Premier League

Hours to Kick Off: Latest Update on Premiership Transfers

Published

7 years ago

August 11, 2017

In the next few hours, it will be the kick-off of the 2017/2018 English Premier League, the most attention getting domestic football league in the world. There have been realignment of forces.
Players have changed camps. We bring to you, the latest updates in the transfer market as the Premiership kicks off this Friday with Arsenal taking on Leicester City.
All eyes will be on Arsenal’s new signing, Alexandre Lacazette. Will Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho make impact at Leicester City?

1. AFC Bournemouth

Nathan Ake (Chelsea) £20m
Asmir Begovic (Chelsea) £10m
Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) Free
Connor Mahoney (Blackburn) Free
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OUT

Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) Loan
Ryan Allsop (Blackpool) Loan
Callum Buckley (Released)
Jake McCarthy (Released)
Matthew Neale (Released)

2. Arsenal

Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) £45m
Sead Kolasinac (Schalke) Free
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OUT

Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) £10m
Chris Willock (Benfica) Undisclosed
Kaylen Hinds (Wolfsburg) Undisclosed
Takuma Asano (Stuttgart) Loan
Marc Bola (Bristol Rovers) Loan
Emi Martinez (Getafe) Loan
Stephy Mavididi (Preston) Loan
Stefan O’Connor (Newcastle) Free
Yaya Sanogo (Toulouse) Free
Glen Kamara (Dundee) Free
Stefan O’Connor (Released)
Kristopher da Graca (Released)
Kostas Pileas (Released)

3. Brighton and Hove Albion

Davy Propper (PSV Eindoven) £6m
Pascal Gross (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed
Mathew Ryan (Valencia) Undisclosed
Josh Kerr (Celtic) Undisclosed
Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed
Mathias Normann (FK Bodo/Glimt) Undisclosed
Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient) Undisclosed
Ales Mateju (Viktoria Plzen) Undisclosed
Izzy Brown (Chelsea) Loan
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OUT

Rob Hunt (Oldham) Undisclosed
Jordan Maguire-Drew (Lincoln) Loan
Christian Walton (Wigan) Loan
Oliver Norwood (Fulham) Loan
Ben White (Newport County) Loan
David Stockdale (Birmingham) Free
Elvis Manu (Genclerbirligi) Free

4. Burnley

Jack Cork (Swansea) £10m
Jonathan Walters (Stoke) £3m
Charlie Taylor (Leeds) Tribunal Fee
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed
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OUT

Michael Keane (Everton) £25m
Andre Gray (Watford) £18.5m
Josh Ginnelly (Lincoln City) Loan
Aiden O’Neill (Fleetwood Town) Loan
George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday) Free
Michael Kightly (Southend) Free
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Dusseldorf) Free
Joey Barton (Released)
George Green (Released)
RJ Pingling (Released)
Christian Hill (Released)
Taofiq Olmowewe (Released)
Paul Robinson (Retired)

5. Chelsea

IN
Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid) £60m
Tiemoue Bakayoko (AS Monaco) £39.7m
Antonio Rudiger (Roma) £34m
Ethan Ampadu (Exeter) Undisclosed
Willy Caballero (Manchester City) Free
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OUT
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m
Nathan Ake (Bournemouth) £20m
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) £17m
Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth) £10m
Bertrand Traore (Lyon) £8.8m
Christian Atsu (Newcastle) £6.2m
Dominic Solanke (Liverpool) Compensation
Mukhtar Ali (Vitesse) Undisclosed
Bradley Collins (Forest Green) Loan
Charlie Colkett (Vitesse) Loan
Ike Ugbo (Barnsley) Loan
Jamal Blackman (Sheffield United) Loan
Jay Dasilva (Charlton) Loan
Kurt Zouma (Stoke) Loan
Lucas Piazon (Fulham) Loan
Marco van Ginkel (PSV Eindhoven) Loan
Michael Hector (Hull City) Loan
Ola Aina (Hull City) Loan
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace) Loan
Tammy Abraham (Swansea) Loan
Todd Kane (Groningen) Loan
Tomas Kalas (Fulham) Loan
Mario Pasalic (Spartak Moscow) Loan
Izzy Brown (Brighton) Loan
Matt Miazga (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan
Alex Kiwomya (Doncaster) Free
John Terry (Aston Villa) Free
Alex Davey (Released)

