top right: my cousin Jamie with Marcelo Bielsa, the prophet, the teacher, the guru of all that's good in football, the Lacan of the beautiful game, the Kierkegaard of kicking the round ball (ok I'll stop now but you get the idea)

Spurs got 86 points in 2016-17 - very high for a non-champion A Chelsea propelled by these payments beat them That changed history could have transformed Spurs’ present - which is all too relevant now www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

For the day that it is ☘️

Awful from Vicario. Get Kinsky on.

The Finalissima match between Argentina & Spain has now been officially cancelled with no agreement on a venue after the original venue, Qatar, was declared off-limits.

Sacking managers has become a dopamine hit for Spurs fans. For 6.5 years, it’s been a cycle of: "Back him -> Sack him -> Get X in." It’s turning into a weird fetish that replaces actual analysis and offers zero solutions to the real state of the club. #THFC #COYS

I should believe what I'm seeing here but even this is well wide of what I expected to see watching Spurs tonight Bloody hell, it's like a far-fetched episode of Dream Team or some kid playing me on FIFA Ultimate Team after I've drank 6 cans

Happy International Women's Day ❤️🖤

With Messi going to the White House to smile, clap and shake the hand of Trump, here's why for some Argentinos, Maradona will always be number one.

Now it's official - Jesse Lingard is the first England international to play in Brazil after Corinthians confirmed his signing on a free transfer.

For football, Spurs going down is really important. It shows that football is what matters. Yes, you can diversify, make your stadium a venue, but it's what happens on the pitch that counts. You cannot gaslight and cruise forever on the back of go kart tracks, a few gigs and a couple of NFL games.

Van de Ven and Romero are the reason we are not in the relegation zone right now but they are also the reason we will be soon. #THFC

Former Leeds prospect Ian Poveda, who spent time at the academies of Chelsea, Arsenal, Barça, and Man City, has signed for Internacional de Bogota in Colombia. The club is owned by Wrexham’s owners and currently sits 1st in the Colombian top flight 🇨🇴⚽️

Ryoga Kida became the first Japanese player for 25 years to score a goal in the Argentine Primera División after he opened his account for Argentinos Juniors against Barracas Central. The Tokyo-born forward, on-loan from the J-League, doesn't speak a word of Spanish and uses a translator.

"THE ONLY IRREPLACEABLE THING IS THE FANS" Newell's fans unveiled a huge Marcelo Bielsa tifo with one of his famous quotes before the Rosario Derby. #Newells

Unsolicited betting tip: Bet on Spurs and Newell's Old Boys to lose every game they play for the foreseeable. Surely two of the worst teams in world football currently and there is no way they are improving anytime soon with the players they have available.

Shamrock Rovers fans with a message to Irish Sports Minister Patrick O'Donovan. O'Donovan said this week that he would stop funding AstroTurf pitches after fan incidents in the recent Louth Derby.

🚨Trent Kone-Doherty has joined Molde in a €750,000 deal. A buy-back clause and a sell-on clause is included in the deal. [Paul Joyce]

Rosario Central have the weirdest fanbase in football. You can't watch this and tell me I'm wrong

Incredible win by Lanús in the Recopa Sudamericana (South America's version of the UEFA Super Cup) last night, beating the wealthiest team in the continent, Flamengo. Argentinian clubs showing they can still compete with the extravagance of Brazil at club level 👏

Jesse Lingard SIGNS for Corinthians according to Cesar Luis Merlo. First England international to play in Brazil..but interestingly the SECOND England-born player to play for Corinthians after Colin Kazim-Richards.

Corinthians in talks to sign Jesse Lingard. That would be magnificent.

​It's surreal to me how similar the situations are at the two teams I follow, Spurs + Newell's. Both are on relegation runs & can't buy a win. Both sacked their managers and replaced them with emergency coaches of Balkan origin...and for both, their first game in charge is a massive derby.

Annaghdown's Alex Murphy starts in the Champions League tonight for Newcastle. And *I think* the first Galwayman to play in the UCL proper (post-92).

