Tottenham Hotspur

MATT BARLOW: Roberto De Zerbi called for the work to start immediately. 'From tonight,' said the Italian, in the afterglow of hitting Tottenham's first target, survival.

Spurs have burned through Thomas Frank and Igor Tudor as managers this season, only recently turning to Roberto De Zerbi in a desperate bid to keep them up, which he managed to do on Sunday.

TOTTENHAM 1-0 EVERTON - OLIVER HOLT AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: And so Spurs will not play host to Lincoln City, Bolton Wanderers or Wrexham next season.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates from the final day of the 2025-26 Premier League as Arsenal are crowned champions at Selhurst Park.

From David Pleat running on the pitch and Bradford shocking Liverpool to Bryan Robson's Greatest Escape, these are the stories of how to survive the ultimate nailbiter of a final-day relegation battle.

Roberto De Zerbi confirmed his intention to be Tottenham boss next season as he leads his team into a game he admits will define the club's future.

Spurs will finish at best 17th, the same as last season, which at the time seemed to be an anomaly but might be a trend. It doesn't help the mood when Arsenal are crowned champions.

SIMON JONES: Glenn Hoddle has launched a withering attack on club captain Cristian Romero for his plan to stay in Argentina this weekend rather than support Tottenham.

Tottenham appear set to go into their biggest game for almost 50 years with captain Cristian Romero on the other side of the world supporting his boyhood team in Argentina.

KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: After losing to Chelsea, Spurs will go into their final-day showdown with Everton above relegation rivals West Ham, who face Leeds, by just two points.

Tottenham missed the chance to secure their Premier League status after suffering a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea, who boosted their hopes for European qualification.

MATT BARLOW AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Tottenham supporters travel to Stamford Bridge not only fearing the worst but expecting it.

Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blogs for the latest score, team news and updates as Chelsea host Tottenham at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.

Only a desperate football club would hire the 2026 version of Jose Mourinho. At Real Madrid, they have held the door wide open.

Rangers manager Danny Rohl insists he will 'try everything' in his power to bring Mikey Moore back to the club next season.

Maddison injected new life into a Spurs side that was somewhat hanging on in the game, which saw them move two points clear of West Ham in the fight for survival in the Premier League.

Here, Daily Mail Sport reporters debate whether Kinsky's save from Longstaff is the best of the Premier League season, while offering other possible contenders for the accolade.

Nobody who saw Antonin Kinsky's sombre exit in Madrid could have imagined he would emerge as one of Tottenham's heroes in their Premier League fight to survive.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi has questioned the mentality of Jarred Gillett after the Aussie referee denied a late penalty claim during his team's 1-1 draw with Leeds United.

Referee Jarred Gillett initially didn't penalise Tel, but following a VAR review, he awarded a penalty and Dominic Calvert-Lewin tucked home the spot kick.

IAN LADYMAN AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: Here in front of almost disbelieving home crowd, De Zerbi's team turned a shot at triumph in to yet another exercise in sporting sabotage.

Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Tottenham host Leeds at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League.

My social media feeds were lively on Friday night after I endorsed Fernandes' triumph and revealed that I had voted for him last season too.

The Premier League is awash with YouTube and social media creators vying for your attention. Every club has its own ecosystem - but who is the best option to follow for your club?

MATT BARLOW: For his next trick, Roberto De Zerbi will attempt to make Tottenham's wretched home form disappear.

An Arsenal win enhances Spurs' hopes of staying up and offers the chance to open a four-point gap on their relegation rivals but, in doing so, all-but hands their arch nemesis the Premier League crown.

MATT BARLOW: 'One hundred per cent,' said De Zerbi when asked if he would like to keep the player at the club next season. 'We have to start from this type of people.'

This wasn't disrespectful management, it was smart. If West Ham go down, it won't be because of this.

Aston Villa fans have expressed their anger on social media after their heavily-rotated side lost to relegation-threatened Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday evening.

Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Aston Villa hosted Tottenham at Villa Park in the Premier League.

Beyond the excuses about injuries and managerial turmoil, Tottenham have laboured for much of this season without serious goal threat from their stable of expensive strikers.

We want to hear from you after of another tantalising weekend of Premier League football as the battle to beat the drop continues.

The Premier League is reaching a thrilling conclusion with the title battle, race for Europe and fight for survival all to be resolved. Follow the latest with here...

There's been no let up to the games coming thick and fast as we approach the season's finale - and Daily Mail's popular predictor game is back for another week.

Just three games into Roberto De Zerbi's reign and he has already lost Romero, Kudus, Solanke and Simons to injury. Welcome to Tottenham. And the longest injury crisis in recent memory.

The Brazilian forward has scored 13 goals in all competitions for Gremio this season but suffered a nightmare from 12 yards against Chilean side Palestino on Wednesday night.

IAN LADYMAN: The protocol is written in plain and simply language on the website of football's official lawmakers. In fact, it's so clear that some of it is actually written in bold type.

The Premier League clubs splashed the cash last summer as ever. And while some players have proven to be a roaring success this season, some most definitely have not. But who takes the No 1 spot?

Spurs are, to some, currently favourites to take the third relegation place in the Premier League, with Roberto De Zerbi's side 18th in the standings and two points off safety with four games left to play.

Hoddle, 68, made 490 appearances for Spurs between 1975 and 1987 and later managed the club for two years from 2001 to 2003.

The fallout of Xavi Simons' season-ending knee injury has left many Tottenham fans furious with the club's medical staff.

Over the course of this season, Fernandes has made 18 assists for his club, a mark that has even eclipsed David Beckham's previous record for United set in 1999-2000.

