Stories By Joe Phelan

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  The goals will come for Janssen It hasn’t taken long for the Spurs fans to start getting on Janssen’s back. The young Dutch striker has only scored once since heading to London in the summer and, though he has been industrious and moderately threatening in every game he’s played, he has yet to find his scoring boots.

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  Does Southgate deserve the England job? Or should the real question be: does Southgate even want the England job? He’s started his stint as manager relatively well – a routine victory over Malta and then a probably undeserved point away at Slovakia – and he’s yet to see his side concede a goal, largely thanks to some Joe Hart heroics.

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  Are Tottenham genuine contenders? After Spurs comprehensively defeated Manchester City this weekend, many pundits could be heard whispering that this could very well be Tottenham’s year. Poch’s men won 2-0, though the result should perhaps have been more convincing; indeed, it most likely would have been had Son been allowed to take the penalty that was scuffed by Lamela.

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  Is this the end of Big Sam’s England reign? What an utter plonker. Late on Monday night videos emerged on The Telegraph, and subsequently all over social media, showing the current England boss discussing how third-party ownership rules can be side-stepped.

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  Now is the time for Vincent Janssen to step up Tottenham fans breathed a huge sigh of relief when Kane finally managed to open the scoring against Sunderland at the weekend. However, those sighs soon turned to grimaces when Harry limped off the pitch with what looked like a damaged ankle.

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  Weekly Football Highlights

  Mourinho 0-1 Guardiola Everyone expected fireworks between these two managerial goliaths when their respective sides met at Old Trafford last weekend, but we were treated to nothing of the sort. Instead, we witnessed Guardiola’s team – not for the first time – emerging victorious against Mourinho’s.

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  So, the England manager can’t tell Rooney ‘where to play’ Big Sam has started his career as England boss with a win, but he then followed up that victory with a rather bizarre post-game interview in which he claimed he ‘can’t tell Rooney where to play’.

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  That was a bizarre transfer window Do we really need to say any more than that? The money spent was absolutely ludicrous; I mean Spurs managed to get £13m for Ryan Mason! RYAN MASON! I’d like to run through some of the more ridiculous transfer deals but, if I’m honest, I don’t have the time.

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  Zaha seems a very odd choice for Spurs Why, Poch? WHY? It looks as though Tottenham are on the verge of announcing the signing of Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, but nobody really seems to know why.

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  Mahrez stays! Well well well! After months and months of speculation, Riyad Mahrez has finally confirmed his future direction – and he’s sticking with the champions! At the beginning of the summer it seemed almost inevitable that the 25-year-old would be heading for pastures new, but the Algerian has followed in the footsteps of Jamie Vardy in committing to the Foxes.

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  Will Draxler end up in England? It would seem that there is every chance, especially if it is true that the player has been fined £85,000 by current club Wolfsburg for trying to force a move to Arsenal.

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