Marcelo Gallardo has announced he is leaving River Plate. The most successful manager in the club's history has had a woeful second spell since returning from the Middle East. He failed to replicate the success he brought to the club in his first spell. A cautionary tale for Spurs & Poch!

The Argentine Football Association have suspended Matchday 9 (5-8 March) for all levels of football (controlled by AFA) in Argentina in protest at the association's leading officials having to appear in court on charges of withholding pensions and tax contributions.

I think Marcelo Gallardo's second spell at River Plate, and how it's going, should be a stark warning ahead of the likely appointment of Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs for the second time.

With Spurs doing so bad, at least I have another team I follow to take my mind off things...

A vast number of the Tottenham team that played today are effectively Championship-level players somehow still wearing a PL badge on the arm of their shirt. There were 5-6 players who wouldn't look out of place in a Middlesbrough/Leicester/Sheffield United (etc.) teamsheet.

President of the Argentine Football Association Chiqui Tapia has been banned from leaving the country over a suspected $19 billion money laundering and tax evasion scandal. He must appear for questioning in court on March 5th.

The Prestianni/Vinicius stuff is the latest example of the Argentina/Brazil rivalry turning ugly at club level. Another young Argentine player, like Enzo before him, who has failed to realise that the casual everyday racism that is normalised in his country + culture is not tolerated in Europe.

This feels like a very ominous sign that we are not winning tonight

🚨 John Heitinga has left Spurs 33 days after being appointed as an assistant coach to Thomas Frank Fellow assistant coaches Justin Cochrane and Chris Haslam leaving too Full story and details of Igor Tudor's new backroom staff on @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...

Reading about the billboard that went up outside Old Trafford today reminded me of the time I helped a group of #LUFC fans to take out a full-page ad in Rosario's La Capital newspaper to thank Marcelo Bielsa. Was such a cool initiative and a thrill to work on.

Homemade (Veggie) Ruby Murray. Friday Night 🍻

They literally found his name on a piece of paper when clearing Paratici's desk. What a club.

🚨 Tottenham Hotspur reach verbal agreement with Igor Tudor to become interim head coach. 47yo Croatian set to sign #THFC contract to end of season; no permanent option. Arrives with big-club experience. Process led by Venkatesham & Lange 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...

Written in the stars? Diego Maradona's grand-nephew Hernán López Muñoz scored the only goal of the game for Maradona's first club Argentinos Juniors in their 1-0 victory over River Plate. River Plate's manager Marcelo Gallardo now walking the tightrope after consecutive defeats.

Marco Rose is the new favorite

🇭🇷📈 With four goals, more headers than anyone else, and 151 clearances, centre back Luka Vušković is already bossing the Bundesliga with Hamburg. The Spurs loanee is a star in waiting: www.fotmob.com/en-GB/topnew...

🚨 Wilson Odobert has sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Tottenham confirm he will see a specialist next week before undergoing surgery.

The current bottom five PL clubs: Nuno has managed four of them. Ange has managed two of them. Pereira will now have managed two of them. Scott Parker has managed or played for three of them.

Marvel at the array of names on the scoresheet in this Brazilian league game.

Some goal too

Ex #LUFC assistant manager Diego Flores is the new manager of Instituto de Córdoba. His old boss Marcelo Bielsa played for Instituto as a player.

It's going to be extremely hard to get any sort of quality interim to steer Spurs clear of relegation. Chris Hughton until the end of the season for me 🇮🇪

I wonder would Archie Gray have signed for #THFC if you told him at the time that #LUFC, who had just failed to get out of the Championship, would be ahead of them in the PL in 18 months

It's worringly starting to feel a bit like Newcastle 08/09. An expensive squad that people thought was too good to go down. Unable to replace losing one of England's greatest strikers. Sudden freefall in the second half of the season #THFC

Tomorrow morning, the Tottenham board should be having an emergency meeting to map out a strategy to maintain our Premier League status. It's serious now.

3 goals in 3 matches now 🔥