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1659792591 Transfer rush sparks Spurs delight as new heights beckon

A lot has changed in the course of 11 weeks at Tottenham. Antonio Conte agreed to stay for another season and has been rewarded with six new signings, leading to soaring optimism among fans.

Harry Kane is open to a new deal, and managing director Fabio Paratici has been busy restructuring the recruitment and scouting teams.

Conte has a new coach in set-piece specialist Gianni Vio and Yaya Toure has joined the academy staff full-time.

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There are three debuts for Southampton though, with 20-year-old goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu – a £12m arrival from Manchester City – preferred to Alex McCarthy between the posts.

This will be the Republic of Ireland stopper’s first senior game above League One level in England.

Joe Aribo and Romeo Lavia also start, with Ralph Hasenhuttl continuing with a 5-3-2 system that should see Aribo line up alongside Adam Armstrong in attack.

Getty Images 1659791460 No full debuts for Tottenham

There are indeed no new signings in that Tottenham starting XI this afternoon, with Bissouma and Perisic both fit enough for the bench, where they are joined by fellow summer recruits Spence, Lenglet and Forster.

In fact, there is only one change to the team that started against Norwich on the final day of last season, with Cristian Romero replacing Davinson Sanchez in defence.

There is no place in the matchday squad for transfer listed quartet Tanguy Ndombele, Giovani Lo Celso, Harry Winks and Sergio Reguilon, with Japhet Tanganga and Pape Matar Sarr also missing out.

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Starting XI: Bazunu, Valery, Salisu, Bednarek, Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Lavia, Aribo, Djenepo, Adam Armstrong

Subs: McCarthy, Stephens, Adams, Redmond, Perraud, Stuart Armstrong, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Kotchap

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Starting XI: Lloris, Romero, Dier, Davies, Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Sessegnon, Kulusevski, Son, Kane

Subs: Doherty, Sanchez, Gil Salvatierra, Perisic, Forster, Spence, Lucas Moura, Lenglet, Bissouma

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1659789619 Can Tottenham close title gap?

Conte was also asked if Tottenham could close the gap to Manchester City and Liverpool this season after pipping north London rivals Arsenal to fourth spot and a Champions League return on the final day of 2021/22.

“We are talking about two of the best clubs in the world that are working with the same coaches for seven years,” he said.

“Now they are in my opinion in a position that is very difficult for the others to close the gap but we have to do this.

“If you are with the same manager for many years and you give continuity, and you continue an idea and you continue a vision, then for sure it’s the best situation for the club to improve and to grow season by season.

“I think that this is important. For me, after seven months, it’s easier now to work with the players because the players know what I want.”

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Meanwhile, Antonio Conte has insisted that he is not concerned about the potential for Tottenham’s players to try and save themselves for the inaugural winter World Cup in the first half of this new Premier League season.

“Honestly, I don’t care about that,” he said at his pre-match press conference on Thursday.

“I was a player and when you play a game and you want to win, you don’t think you could be injured or you risk injury and can’t play in a World Cup. Honestly.

“The players are really focused to go step by step and go game by game. We have three important trophies in England and then to play an important competition in the Champions League.

“I know my players, their desire and their will. And [I know] also what we did to reach this achievement. Honestly, I’m not worried about this situation. The problems are for all the teams.”

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Much has been made of Southampton’s approach to recruitment so far this summer, with the Saints tending to favour young, ambitious talent over trying to compete for big-money signings.

Rangers’ Joe Aribo, their most experienced capture at 26, Bordeaux forward Sekou Mara and Manchester City midfielder Romeo Lavia have all arrived, along with young Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu and centre-back Armel Bella-Kotchap.

And manager Ralph Hasenhuttl insists he is happy with the business Southampton have done so far.

“I’m still of the opinion that £40 or £50million transfers make no sense for us,” he told reporters yesterday. “But we of course want quality, and if it’s young, OK, no problem, take it.

“This is the way we want to go and it’s good that we have done our job so far. But the transfer window is open so long that, if we do something we have enough time to do it.”

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Hasenhuttl added: “I’m not so sure on the effect on prices of the window staying open, some other clubs will also look at first games, how strong they are, or if they have weaknesses.

“So I’m not sure if prices of players will go up or down again even after matches. Then the market is sometimes a bit stupid and strange.

“But for us it was a good thing we could do this season some things that we normally could only do after selling a few players.

“This was different this season definitely, and helped you to get some players in that you wish you can get, and what also makes sense for us I think.”

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