6. Crystal Palace

IN
Jairo Riedewald (Ajax) £7.9m
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) Loan
Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Manchester United) Loan
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OUT
Steve Mandanda (Marseille) £1.8m
Kwesi Appiah (AFC Wimbledon) Free
Luke Croll (Exeter) Free
Zeki Fryers (Barnsley) Free
Frazier Campbell (Hull City) Free
Corie Andrews (Released)
Jonathan Benteke (Released)
Mathieu Flamini (Released)
Ryan King-Elliott (Released)
Joe Ledley (Released)
Randell Wiliams (Released)
Ben Wynter (Released)

7. Everton

IN
Michael Keane (Burnley) £25m
Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) £25m
Davy Klaassen (Ajax) £23.6m
Henry Onyekuru (Eupen) £7m
Sandro Ramirez (Malaga) £5.25m
Josh Bowler (QPR) £1.5m
Lewis Gibson (Newcastle) Undisclosed
Natangelo Markelo (FC Volendam) Undisclosed
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) Undisclosed
Boris Mathis (Metz) Undisclosed
Cuco Martina (Southampton) Free
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OUT
Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) £75m
Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) £10.6m
Tom Cleverley (Watford) Undisclosed
Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) Undisclosed
Courtney Duffus (Oldham) Undisclosed
Delial Brewster (Chesterfield) Free
Russell Griffiths (Motherwell) Free
Conor McAleny (Fleetwood) Free
Josef Yarney (Newcastle) Free
Arouna Kone (Sivasspor) Free
Henry Onyekuru (Anderlecht) Loan
Tyias Browning (Sunderland) Loan
Matthew Pennington (Leeds) Loan
Jack Bainbridge (Released)
Michael Donohue (Released)
Tyrone Duffus (Released)
Connor Hunt (Released)
Josef Yarney (Released)
James Yates (Released)

8. Huddersfield Town

IN
Steve Mounie (Montpellier) £11.44m
Tom Ince (Derby) £8.5m
Aaron Mooy (Manchester City) £8m
Laurent Depoitre (FC Porto) Undisclosed
Mathias Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen) Undisclosed
Scott Malone (Fulham) Undisclosed
Jonas Lossl (Mainz) Loan
Kasey Palmer (Chelsea) Loan
Danny Williams (Reading) Free
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OUT

Harry Bunn (Bury) Undisclosed
Tareiq Holmes-Dennis (Portsmouth) Loan
Joe Murphy (Released)
Flo Bojaj (Released)
Ronan Coughlan (Released)
Jamie Spencer (Released)
Sam Warde (Released)
Frank Mulhern (Released)
Owen Brooke (Released)
Harry Clibbens (Released)
Callum Elliott (Released)
Alfie Raw (Released)

9. Leicester City

IN
Kelechi Iheanacho (Man City) £23.5m
Harry Maguire (Hull City) £17m
Vicente Iborra (Sevilla) £10.5m
Eldin Jakupovic (Hull City) £2m
Sam Hughes (Chester) Undisclosed
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OUT
Ron-Robert Zieler (VfB Stuttgart) £2.5m
Bartosz Kapustka (SC Freiburg) Loan
Marcin Wasilewski (Released)
Michael Cain (Released)
David Domej (Released)
Brandon Fox (Released)
Cedric Kipre (Released)
Matty Miles (Released)
Kairo Mitchell (Released)

