Tottenham Hotspur

Nicola Pearson
BBC Sport journalist

As the dust settles on the 2024-25 Premier League season, we have been taking a look at some of the alternative ways the the table could have finished...

It is the table no-one wants to be top of.

While some fans will feel pretty comfortable when their team goes in front, for others, it is just the start of what could prove to be an emotional rollercoaster.

The fans who had to suffer the disappointment of wondering 'what might have been' most were those of Tottenham.

If the Premier League season had come down to which side lost the most points from winning positions then Spurs would have been top of the pile.

There were 22 occasions in which Ange Postecoglou's team were in front, but they went on to win only half of those, with four ending in draws and seven in defeat.

While 'Ange-ball' provides entertainment, as shown in the Europa League final, if the Spurs boss had adapted on a few more occasions, they might have found themselves celebrating a more successful league campaign than one that left them a place above the relegation zone.

For Fulham fans, it was hard to know whether they were coming or going.

While they were one of the 'comeback kings' having picked up 21 points from losing positions, they also dropped 28 points from winning ones.

Rather than consistent inconsistency, boss Marco Silva will be hoping for less of a rollercoaster next campaign if they want to achieve their European dream.

There were not a lot occasions in which relegated Southampton and Ipswich were in front, but when they were, they struggled to see them through. The 28 and 27 points lost respectively could have been the difference-makers in the fight to stay up.

At the other end of the scale, Newcastle supporters could often sit comfortably in the knowledge that when they went in front, they were unlikely to see any other result at the end.

In fact, of the 23 games in which they were in a winning position, they drew twice and lost just once - a confidence they will hope to take into the Champions League next season too.

Much was said of Chelsea's questionable defensive abilities and the maturity of such a young side. But despite this, they too were a team regularly able to see out a game they were leading - winning 20 of the 26 such occasions.

Two perhaps more surprising additions at this end of the table are relegated Leicester City and a Manchester United side who set unwanted club records for the season.

While there were not many occasions when the two sides were in a leading position - 10 for Leicester and 16 for United - between them they lost just three times and dropped only 10 and 11 points restrictively.

Some solace for supporters in otherwise underwhelming campaigns.

*Table data from Football365

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The PA news agency is reporting that Tottenham will only consider letting skipper Son Heung-min leave this summer if a significant fee comes in for him.

Son is set to enter the final year of his contract and PA says there is renewed interest in the forward from the Saudi Pro League, after he was previously linked with a move two years ago.

The 32-year-old led Spurs to their first European trophy for 40 years last month when they beat Manchester United in the Europa League final and qualified for next season's Champions League.

However, an injury-hit campaign meant Son only managed 11 goals - his lowest return since his debut season.

Son Heung-min is a target for Saudi Pro League clubs and Tottenham could choose to cash in on the forward as they look to generate transfer funds. (Telegraph - subscription required), external

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We asked for your views on Tottenham's new home kit for the 2025-26 season.

Here are some of your comments:

Michael: Purest shirt in a while. Not sure about the grey, can't see the relevance. However, you need a unique detail to sell it. Looking forward to the other kits and seeing what ideas are coming this season. Hopefully not someone's pyjamas again.

Ellie: I don't like it. It reminds me of a training top. Not the worst we have had but not great!

Dennis: I like the subtle change. It's a nice design but, unfortunately, at the price it is I will never be able to purchase one and nor will anyone else I know. Such a shame.

Glen: Looking at the new 2025-26 home kit... it's a thumbs down from me.

Chris: Mundane and brash. AIA logo far too big and in an unattractive font. Lacks creativity and style. Very disappointing.

Lee: The new shirt is OK except for the red sponsor - never red! The club would sell so many more some shirts if the sponsor was navy blue. Surprised Daniel Levy hasn't worked this out.

Phil: It's got the potential to be a truly stunning top but, yet again, it's ruined by the colour of the sponsorship, which not just the rivalry (we hate the Arsenal) but the mismatch of colours - red and purple on a lilywhite and blue top, is just a huge NO for me.

Nicolai: Very nice design. It gives me chills by looking at it. Very easy to look at. Good work from Nike here.

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Tottenham defender Pedro Porro believes boss Ange Postecoglou should keep his post after their success in the Europa League - despite the club's worst Premier League finish.

Whether the head coach will be in charge next season is set to be determined by the end of the week, and his Spanish right-back has been backing him while on international duty.

"Him [Postecoglou] continuing would be good for the dressing room," Porro told The Guardian, external.

"He has built a very good group and coaches also need time. In the league, things didn't go well but he makes you win a trophy. That's important too.

"The people in the dressing room with weight have to understand that."

