Tottenham Hotspur will be without 10 first-team players ahead of their League Cup semi-final first leg at home against Liverpool, manager Ange Postecoglou said on Tuesday, with the North London side aiming to end a 16-year trophy drought.

Tottenham have gone four Premier League games without a win, with a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United leaving them 12th in the table, closer to the relegation zone than the top four

Tottenham’s tournament got underway with a trip to Coventry when they came from behind in dramatic style to win 2-1, thanks to goals from Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson in the last two minutes. They then beat Manchester City 2-1 before also knocking out their Manchester rivals United 4-3 at the quarter-final stage.

Tottenham has triggered an option to extend Son Heung-min's contract until 2026, the Premier League club said.

Tottenham Hotspur have triggered the option to extend captain Son Heung-min’s contract until 2026. The 32-year-old’s existing deal had been due to expire at the end of the 2024-25 campaign, meaning he would have been free to sign a pre-contract agreement with an overseas club from this January.

Tottenham Hotspur trigger an option to extend forward Son Heung-min's contract by a year, until the summer of 2026.