Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to quickly move on from this week’s UEFA Super Cup defeat against Paris Saint-Germain when it begins the 2025-26 Premier League season against Burnley on Saturday.
It will be the North London side’s first league campaign under new manager Thomas Frank who arrived at the club as Ange Postecoglou’s successor. The Australian coach was sacked days after leading Spurs to the UEFA Europa League title.
For former Brentford coach Frank, the task would be to bring Tottenham back to challenging for Europe — last season the team finished at an all-time low 17th place in the Premier League era — but he will have to deal with not having the likes of James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, with both midfielders being indefinitely ruled out due to injuries.
FILE PHOTO: In the absence of South Korea’s Hueng-min Son, who left the club after a decade, new arrival Mohammed Kudus could prove to be the livewire on the wings for Frank’s side.
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FILE PHOTO: In the absence of South Korea’s Hueng-min Son, who left the club after a decade, new arrival Mohammed Kudus could prove to be the livewire on the wings for Frank’s side.
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New signings
- Mohammed Kudus: €63.80m (from West Ham)
- Mathys Tel: €35.00m (from Bayern Munich)
- Kevin Danso: €25.00m (from Lens)
- Luka Vuskovic: €11.00m (Hajduk Split)
- Kota Takai: €5.80m (Kawasaki Frontale)
- Joao Palhinha: €5.00m (On loan from Bayern Munich)
How can Tottenham Hotspur line up for the 2025-26 Premier League season?
Frank is known to favour the 4-3-3 formation. If one of Maddison or Kulusevski was fit, they could have slotted into that No. 10 role to facilitate a 4-2-3-1 shape as well, but the coach may stick to what he knows best.
Tottenham’s Best XI – (4-3-3)
Guglielmo Vicario (gk); Pedro Porro, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero (c), Kevin Danso; Pape Sarr, Rodrigo Bentancur, Joao Palhinha; Richarlison, Dominic Solanke, Mohammed Kudus
Player to watch out for
In the absence of South Korea’s Hueng-min Son, who left the club after a decade, new arrival Mohammed Kudus could prove to be the livewire on the wings for Frank’s side.
In the last two seasons in the Premier League, the Ghana forward registered 25 goal contributions in 65 appearances with West Ham United.
Kudus is also not a stranger to European football, having scored five goals in nine appearances during West Ham’s Europa League campaign in the 2023-24 season. This could come in handy as Tottenham returns to the UEFA Champions League after three years.
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