10. Liverpool

IN
Mohamed Salah (Roma) £34m
Andrew Robertson (Hull City) £8m rising to £10m
Dominic Solanke (Chelsea) Compensation
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OUT
Kevin Stewart (Hull City) £8m
Lucas Leiva (Lazio) £5m
Andre Wisdom (Derby) Undisclosed
Adam Phillips (Norwich) Free
Ryan Fulton (Hamilton) Free
Shamal George (Carlisle United) Loan
Connor Randall (Hearts) Loan
Pedro Chirivella (Willem II) Loan
Taiwo Awoniyi (Royal Excel Mouscron) Loan
Tom Brewitt (Released)
Jake Brimmer (Released)
Jack Dunn (Released)
Madger Gomes (Released)
Kane Lewis (Released)
Adam Phillips (Released)
Alex Manninger (Retired)

11. Manchester City

IN
Benjamin Mendy (AS Monaco) £51m
Kyle Walker (Tottenham) £50m
Bernardo Silva (AS Monaco) £43m
Danilo (Real Madrid) £26.9m
Ederson (Benfica) £34.7m
Douglas Luiz (Vasco da Gama) £10m
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OUT

Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) £23.5m
Nolito (Sevilla) £8m
Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield) £8m
Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) £4.5m
Fernando (Galatasaray) £4.5m
Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) £4m
Enes Unal (Villarreal) Undisclosed
Bruno Zuculini (Verona) Undisclosed
Angus Gunn (Norwich) Loan
Ashley Smith-Brown (Hearts) Loan
Bersant Celina (Ipswich) Loan
Joe Hart (West Ham) Loan
Aleix Garcia (Girona) Loan
Douglas Luiz (Girona) Loan
Marlos Moreno (Girona) Loan
Pablo Zabaleta (West Ham) Free
Willy Caballero (Chelsea) Free
Gael Clichy (Istanbul Basaksehir) Free
Joe Coveney (Nottingham Forest) Free
Jesus Navas (Released)
Bacary Sagna (Released)
Callum Bullock (Released)
Thomas O’Brien (Released)
Kane Plummer (Released)

12. Manchester United

Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) £40m
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) £75m
Victor Lindelof (Benfica) £31m
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OUT

Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) £9.8m
Wayne Rooney (Everton) Undisclosed
Josh Harrop (Preston) Undisclosed
Devonte Redmond (Scunthorpe) Loan
Regan Poole (Northampton) Loan
Dean Henderson (Shrewsbury) Loan
Sam Johnstone (Aston Villa) Loan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Released)

13. Newcastle United

IN
Jacob Murphy (Norwich) £12m
Florian Lejeune (Eibar) £8.7m
Christian Atsu (Chelsea) £6.2m
Javi Manquillo (Atletico Madrid) £4.5m
Mikel Merino (Borussia Dortmund) Loan
Stefan O’Connor (Arsenal) Free
Josef Yarney (Everton) Free
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OUT

Daryl Murphy (Nottingham Forest) £2m
Yoan Gouffran (Goztepe) Undisclosed
Florian Thauvin (Marseille) Undisclosed
Kevin Mbabu (BSC Young Boys) Undisclosed
Lewis Gibson (Everton) Undisclosed
Matz Sels (Anderlecht) Loan
Alex Gilliead (Bradford) Loan
Tom Heardman (Bury) Loan
Adam Armstrong (Bolton) Loan
Sean Longstaff (Blackpool) Loan
Vurnon Anita (Leeds) Free
Haris Vuckic (FC Twente) Free
Lubomir Satka (DAC 1904) Free
Sammy Ameobi (Bolton) Free
Steven Taylor (Released)
Jamie Cobain (Released)
Louis Johnson (Released)
Adam Laidler (Released)
Ben Pollock (Released)
Lewis Suddick (Released)
Jake Trodd (Released)

14. Southampton

Mario Lemina (Juventus) £16m
Jan Bednarek (Lech Poznan) Free
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OUT