Ali Speechly
Fan writer

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While we wait for Daniel Levy to tell us what is to become of Ange Postecoglou, there are some other changes in personnel to consider for next season.

Last season's injury crisis cannot be repeated. In addition to the changes in our medical team, we can expect to see new player signings to help strengthen our squad.

Among others, I would like us to sign Rayan Cherki from Lyon because I think his style of play suits our club and will give fans something to cheer about.

Moving in the opposite direction, Spurs have already confirmed a series of departures, with some others still to be considered.

I'm on the fence regarding Mathys Tel and I think it will come down to Levy's feelings about his price tag.

More significantly, Son Heung-min and Cristian Romero could be sold.

In December 2024, Romero vented his frustration at how the club is run and could be on his way out, unless the prospect of Champions League football has made him reconsider.

As sad as it would be to see Sonny leave, this summer could be the ideal time for both player and club. Son was always going to leave as a legend in the fans' eyes, but after lifting our first trophy in 17 years, now he can do it believing it for himself too.

Levy will want to make as much money from any Son sale as possible - as well as releasing our highest earner from the payroll.

Last but definitely not least, I would like to offer a note of recognition and thanks for Donna-Maria Cullen, who has stepped down as executive director. With so few women in senior leadership positions in the Premier League, Donna will be missed, but will forever remain an inspiration.

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Tottenham have revealed their home shirt for the 2025-26 season.

A club statement says: "The kit features a subtle tweak to the navy sleeves of last season, with a new grey and ashen slate pattern under the arm and the traditional lilywhite base forming the outer part of the sleeve."

What do you think of your latest kit, Spurs fans?

Let us know here

BBC Sport pundit Nedum Onuoha has given us his insight and opinion every fortnight on your Premier League club throughout this season.

But this week, he's in the hotseat for your questions.

Maybe ask him who should be on your club's radar this summer, or where a rumoured target or new signing might fit into the team.

Perhaps see what he thinks about how successful a new recruit might be, who it is vital to keep, or what is needed to make next season a success.

Send in your questions here and we'll put a selection to him

As the dust settles on the 2024-25 Premier League season, we have been taking a look at some of the alternative ways the the table could have finished...

Many of us will have been there in school.

It was not always about being the best, but about being better. Not trying to beat the others' scores or times, but about beating your own.

In sport too, it is why personal bests exist. It is a way of measuring your own improvement against what has gone before - we can't all be Usain Bolt and Florence Griffith-Joyner.

So if the Premier League season was all about how you compared to the campaign before, who would have come out on top?

Well, there is one clear winner.

With 29 points more than they had in 2023-24, Nottingham Forest would have been lifting that trophy.

They may not have finished the season quite as they hoped having spent so much time in the Champions League spots, but having narrowly avoided relegation a year ago, this shows the sheer scale of the improvement this term.

Their nearest challenger on this basis would have been Brentford.

With 56 points, they were three points short of their best ever Premier League tally, but having flirted with relegation last time out, it made for a more enjoyable season this time around.

Brighton, Bournemouth and Fulham may have just missed out on European adventures in the real league, but they are also teams who can be happy with the improvements they are showing as now well-established top-flight sides.

And despite the chaotic nature of Chelsea since the new ownership came in, they too can look to steady progress.

At the other end of the scale (or table), it is a very different picture.

Many question whether the traditional 'big six' teams is still relevant, given how others have broken that mould in recent years.

But if the season was based on improvement, four of those six would have been at the bottom.

Tottenham dropped-off in the league nearly as much as Forest improved. Manchester City had a high bar to reach, but a torrid spell proved costly. Manchester United have set multiple unwanted club records, while Arsenal struggled to maintain a real challenge for the title.

They say beware the wounded tiger, and it is hard to see all these sides having the same difficulties next season, but they will not have it all their own way with those teams that are on the up.

*All data from Opta and only teams who were in the league in 2023-24

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Goalkeepers Fraser Forster and Alfie Whiteman, and defender Sergio Reguilon will all leave Tottenham when their contracts expire next month.

Meanwhile, on-loan forward Timo Werner will return to parent club RB Leipzig and midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojberg's temporary move to Marseille will be turned into a permanent transfer.

"We thank Fraser, Sergio, Alfie and Timo for their service and wish them well for the future," a club statement read.

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We asked for you to tell us what Tottenham need to do in the summer transfer window.

Here are some of your comments:

Tom: We've got to strengthen in a few areas (both full-backs, plus probably a winger), but our players are (mostly) far more talented than last season's results suggest. We need to reset, not rebuild.

Glyn: Where do I start? Bruno Fernandes in midfield as an old-school classic battler midfielder, or get someone like Glenn Hoddle (I wish!) who can spread a ball around and work some magic, and also take free-kicks. We should go full old school and bring back a 4-4-2 formation and have some classic dribblers on the wings!

