The healing process for Tottenham Hotspur is under way. This was a game that Thomas Frank could not afford to lose and he kept the boos at bay by producing a dominant performance to defeat his old club. Spurs, victorious at home for the first time in the league since the opening weekend, were comfortable against a mediocre Brentford side. Richarlison opened the scoring and the highlight for Frank was a standout display from Xavi Simons. The £52m attacker made Richarlison’s goal and sealed Spurs’ first win in six games when he scored for the first time since joining in the summer from RB Leipzig. Continue reading...

Borussia Monchengladbach have a goal disallowed and a penalty overturned as they're held to a goalless draw by RB Leipzig, who miss the chance to close the gap on leaders Bayern Munich to three points.

Fans and the media were surprised and disappointed by Leroy Sané's return to the German team. However, the winger helped Germany secure a 2-0 win over Luxembourg.

The England boss omitted Foden from last month’s squad but the playmaker impressed with a Champions League brace against Borussia Dortmund.

Foden lit up City’s 4-1 Champions League win over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night, scoring twice.

The Denmark midfielder is now playing for Wolfsburg in Germany’s Bundesliga.

An attacking midfielder by trade, Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been compared to Chelsea legend Frank Lampard for his knack of arriving late in the box and scoring goals. Long linked with a move to England, the Armenia international eventually joined Manchester United from German side Borussia Dortmund in 2016 but after a largely unhappy 18 months was swapped for Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez.

Creative flatness threatens to stymie start to season Van de Ven: ‘He can create a lot of special things’ Micky van de Ven believes Xavi Simons could be the solution to the creative flatness threatening to undermine Tottenham’s start to the season. With Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison sustaining long-term injuries and Dominic Solanke undergoing a procedure on his troublesome ankle, Tottenham have started to look a little predictable in forward areas and form has stuttered over the past month. Thomas Frank acknowledged before Tuesday’s 2-2 Champions League draw with the Norwegian champions Bodø/Glimt that the almost complete change to the front four – with Son Heung-min also departed – has created issues. Simons arrived from RB Leipzig just before the end of the transfer window for more than £50m. He is still adapting, but he set up a goal against West Ham and played a key role coming off the bench in Spurs’ late comeback in Norway. Continue reading...

Borussia Dortmund promise to address criticism after their new away kit debuted in a win over Heidenheim.

An unusual streaming deal sees the German league going where its fans are, instead of asking the fans to come to them In a change to his regularly scheduled programming, Mark Goldbridge took a break from blowing steam out his ears at another Andre Onana howler and venting his shouty exasperation at Manchester United’s latest calamity to talk – and watch – all things Gegenpressing and Ballbesitzfußball with his audience of over one million YouTube subscribers. This was after the Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL) struck an agreement with Goldbridge to broadcast 20 live Bundesliga matches on his That’s Football YouTube channel this season. Bayern Munich’s opening weekend win over RB Leipzig raised the curtain on the new deal, with nearly 500,000 viewers watching along with Goldbridge. Continue reading...

It is the winger’s third temporary move away from Old Trafford following spells at Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea.

France forward ‘really happy and proud’ to join Spurs Frank left with a Champions League squad dilemma Thomas Frank has completed a loan move for Paris Saint-Germain’s Randal Kolo Muani to boost his attacking options – and deepen his Champions League squad selection headache. Kolo Muani had been a prime target for Juventus, for whom he played on loan from PSG over the second half of last season, scoring 10 goals. But the Serie A club were unable to agree a deal for him, admitting defeat over the weekend and moving instead for Loïs Openda from RB Leipzig. Continue reading...

After missing out on Eberechi Eze and Morgan Gibbs-White, Dutchman’s arrival gives the club vital depth After the confusion over Morgan Gibbs-White’s release clause and bitter blow of being blindsided by Arsenal when it came to Eberechi Eze, Tottenham can finally celebrate an unlikely swoop of their own. They have moved quickly to land Xavi Simons, who has been touted as a certainty to join Chelsea for much of the past month, and must be relieved not to have fallen victim to yet another late hijack. There were understandable nerves at Spurs as they raced to complete a £51.8m deal to sign Simons from RB Leipzig. Previous attempts to bolster Thomas Frank’s options in attacking midfield had not gone well. Where next after Eze and Gibbs-White? Spurs have made a hugely encouraging start under Frank, who has won his first two league games by an aggregate score of 5-0, but they needed something extra in the final third. Son Heung-min has gone; James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are out. Mohammed Kudus has impressed since joining from West Ham for £54.5m but he is at his best on the right. The arrival of extra creativity is highly welcome. The element of surprise around Simons has given Spurs fans rare joy. Continue reading...

Attacking midfielder has agreed terms and had medical Chelsea could move for López as well as Garnarcho Tottenham are poised to complete the £51.8m signing of Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig. Personal terms have been agreed with the attacking midfielder and a medical has taken place. Barring any last-minute hitches the deal will be a major boost for Thomas Frank, who has been looking to add an attacking midfielder. Spurs have lost James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski to injury and have missed out on Eberechi Eze, who joined Arsenal from Crystal Palace, and Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White. Continue reading...