 scoreline in the first half and another XI drawing 2-2 in the second period. However, the trip to Tynecastle Park is the official beginning of the pre-season schedule ahead of the 2024/25 season under Ange Postecoglou.
The Australian became the first head coach to complete a full season at Tottenham in five years when the campaign came to a close at Sheffield United in May. That means Postecoglou has the rarity of a second pre-season to really drill his ideas into his players as well as welcome new faces.
The 58-year-old will be back in Scotland for the first time since his trophy-packed two seasons at Celtic. With his return so the Spurs fans will get the first chance to see summer arrivals Archie Gray and his fellow 18-year-old Lucas Bergvall in action as well as Timo Werner, who Tottenham negotiated a season-long loan return for with RB Leipzig after his recent half-campaign spell at the club.
That’s it from our live coverage of Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester City in the Premier League.
City move two points clear of Arsenal at the top with one game to play after a brace for Erling Haaland.
It was a nervy affair at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and defeat for the home side means they miss out on Champions League football next season.
The battle for the title will go to the wire and so will the battle for the Europa League spots. Join us on Wednesday for our coverage of Manchester United and Newcastle United.
Our Tottenham reporters Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest will be providing live updates below from the game as well as bringing you the latest from Postecoglou press conference at Tynecastle after the match.
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