Jay Rodriguez (West Brom) £12m
Jason McCarthy (Barnsley) Undisclosed
Lloyd Isgrove (Barnsley) Free
Olufela Olomola (Yeovil) Loan
Harrison Reed (Norwich) Loan
Harry Lewis (Dundee United) Loan
Ryan Seager (MK Dons) Loan
Cuco Martina (Everton) Free
Lloyd Isgrove (Released)
Harley Willard (Released)
Martin Caceres (Released)

15. Stoke City

IN
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Schalke) Free
Tre Pemberton (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed
Josh Tymon (Hull) Undisclosed
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) Loan
Darren Fletcher (West Brom) Free
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OUT

Jonathan Walters (Burnley) £3m
Marko Arnautovic (West Ham) Undisclosed
Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed
Daniel Bachmann (Watford) Free
Shay Given (Released)
Liam Edwards (Released)
Harry Isted (Released)
Joel Taylor (Released)
George Waring (Released)

16. Swansea City

Roque Mesa (Las Palmas) £11m
Cian Harries (Coventry City) £500k
Erwin Mulder (Heerenveen) Free
Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) Loan
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OUT

Jack Cork (Burnley) £10m
Bafetimbi Gomis (Galatasaray) £2.5m
Modou Barrow (Reading) £1.45m
Alex Samuel (Stevenage) Free
Liam Edwards (Hull) Free
Josh Vickers (Lincoln) Free
Liam Shephard (Peterborough) Free
Daniel James (Shrewsbury) Loan
Borja Baston (Malaga) Loan
Jordi Amat (Real Betis) Loan
Connor Roberts (Middlesbrough) Loan
Keston Davies (Yeovil) Loan
Franck Tabanou (Released)
Gerhard Tremmel (Released)
Marvin Emnes (Released)
Owain Jones (Released)
Tom Dyson (Released)
Tom Holland (Released)

17. Tottenham Hotspur

NONE
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OUT

Kyle Walker (Manchester City) £50m
Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke) £16.8m
Clinton Njie (Marseille) £8m
Luke McGee (Portsmouth) Undisclosed
Federico Fazio (Roma) Undisclosed
Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham) Loan
Josh Onomah (Aston Villa) Loan
Filip Lesniak (Released)
Tom McDermott (Released)
Joe Muscatt (Released)
Charlie Owens (Released)
Zenon Stylianides (Released)

18. Watford

Andre Gray (Burnley) £18.5m
Will Hughes (Derby) £8m
Tom Cleverley (Everton) Undisclosed
Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) Undisclosed
Daniel Bachmann (Stoke) Free
Kiko Femenia (Alaves) Free

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OUT

Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) Undisclosed
Mario Suarez (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng FC) Undisclosed
Dennon Lewis (Crawley) Loan
Rene Gilmartin (Colchester) Free
Juan Carlos Paredes (Emelec) Free
Mathias Ranegie (Released)
Ola Adeyemo (Released)
Charlie Bannister (Released)
Ogo Obi (Released)
Rhyle Ovenden (Released)

19. West Bromwich Albion

Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) £12m
Yuning Zhang (Vitesse) Undisclosed
Ahmed Hegazi (Al Ahly) Loan
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OUT

Darren Fletcher (Stoke) Free
Sebastien Pocognoli (Standard Liege) Free
Yuning Zhang (Werder Bremen) Loan
Daniel Barbir (Released)
Zachary Elbouzedi (Released)
Callam Jones (Released)
Jack Rose (Released)
Andre Wright (Released)

20. West Ham United

Sead Haksabanovic (Halmstads BK) £2.4m
Javier Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) £16m
Marko Arnautovic (Stoke) Undisclosed
Pablo Zabaleta (Man City) Free
Joe Hart (Man City) Loan
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OUT

Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) £6.5m
Enner Valencia (Tigres) £5m
Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough) £4m
Havard Nordtveit (Hoffenheim) Undisclosed
George Dobson (Sparta Rotterdam) Undisclosed
Reece Oxford (Borussia Monchengladbach) Loan
Stephen Hendrie (Southend) Free
Reece Burke (Bolton) Loan
Josh Cullen (Bolton) Loan
Sam Howes (Released)
Sam Ford (Released)
Kyle Knoyle (Released)
Sam Westley (Released)
Alvaro Arbeloa (Retired)

Premier League

Aston Villa’s Champions League qualification a special day, says boss Emery

Published

14 hours ago

May 15, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery after a Premier League match on May 13, 2024 REUTERS/Carl Recine/File Photo

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery celebrated a “very special day” after the Premier League club clinched a spot in Europe’s top-tier club-football competition for the first time since 1983 and said he is excited by the future of his team.