Aaron: Spurs definitely need to add to all areas in the squad. Mainly midfield I think. We could do with another creative midfielder, someone in central and a winger maybe. Hope the rumours are true that we're trying to go for Marc Guehi as well because when Van De Ven and Romero aren't in the team our defence is woeful.

Harry: Our defence on paper looks solid. However, because of the way Ange wants us to play, cracks appear all along the back four. Keeping Romero would be a major boost, but I still feel we are one centre-back light. The midfield is fine when on form. Pape Sarr and Begavall are the future, but I believe they leave our defence too exposed. Buying a solid anchor man would help. I also think we need a new striker - the jury is still out on Solanke and Richarlison is never fit.

Tim: We need to recruit players who have proved they can cut it in the Premier League (and Champions League). We haven't done well in recent years in attracting the kind of players we need, settling instead on second-tier talent. I wonder if the Ange decision being in limbo is going to put off potential signings while they wait to see who the manager will be.

Will: Tottenham have to keep Micky van de Ven in the transfer window - the absolute spine of the squad. If reports are true that Romero is leaving then Spurs need to sign another solid centre-back to work with Micky (I do like the look of Danso). Think the midfield probably needs some reinforcements for Champions League football, Eze from Crystal Palace would be my first choice.

Robert: Midfield and up front are the key areas for me. Despite losing so many games, I don't think defence is a problem, although losing Romero would be a blow. They just need to keep fit! Another striker is a priority. I would have liked to have seen Liam Delap arrive. He's big, strong and young, which fits the current Spurs transfer philosophy. Also, midfield needs strengthening. A creative player to compete with Maddison and a big, physical holding midfielder. Finally, a new contract for Son. He hasn't had the best of seasons, but form is temporary while class is permanent.

Thank you for the feedback you submitted on the Premier League club pages.

Our aim is to contain all of the BBC's in-depth coverage of that team in one place, so it helpful to hear from you - you are who the pages are for after all.

We are going through all your responses and will take suggestions on board for next season.

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The transfer window opens on Sunday - albeit for 10 days initially, mainly so sides competing in the Club World Cup can get early business done - before reopening for the rest of the summer on 16 June.

Are there certain players you are desperate for Tottenham to sign, or an area of the squad that needs improving? Or maybe holding on to a key player is your biggest priority.

And what about sales - who needs to go?

So over to you... what names need bringing in and shipping out?

Let us know here

Nicola Pearson
BBC Sport journalist

As the dust settles on the 2024-25 Premier League season, we have been taking a look at some of the alternative ways the the table could have finished...

A Premier League season can sometimes be a tale of two halves.

Some come flying out of the blocks, while others are more sluggish starters.

The busy Christmas period can be a turning point with the arrival of the January transfer window feeling like a fresh start.

So what might have happened if the league season only start on 1 January?

Well, Pep Guardiola's title-winning machines would have picked up their fifth Premier League trophy in a row.

Playing one game fewer than actual champions Liverpool - who secured the title with four games remaining - they would have finished one point clear of the Reds, not withstanding Arne Slot's side slowdown in form after sealing the title.

City always seem to come good after January, but this time it was not enough to outweigh the torrid time they had from late autumn.

The rest of the top six is not too dissimilar to the final placings, although in this case, Aston Villa would have secured Champions League football and Brighton a Europa League spot in the absence of Chelsea - whose form nose-dived at the very beginning of the year.

And while the new year is a new start for some, it is less so for others.

That was the case for many of those down the bottom of the league.

The relegated trio would still have been relegated and Manchester United and Tottenham would still have ended up in the bottom six. West Ham find themselves one place lower after Wolves picked up form under Vitor Pereira.

So what does this tell us? If you wan to achieve your Premier League ambitions, it is about making sure you are there for nine months and not just from January.

*Table data from Football365

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We asked for your views on our fan writer Ali Speechly's end of season scorecard (27 May, 09:54 BST).

Here are some of your comments:

Jon: I'm with Ali on the season's assessment. I'm lucky to have been supporting Spurs since 1967 (my late dad was a Gooner - it was his brother-in-law who got me supporting Spurs) so I've been part of a fanbase who have actually experienced winning! There's nothing like a major trophy to galvanise a club. I hope Daniel Levy remembers this when considering Ange's future.

Gary: My overriding emotion is relief, the Europa league win masked over an awful season and now it's time for a fresh start and ideas with a new manager instead of leaving it 10 games into the new season when we will be in the relegation zone.

