Tottenham Hotspur

More from Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou on the importance of Wednesday's game against Arsenal: "Big game tomorrow night. Big game for the club and a big game for our season, a big game for our supporters so looking forward to it."

Tottenham Hotspur

Ange Postecoglou on whether Tottenham would be willing to sell players in January: "We can't afford to let anyone go at the moment. Obviously some of the young players...but aside from that we are looking at incomings if anything happens."

Image source, Getty Images

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou on whether the club will be able to bring in any new players in January: "It's hard to say. January is a difficult one to have any certainty.

"The club is working really hard in that area. If there are any developments we will let everyone know."

Manchester City

Tony Book went on to serve as youth coach at Manchester City later in his career, helping to inspire them to a first-ever FA Youth Cup triumph in 1986.

He later became the club's honorary president and was life president of City's official supporters club.

City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak wrote on the club website: “For nearly 60 years Tony helped to shape Manchester City. Not just in what he contributed as a player, captain and manager, but in the way he conducted himself.

"His hopes and ambitions for his club were matched only by his incredible humility regarding his own significant achievements.

“He will forever be remembered by our supporters as a man who helped to lay the foundations upon which unprecedented success could be built."

He added: "I will miss seeing him at our games enormously, and witnessing first-hand the regard in which he is held by every generation of the City family.”

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou on team news and recovery time after playing 120 minutes on Tamworth's artificial pitch in Sunday's FA Cup win: "We've had to do some extra recovery. We are not training until this afternoon to give the boys some extra time because the pitch does take a bit out of you.

"The only one who picked up an injury was Timo [Werner]. He picked up a hamstring injury, we are just waiting on the results of that scan.

"Everyone else, apart from being sore, pulled through OK.

"In terms of incoming, Richy [Richarlison] is available."

Manchester City described Tony Book as "a true club legend in every sense of the word" in a post on X, external announcing that he had died, aged 90.

Book made 315 appearances for City in total between 1966 and 1974, scoring five goals, before moving from player to manager, leading the club from 1974 to 1979.

Image source, Getty Images

Mike Minay
BBC Radio Manchester

Image source, Getty Images

Manchester City’s former captain Tony Book has died at the age of 90.

One of the most successful players in the club's golden-era of the late-1960s and early-1970s he won domestic and European honours as a player and a manager.

He began wearing the armband in 1967 and lead the club to the First Division title in 1968, the FA Cup a year later and the double success of the League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970.

Book moved into management in 1974 and would guide the Blues to more League Cup success in 1976. He remained in charge until 1979.

The 'bricklayer from Bath' – a nod to his apprenticeship days - started his career at 1956 in non-league and was 29-years-old when he got his first move to Plymouth Argyle, followed by a move to Maine Road two years later.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has "no sympathy" for Arsenal, who have several players out injured.

"I don’t think they have sympathy for us. I have empathy not sympathy," he said.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has confirmed Timo Werner will miss the game against Arsenal with a hamstring injury, but added Richarlison is fit enough to feature.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou should provide injury updates on defender Ben Davies and forward Richarlison, with both spotted back in training ahead of their North London derby with Arsenal on Wednesday.

Postecoglou is yet to beat Mikel Arteta's Gunners, losing twice and picking up one draw during his season and a half in charge of Spurs.

Tottenham Hotspur

Right, after a busy morning it is time to take stock and change focus back to the north London derby, with Ange Postecoglou about to talk with the media.

We have already heard from Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta this morning, what will be the main themes addressed by the Spurs manager before Wednesday's Premier League encounter at the Emirates?

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter

Image source, Getty Images

Returning Everton boss David Moyes faced the media for the first time on Monday and said: "Overall I hope we can all get together and find a way of spending some money, but as you well know we still have a bit of work to do [on PSR] to clear everything so we have to be mindful of that as well."

Everton are beginning to get their house in order off the pitch, with a tick mark next to new manager, new owners, new stadium and PSR compliance.

Now the task is to start winning games on the pitch to ensure they maintain their proud record of being ever-present in the Premier League.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter

Image source, Getty Images

There was a feeling of nervousness from Everton supporters when 'PSR verdict day' came around on Tuesday, having fallen foul - twice - last season.

Everton became the first side in Premier League history to be deducted points for breaching the competition's financial rules and another charge followed too, being docked a total of eight points after the appeals process.

But club officials have been confident there would not be any issues this time around and they have been proven right.

The Toffees have undergone significant cost-cutting measures to ensure they were financially compliant for the 2023-24 season, helped by the sales of Lewis Dobbin and Ben Godfrey before the 30 June deadline - the end of the financial year.

Since the start of the 2022-23 season, the club have been hamstrung by strict spending constraints and they are the only Premier League side during that period with a positive net spend of £80m.

"After the points deductions, we were very nervous of making sure we didn't fall foul of those problems again," director of football Kevin Thelwell told BBC Radio Merseyside in September.

Newcastle United

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe referenced the club's summer transfer dealings in his news conference this morning, when asked if the club was in danger of breaching PSR.

"No, I don't believe we are [on that list]," he said.

"The breaching of financial fair play for us was something that we fought really hard against in the summer to not be in that position - and that's why the departures of the ones we didn't want to happen had to happen."

In June, Aston Villa insisted they would avoid a PSR breach. But after recording a £119m loss last season, the club was understood to need to sell players - such as Douglas Luiz - in order to do so, despite qualifying for the Champions League.

Chelsea also said they were confident they would comply with the rules. But having recorded a pre-tax loss of £90m in their most recent accounts, some experts suggested in June that they also needed to sell players if they were to avoid breaching PSR rules.

The Blues then had a sale of two hotels next to Stamford Bridge to a sister company for a fee of £76.5m cleared by the Premier League in September.

Newcastle United, despite the vast wealth of their Saudi owners, chose not to sign any players in the last January transfer window over worries they may have been at risk of breaching PSR then sold a number of players during the summer.

Everton breached the rules for both 2021-22 and 2022-23, suffering two separate points deductions. And with losses of £90m in their last financial results, they also moved to reduce their squad.

Kieran Maguire
Football finance expert

Working out a market value for a former academy player is very difficult, as ultimately it is what both the buying and selling club decide, based on their future expectations of that player's contribution on the pitch.

Player 'swaps' can be mutually beneficial for two or more clubs who need to make a quick profit.

Dan Roan
BBC sports editor

On 22 June, Everton, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Newcastle fans might have woken up and mistakenly thought it was transfer deadline day.

No-one was breaking the rules, but questions were raised over valuations, the use of young players, and whether this highlighted a loophole in the league's PSR system.

Lesser-known academy products Tim Iroegbunam and Lewis Dobbin were exchanged that weekend in separate deals between Everton and Villa for a reported £9m each. Then BBC Sport reported Villa were close to selling another academy youngster - teenager Omari Kellyman - to Chelsea for a reported £19m.

There was also confirmation that going the other way was Chelsea’s homegrown Dutch defender Ian Maatsen for £37.5m, in another separate transaction.

One thing all four of these busy clubs have in common? Concerns over their Premier League Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) position as they approached the 30 June accounting deadline.

Image source, Getty Images

Leicester City

Image source, Getty Images

Harvey Barnes' £38m move to Newcastle and Timothy Castagne's £15m transfer to Fulham will be included in their latest accounts, while the £10m compensation banked from Enzo Maresca's switch to Chelsea will also help ease losses.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's £30m transfer to Chelsea is also included. Despite not being officially confirmed until 2 July last year, Dewsbury-Hall's move was completed within the accounting period.