The West Midlands side secured the Champions League spot on Tuesday after Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 2-0 home loss to Manchester City in the Premier League. Aston Villa had won the old European Cup, precursor to the Champions League, in 1982, but have not played in the continental competition for 41 years.

Villa are fourth in the Premier League standings with 68 points, five more than Tottenham, who sit fifth with one game to play. City are now within touching distance of an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League title.

“It’s a very special day today,” Emery told Villa’s website. “It was our dream when we started the season to be here. To play Champions League is, after the Premier League, the best.

“You can play in the Premier League against the best teams in the world, it’s very difficult. When you are playing in the Champions League you are playing against the best teams, at the same time, from other countries. And it’s amazing.

“And we are always responsible about the history here, we know the history of Aston Villa is so long and so successful. Even in the Champions League, before it was the European Cup, we knew the responsibility was to try to increase our level, try to be demanding and to dream.

“I want to enjoy more and, next year, now the new challenge starts for us. To build again a team, and being strong to go and always increase our level. This is our objective.”

The confirmation of their top-four finish coincided with the club’s End of Season Awards Dinner at Villa Park, where captain John McGinn also spoke on the achievement.

“On behalf of all the players, it’s been an amazing season,” the 29-year-old Scotland international said.

“We got promoted, we got into the Premier League and were seven points behind with four games to play, we managed to stay in the league.

“We kept building and thankfully we’ve achieved something we haven’t done for 40 years. So, on behalf of all the players and staff, we’re over the moon, we’re delighted.”

Villa will conclude their campaign with a trip on Sunday to in-form Crystal Palace, who are 12th in the league.

-Reuters

Premier League

Arsenal grind out Man Utd win to go top of the Premier League

Published

3 days ago

May 12, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Arsenal s players celebrate after winning the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Arsenal at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 12, 2024. AP

Arsenal kept their Premier League title dreams alive by ending an Old Trafford hoodoo to grind out a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday to move back top of the table.

Leandro Trossard scored the only goal on 20 minutes as Arsenal won for just the second time in 17 games away at United to go a point clear at the summit.

Manchester City still have the destiny of the title in their own hands as the defending champions have two matches left to Arsenal’s one.

However, the Gunners kept the pressure on Pep Guardiola’s men ahead of their tricky trip to Tottenham on Tuesday.

Defeat further dented United’s chances of competing in Europe next season.

Erik ten Hag’s men showed more spirit than in a dismal 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday, but have now won just one of their last eight Premier League games.

United remain eighth in the table, three points adrift of both Newcastle, who they face on Wednesday, and Chelsea.

Arsenal have been in scintillating form in 2024 to remain in the race for their first league title in 20 years.

Mikel Arteta’s men have won 15 and drawn one of their 17 league games since the turn of the year.

But Arsenal were far from their flowing best as the expected onslaught of an injury-ravaged United never materialised under unusually stifling heat in England’s north-west.

The manner of defeat at Palace had increased the scrutiny on United boss Ten Hag.

He made three changes to the team swept aside at Selhurst Park as Scott McTominay, Sofyan Amrabat and Amad Diallo came in.

The Dutchman’s options were again hamstrung by a lengthy list of absentees with captain Bruno Fernandes among those sidelined and a bench littered with youngsters.

But his decision to retain Casemiro as a makeshift centre-back after his woeful showing against Palace will become another stick to beat the beleaguered coach with.

The Brazil captain was dropped from their squad for the Copa America in midweek due to his terrible form.