Simon: Sorry Ali but I totally disagree with you. If this manager stays, we will probably get relegated next season. Yes winning a trophy is brilliant, but so us actually trying to challenge in the Premier League. These excuses of injured players! They all been back for a while now and results in the Premier League have got worse. So thanks for the trophy but please let's get someone who can actually manage on maybe two fronts.

Charles: Work in progress. Can be exciting and abysmal in equal measure. It was, ultimately, all about the trophy. The icing on the cake; Champions League football next season. Ange is a winner!

John: I know the league form and position are not acceptable for a club such as Spurs but we have won a trophy which the manager promised so I hope we keep him and see where he takes us in the next 12 months.

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The BBC's Ask Me Anything team have done all of the research ahead of the announcement detailing next season's Premier League matches.

The fixtures for the 2025-26 season will be released at 09:00 BST on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 and the release will include the weekly schedule of all 380 matches.

The season will begin with a single fixture played on Friday, 15 August 2025 and conclude on Sunday, 24 May 2026, when all matches will be played at 16:00 BST. There will be 33 weekend rounds of fixtures, plus five midweek rounds.

The exact date and time at which individual matches are played during each weekend will be determined at regular intervals throughout the season, based on TV selections made by broadcasters.

Read the full article here

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter

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Tottenham supporters will simply remember this season as the one where they ended their 17-year trophy drought and qualified for the Champions League.

In a season of protests, anger and dismal domestic form, Spurs have somehow survived at the expense of Manchester United.

Ange Postecoglou led his side to a 1-0 win over United in the Europa League, flirting with calamity but ending up celebrating and qualifying for the Champions League, securing between £80m-£100m in the process.

All Spurs fans will be grateful to the Australian manager. However, some will still think the cold, pragmatic decision is to sack him, while others will disagree.

That uncertainty is felt within Postecoglou's camp and he spoke of needing more control at the club in a season which ranks as their worst in the Premier League era, finishing 17th, just one place above the relegation zone.

Twenty two defeats, the league position and the dismal total of 38 points are all the worst Spurs have endured since the league's inception.

Tottenham fans will not care too much but chairman Daniel Levy is left with a big decision, although he will listen to opinions on the rest of the board and senior staff like head of football Scott Munn and technical director Johan Lange, over whether to sack or keep the manager into next season.

It is a decision Levy has to get right as he himself has faced calls to leave the club at various intervals during this turbulent season.

Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

Speed has become such a defining aspect of Premier League football for years now. Whether it's lightning-quick wingers tearing down the flanks or centre-backs chasing down counterattacks, speed can be the difference between winning and losing.

With that in mind, let's have a look at the fastest players in the Premier League this season.

Tottenham Hotspur's Micky van de Ven was the fastest player in the top-flight during this campaign, reaching a top speed of 23.1 miles per hour

Manchester City midfielder-turned-right-back Matheus Nunes was the second-fastest, just ahead of Nottingham Forest's speed merchant Anthony Elanga.

Not only does Bryan Mbeumo run a lot and sprint a lot, he's fast too…the whole package!

As for the slowest players, the above data looks at outfield players that racked up at least 10 full games' worth of minutes – to give them a chance to build up some steam.

In that metric, Wolves' 35-year-old defender Craig Dawson was the slowest player, reaching a top speed of 18.4 miles per hour.

Manchester City's Bernardo Silva and West Ham's Tomas Soucek may be among the slowest players, but they were also two of the hardest runners - covering over seven miles per 90 minutes - which shows they were built for stamina over speed.

We asked you to select your Tottenham player of the season from the four candidates chosen by our fan contributor.

And with the poll now closed, we can reveal the winner is... Lucas Bergvall!

Here's what Ali Speechly at at Women Of The Lane, external and on Instagram, external said about him:

Bergvall has more than lived up to the promise he showed in pre-season.

Not only has he excelled on and off the ball, he has never stopped striving for the win.

When more seasoned professionals around him have struggled to lead the team, this young player has risen to the challenge.

See the final poll breakdown

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Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes covered the most ground this season, running 261 miles (St James' Park to Wembley is 271 miles).

He retains the award after racking up 263 miles in the competition last season.

Josko Gvardiol, Daniel Munoz, Bryan Mbeumo and Milos Kerkez complete the top five for most distance covered across the Premier League season.

Taking time on the pitch into account (out of players that played over half the available minutes), Guimaraes was pipped by Newcastle team-mate in the list by team-mate Sandro Tonali who covered more ground per 90 minutes than the Brazilian…although Bruno still ran 7.2 miles per 90 minutes!

Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski ran harder than any other player this season, covering 7.7 miles per 90 minutes on average.

West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek ran an average of 7.5 miles per 90 minutes, while Manchester City's Bernardo Silva (7.3) and Brighton's Yasin Ayari complete the top five.