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- Gareth Bale's bumper net worth: How the Wales football legend racked up MILLIONS throughout his stellar career... and even earned more than £500k-a-week to sit on the BENCH
- Hugo Lloris: France and Tottenham goalkeeper retires from international football
- Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris announces France RETIREMENT
- Man United 'will chase Harry Kane this summer with a top striker the club's prime objective'... while Victor Osimhen and Benjamin Sesko 'are also on the shortlist' with Wout Weghorst only a short-term solution
- Real Madrid hail Gareth Bale as 'one of the club's great legends' after his shock retirement on Monday with Los Blancos keen to show 'gratitude, admiration and affection' to their former star despite his popularity waning in final years
- Five Champions Leagues, 111 caps for Wales... and more Real Madrid goals than Ronaldo! Gareth Bale's glittering career in numbers as the Welsh icon bows out from football at 33
- Gareth Bale: Watch Gareth Bale's best Premier League moments as he retires from football aged 33
- 'Best British player ever - fact!': Fans pay tribute to Gareth Bale on social media as the Welsh icon announces SHOCK retirement six weeks after leading his country to the World Cup having vowed to continue
- Gareth Bale retires LIVE: Follow all the updates and reaction as the Wales, Tottenham and Real Madrid legend announces his sudden retirement from football, despite vowing to continue
- Tottenham accelerate their interest in Brighton star Leandro Trossard but a deal for the Belgium international is not imminent and any move is likely to take place later in the transfer window
- Tottenham accelerate interest in Brighton star Leandro Trossard but a deal for the Belgium international is not imminent and any move is likely to take place later in the transfer window
- Dele Alli 'is unlikely to return to Everton this month despite Besiktas being desperate to offload the flop - with no break clause in his deal and the Toffees wanting full payment of £1m loan fee'
- Tottenham are among multiple clubs monitoring Leandro Trossard's situation at Brighton after Roberto de Zerbi chose to omit him from his squad during Saturday's FA Cup tie vs Middlesbrough
- Arsenal 'hire ex-Hashtag United star - known as the Tekkers Guru - as an attacking coach from next season to provide specialist and technical assistance to Premier League leaders' forwards' as Mikel Arteta seeks more efficiency in the final third
- Bryan Gil vows to repay Antonio Conte's faith after three starts in seven days for Tottenham, including their FA Cup win against Portsmouth, as Spurs absentees look to return for the North London derby
- Bryan Gil vows to repay Antonio Conte's faith after three starts in seven days for Tottenham Hotspur, including their FA Cup victory over Portsmouth, as some of Spurs' absentees look to return for the North London derby
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- Robbie Keane tipped to take the reins at Portsmouth following Danny Cowley's sacking... with the Spurs legend having previously served as an assistant for both Middlesbrough and the Republic of Ireland
- Tottenham 'keeping tabs on Brentford's David Raya' as they search for Hugo Lloris replacement
- Kolo Toure's Wigan are looking to bring in former England defender Steven Caulker to steady a leaky backline, with the 31-year-old currently playing in Turkey for the 14th club of his career
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- Tottenham vs Portsmouth LIVE: Antonio Conte's men look to avoid a huge upset in the FA Cup third round as they host League One Pompey... plus Palace v Southampton and the rest of the 12.30pm kick-offs
- Sporting Lisbon continue to demand buy-out clauses for Spurs targets Pedro Porro and ex-Tottenham youngster Marcus Edwards... with north Londoners still holding a 50% sell-on clause as part of his move to Portugal
- Salernitana are keen on bringing Tottenham youngster Pape Matar Sarr to Serie A on loan - with the Senegalese midfielder yet to establish himself in north London having played just 34 minutes under Antonio Conte
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- Antonio Conte is suffering in silence following traumatic year that has seen him lose three friends
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- Anthony Joshua felt 'CONFUSED' ahead of his first bout against Oleksandr Usyk, claims Eddie Hearn, and says he has had too many 'voices' in his corner - as he hints he made a mistake by firing 'tutor' Rob McCracken
- Tottenham v Portsmouth: FA Cup important for Spurs, says assistant coach Cristian Stellini
- Grief-stricken Antonio Conte pulls out of his Tottenham press conference ahead of FA Cup tie with Portsmouth as he mourns former Juventus team-mate Gianluca Vialli
- Antonio Conte will not conduct his Tottenham press conference ahead of FA Cup tie with Portsmouth as he mourns the loss of former Juventus team-mate Gianluca Vialli - with assistant Cristian Stellini stepping in
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- Harry Kane admits he will be haunted by his World Cup penalty miss against France for the rest of his life - but insists it has made him 'even more hungry' to win trophies for Spurs and England
- Graeme Souness claims Harry Kane is England’s only ‘world class’ player who would be welcomed by any team in the world...and backs Tottenham’s 'Mr Goals' to fire them to a top four Premier League finish
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- Brazil says final goodbye to Pelé on his last journey
- Harry Kane 'keeps churning out goals' as he saves Tottenham Hotspur again
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- Crystal Palace 0-4 Tottenham Hotspur: Antonio Conte happy after Harry Kane & Son Heung-min both score
- 'Tottenham ain't dying for any cause!': Graeme Souness SLAMS Tottenham's first-half performance against Crystal Palace... and insists Antonio Conte's side 'feel sorry for themselves'
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- Premier League: Kane doubles Spurs lead, West Ham, Forest & Wolves also lead
