Premier League football returns, with Tottenham Hotspur set to challenge Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

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The Arsenal-Tottenham rivalry remains as intense as ever, with some Tottenham fans begrudgingly accepting their team’s failure to secure a Champions League spot for 2024-25 if it meant derailing Arsenal's title bid. A 2-0 home defeat to Manchester City in the final stages of the previous season proved crucial, revealing both missed opportunities and the competitive nature of the campaign.

Despite an angry outburst from Ange Postecoglou about fans rooting against their own team, Spurs finished a commendable fifth, securing a spot in the Europa League. There was, however, a lingering sense of what might have been for the North London club. Postecoglou broke records by accumulating 26 points from his first 10 Premier League games, a feat no previous manager had achieved. Yet, injuries and inconsistency saw Tottenham largely remain on the fringes of the title race.

Postecoglou maintained that his priority was not just a top-four finish but visible progress, and Spurs started their pre-season strongly with victories over Hearts, Queens Park Rangers, Vissel Kobe, and Team K-League. However, losses to Bayern Munich, including one against a side featuring departed top scorer Harry Kane, disrupted their momentum. Despite this, Tottenham has generally performed well in opening-day fixtures, with only one defeat in their last eight Premier League season openers.