Tottenham v Newcastle: Premier League – live
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Eddie Howe on the chatter linking Alexander Isak with a January move away from St James’ Park: “Our players are loved by us and wanted by us,” he told reporters. “Their focus can only be on the here and now. I don’t see it being an issue for us, especially in this transfer window. The players are very focused.”.
![[Alexander Isak]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a41441e657070ffb46e6e35d05d578d78004976f/0_98_1855_1113/master/1855.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Ange Postecoglou on Tottenham’s transfer window plans: “The club is working hard to get some help for the playing group,” he told reporters. “We need to bolster up our numbers a little bit. January is obviously not an easy time to bring players in quickly and we still want to do what’s best for us rather than panic.”.
![[Ange Postecoglou]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/590b60628e40da4b87c4250926fbb36899cfc674/0_57_1864_1118/master/1864.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Referee: Andy Madley. Assistants: Nick Hopton and Craig Taylor. Fourth official: Lewis Smith. VAR: Chris Kavanagh. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis. Those teams: As expected, third choice goalkeeper Brandon Austin starts for Spurs and the 25-year-old from Hemel Hemstead will make his first senior appearance in English football following short loan spells in Denmark and the USA. The most recent of those, with Orlando, was in 2021.
![[Andy Madley ]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e93edf014e34122fcb4a922a8b0376dfbb31d2b3/0_65_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Elsewhere in the side, Timo Werner starts ahead of Son Heung-min, while James Maddison is on the bench. Djed Spence gets another start, in place of the injured Destiny Udogie. Lucas Bergvall comes in for the suspended Rodrigo Bentancur. Sven Botman is welcomed straight into the heart of Newcastle’s defence on his return from nine months on the sidelines with a knee injury, while Tino Livramento starts at full-back in place of Kieran Trippier, who drops to the bench.
![[Sven Botman]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f8bbb353097d3dca6d5b42baad23b2a91a0da23c/0_224_4625_2776/master/4625.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