Xavi Simons has been ruled out for the rest of the season in a huge blow to Tottenham's bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

The victory at Molineux, which came courtesy of Joao Palhinha's late strike, was Spurs' first under Roberto De Zerbi - and first in the Premier League since December 28.

Simons was attended to by Tottenham medical staff with a stretcher called, with the creative midfielder eventually wheeled around the pitch after leaving the field.

De Zerbi was not entirely satisfied with the performance at Wolves and thought the long winless run ate away at confidence when his team failed to capitalise on a positive start.

Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog for Saturday's 3pm Premier League games featuring Liverpool vs Crystal Palace, Wolves vs Tottenham and West Ham vs Everton.

De Zerbi has worked hard on the training pitch but is trying everything. He has shown misfiring forward Randal Kolo Muani clips from YouTube and WyScout of his prolific form at Eintracht Frankfurt.

There have been times this season when Chris Hughton appeared like the solution for Tottenham. He understood the club and is still active in football. But his priorities have changed in the last two years.

The 67-year-old received his diagnosis in April last year and underwent surgery to remove his prostate in May.

The picture of which teams will make up the Premier League's bottom three and drop into the Championship is beginning to take shape after Wolves' relegation was confirmed on Monday.

JACK GAUGHAN: The 23-year-old has excelled in recent months when called upon by Pep Guardiola, while Tottenham and Aston Villa are two Premier League sides with keen interest in the youngster.

IAN LADYMAN: The closer we get to the end of this dismal Liverpool season, the more the need for another mini-rebuild becomes clear.

Arsenal may have lost the battle in Manchester at the weekend, but the stats gurus at Opta still reckon Mikel Arteta's men will win the war.

MATT BARLOW: Spurs could be cut four points adrift if those results go against them and yet there were signs of life in this performance.

Tottenham sensed their first victory of 2026 when a wonder strike by Xavi Simons fired them ahead late on against Brighton, only for Georginio Rutter to make it 2-2 in the 95th minute.

Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog from Saturday's Premier League games featuring Tottenham vs Brighton, Leeds vs Wolves and Newcastle vs Bournemouth, plus updates from Wembley.

Thomas Frank was in the stands to watch his former club Brentford take on Fulham in Premier League action in his first public appearance since being sacked from relegation-threatened Tottenham. 

Roberto De Zerbi wants his Tottenham players to forge a band of brothers in the fight to escape relegation as his Spurs side face Brighton in a huge clash in their battle to avoid the drop.

It's that time of the week again: Daily Mail's popular predictor game is back for gameweek 28.

Roberto De Zerbi has taken his Tottenham Hotspur players for an extravagant team-bonding meal as part of his latest attempt to halt his side's slide towards the Championship.

None of Spurs' players want to play second-tier football. They will think they are elite players with international careers, image rights and sponsor deals to protect. Agents will be in overdrive.

INTERVIEW BY MATT BARLOW: As a quick-thinking, ball-playing, tempo-setting midfielder, he was the brain of the team for club and country.

INTERVIEW BY NATHAN SALT: The 48-year-old Porto president was manager of Tottenham 13 years ago at a time when they were regularly challenging to qualify for the Champions League.

Strength and certainty has been the backbone of Mikel Arteta's six and a half seasons at Arsenal. Sometimes, though, he has to accept he may have got it wrong.

MATT BARLOW: Spurs were beaten 1-0 at Sunderland in De Zerbi's first game in charge, a result which leaves them in the Premier League's relegation zone with six games to play.

Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog for Sunday's 2pm Premier League games featuring Sunderland vs Tottenham, Crystal Palace vs Newcastle and Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa.

Luke Littler's eBay account has been seeing plenty of action of late, despite the darts star's growing sponsorship portfolio and prize money.

Compared to the frenzy of his last game on the touchline, a 5-0 thrashing with Marseille at PSG, Tottenham's training ground must have seemed like a sea of tranquility for Roberto De Zerbi.

'In my plan for sure there is the idea to stay for a long time,' said the 46-year-old Italian as he field questions for the first time in his new role.

IAN HERBERT: West Ham's uptick serves as a cautionary tale for Wolves, Nottingham Forest and perhaps even Tottenham, who were all too quick to discard Nuno and have suffered since.

Unlike Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea, Aston Villa can win a European trophy this season and have performed better than Chelsea and Liverpool in the Premier League.

Roberto De Zerbi will attempt to keep Tottenham in the Premier League without several of his usual coaching team, with only two of his seven key staff joining him for the final seven matches.

In his first club interview since his appointment earlier this week, De Zerbi was invited to respond to fans who have concerns over comments he made while Marseille boss when coaching Greenwood.

TARA ANSON-WALSH AT CARROW ROAD: A driving force in the centre of midfield, there have been times when he has looked the only person on the pitch capable of arresting Spurs' slide.

Those who played under Ange Postecoglou might detect similar tactics. De Zerbi likes technical players in all areas and to play out. This involves the goalkeeper, which is particularly interesting.

Roberto De Zerbi is closing in on becoming the new Tottenham boss, but an incident from three years ago when he was Brighton manager almost scuppered his chances.

Spurs have been searching for their fourth head coach in 295 days after Igor Tudor's exit and De Zerbi is the top candidate amid a series of talks between the two parties.

Let's not pretend the late swerve for Roberto De Zerbi is any sort of triumph for Tottenham 's incredible powers of persuasion.

Barely two years have passed since chairmen and chief executives up and down the land were urging their recruitment teams to find the next Roberto De Zerbi.