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- Tottenham are plotting a raid on Sporting Lisbon for Pedro Porro and former academy graduate Marcus Edwards... although Spurs still hold a 50 per cent sell-on clause as part of his deal to join the Portuguese side
- Former ManUnited goalkeeper Roy Carroll makes surprise return to football at the age of 45
- Antonio Conte backs struggling Son Heung-min to rediscover his goal-scoring touch but admits he's 'struggled' for form since suffering a fractured eye socket before the World Cup
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- Tottenham 'cool interest' in Sporting Lisbon wing back Pedro Porro with club 'not prepared to pay £40 million release clause' despite Antonio Conte demand for the club to improve the quality of his side
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- Man City boss Pep Guardiola describes Pele's legacy as 'ETERNAL' after his passing this week... as Tottenham manager Antonio Conte remembers the Brazil icon's 'incredible' talent on the ball
- New Year Honours: Pat Jennings 'absolutely delighted' with CBE
- GRAEME SOUNESS: Arsenal have every chance of winning Premier League... they have freedom and belief
- Antonio Conte reveals Cristian Romero is available for Tottenham's clash with Aston Villa... as he warns his player the 'difficult period' starts now as 'expectation' will be high after his part in Argentina's World Cup success
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- TRANSFER NEWS LIVE: Erik ten Hag doubles down on pleas for a new striker while Tottenham line up £13m bid for Barcelona's Franck Kessie and Jurgen Klopp hints at more Liverpool buys after Gakpo
- Look who's back! Emiliano Martinez smiles and waves on his return to Aston Villa from his controversial World Cup celebrations... as he faces showdown talks with Unai Emery over his behaviour in the wake of Argentina's triumph in Qatar
- Tottenham star Lucas Moura will see out his contract in North London to leave on a free next summer and could return home to sign for former club Sao Paulo
- Tottenham 'make £13m bid for Barcelona midfielder Franck Kessie'
- EXCLUSIVE: Karren Brady DOUBLES her West Ham salary to £2.24m, thanks to a one-off £1m bonus for bringing in Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky... but her pay is still well below Daniel Levy and Co
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- EXCLUSIVE: Tottenham Women set to SMASH the British transfer record to sign Chelsea striker Beth England in a deal worth more than £250,000 - surpassing what Manchester United paid Chelsea for Lauren James
- 'It's NOT OK': Dejan Kulusevski insists Tottenham MUST 'start playing from the first minute' if they want to 'be a big team' after they fell behind once again in their draw with Brentford
- Harry Kane: Tottenham striker can be 'number one in world', says Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
- England captain Harry Kane mocked with chants of 'You let your country down' on his return to Premier League action with Tottenham at Brentford, two weeks on from his crucial World Cup penalty miss
- 'Antonio Conte will be fuming': Patrice Evra insists Tottenham boss will be furious with his side falling behind again, with ex-Man United defender claiming Spurs' league position is 'false'
- Antonio Conte demands his Tottenham side 'find a solution' to their slow starts after falling behind for the NINTH successive game... but hails the team's 'great character' to recover from a two-goal deficit to draw at Brentford
- Patrice Evra pokes fun at Harry Kane's crucial missed penalty against France by joking he 'didn't want' a spot-kick in Tottenham's draw with Brentford... but insists he '100 per cent' should have got one after being fouled by Ben Mee
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- Bolt wins BBC SPOTY's Lifetime Achievement Award. Video, 00:00:54
- Brentford 2-2 Tottenham: Defensively-suspect Spurs are saved by Harry Kane - on his return from World Cup heartache - and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's strike in ANOTHER comeback for Antonio Conte
- Bryan Mbeumo has been slammed by fans for 'most hilarious dive in football HISTORY' against Spurs
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- 'You saved my life': Dele Alli posts for the first time since being HAULED OFF after 29 minutes against a Turkish third-division side, insisting his love for football is why he WON'T give up
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- Harry Kane returned to Tottenham with a smile as he surprised team-mates at half-time of friendly against Nice - and now team-mate Matt Doherty is backing him to put World Cup heartache behind him and 'score a lot of goals' to boost top four bid
- I want to take on Pep from the dug-out! Yaya Toure opens up on coaching Tottenham's Under-16s, his feud with Guardiola... and why he missed THAT Sergio Aguero goal to win Man City's first Premier League title
- Pele's cancer worsens; he will spend Christmas in hospital
- Dele Alli booed off by Besiktas fans after 29 minutes as ex-Tottenham man reaches now low
- Dejan Kulusevski reveals Antonio Conte has been making Tottenham's stars train in the DARK to get into top shape for the Premier League return... with the Swede expecting Spurs to reap the benefits and get 'better results' in the second half of the season
- Tottenham draw 1-1 with Nice in final friendly ahead of Boxing Day clash with West Ham - as Son Heung-min returns as a late substitute...while World Cup stars Harry Kane and Richarlison watch on from the stands
- Dejan Kulusevski and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg start for Tottenham in final friendly against Nice but Son Heung-min only makes the bench in Antonio Conte's stomach bug-hit squad...while Harry Kane misses out entirely following World Cup heartbreak
- TRANSFER NEWS LIVE: Cristiano Ronaldo 'was probably offered to every Champions League club before Man United axe'... while former Real Madrid star Isco terminates his Sevilla contract just five months after joining
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