After United had managed to keep the free-scoring visitors at bay for the opening 20 minutes, Casemiro was culpable for the opening goal.

The 32-year-old was laboured in pushing up from a United goal-kick to play Kai Havertz onside and Trossard then stole in on the blind side of Casemiro to tap in the German’s cross.

United’s new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe was in attendance at Old Trafford rather than at Wembley to see the club’s women pick up their first ever major trophy in the FA Cup final.

The work that lies ahead of Ratcliffe has been laid bare in recent weeks, but the home side did manage to keep the majority of the 74,000 crowd onside by taking the game to Arsenal after the break.

Arsenal, though, were rarely seriously troubled as they held out for a sixth clean sheet in their last seven away league games.

Alejandro Garnacho was United’s one live wire but smashed into the side-netting with his best chance to equalise.

Gabriel Martinelli and Declan Rice were denied by brilliant Andre Onana saves to prevent Arsenal the second goal they craved to avoid a tense finale.

The visitors desperation to see the game out was evident as Martinelli took the ball to the corner with 10 minutes of the 90 still to play.

But Arsenal did just enough to ask the question City, who host West Ham on the final day of the season after their visit to north London in midweek.

-AFP

Premier League

Tottenham coach, Postecoglou has no qualms in disappointing King Charles and relegating Burnley

Published

4 days ago

May 11, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Premier League - Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - May 2, 2024 Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou after the match REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Tottenham Hotspur Ange Postecoglou visited Buckingham Palace this week but the Australian could leave King Charles disappointed on Saturday by relegating Burnley, a club the British monarch has a soft spot for.

Speaking ahead of the game in which Tottenham will try to halt a four-match losing sequence in the Premier League and send Burnley down, Postecoglou recalled his royal date.

“We got an invite from the Australian government. Me and the other Aussies in the group, Mile (Jedinak), Scott (Munn), Charlie Grant from the women’s team. It was nice, a different experience,” Postecoglou told reporters.

Burnley will be relegated unless they win at Tottenham and Postecoglou was asked about the King’s allegiance and whether he had any qualms about upsetting him.

“Probably why they kept him away from me!” he said. “I would be happy to disappoint him on that front. No problem.”

The Tottenham contingent did not meet Charles personally and Athens-born Postecoglou joked he might have got himself thrown out if he had.

“Yeah, but I didn’t get within 10 feet of the King and if I had of got closer I probably would have asked him about the Parthenon marbles and I would probably have got thrown out,” he said.

“It was nice for me and my wife. These are experiences you are just fortunate because of the position I hold, not necessarily who I am.

“When you’re in that space it’s special. So, yeah, it was a good day.”

Greece has long-called for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures — or Elgin Marbles — which were transported from Athens to London in 1807 and sit in the British Museum.

Speaking of more usual topics, Postecoglou said Tottenham’s poor end to the campaign which is likely to have scuppered their Champions League qualification hopes has not changed his thinking about what the club need to do in the close season.

“The planning for the summer has been in hand for quite a while,” he said. “We know what we need to do. Nothing in that space has changed. So for me, how players and staff deal with adversity is more important for our growth than a reflection of us wanting to make more changes.”

Spurs avoided humiliation after a late push at Anfield last weekend, but the 4-2 defeat left them in fifth place and seven points behind Aston Villa, although they have one game in hand.

The loss came after their 4-0 thrashing at Newcastle United, followed by a 3-2 home defeat by Arsenal and a 2-0 loss at Chelsea but Postecoglou said clear thinking was needed rather than knee-jerk reactions.

“I think I have been consistent in saying we have got a challenge at the moment — a short term challenge,” Postecoglou said. “A significant rebuild, and the challenges will always be there and it is how you approach them.

“From my perspective, I need to be clear-headed about what we want to do and what we want to achieve. It is fair to say everyone is trying hard, it’s not because of a lack of trying — we need to stay calm and clear-headed.”

-Reuters