The Mag
·3 août 2025
Confirmed Tottenham team v Newcastle United – Son, Tel, Sarr, Johnson all start

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·3 août 2025
The Tottenham team v Newcastle has now been confirmed.
The two Premier League sides meeting at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.
The friendly an 8pm local time kick-off, 12pm in terms of UK time.
Only two weeks now until both Newcastle United and Tottenham kick off their Premier League seasons.
‘Thomas Frank has named his side to face Newcastle United today in Korea.
Like in our 1-0 win over Arsenal a few days ago in Hong Kong, Thomas Frank has made seven changes for our penultimate pre-season friendly.
Starting defence, Kevin Danso and Ben Davies come in for Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence respectively while, in midfield Lucas Bergvall is replaced by Archie Gray
In our front line, there are wholesale changes as Brennan Johnson, Mathys Tel and Heung-Min Son come in for Mohammed Kudus, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison.
Starting XI: Kinsky; Porro, Danso, Romero, Davies; Bentancur, Gray, Sarr; Johnson, Tel, Son (c)
Substitutes: Vicario, Austin, Gunter, Spence, van de Ven, Byfield, Vuskovic, Abbott, Bissouma, Bergvall, Maddison, Donley, Yang, Odobert, Kudus, Richarlison, Lankshear’
As for Eddie Howe’s starting eleven and subs…
Newcastle team v Tottenham:
Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schär, Dan Burn, Matt Targett; Bruno Guimarães, Lewis Miley, Joelinton; Jacob Murphy, Anthony Gordon, Harvey Barnes
Odysseas Vlachodimos, John Ruddy, Mark Gillespie, Max Thompson, Lewis Hall, Tino Livramento, Harrison Ashby, Emil Krafth, Jamaal Lascelles, Alex Murphy, Sandro Tonali, Travis Hernes, Alfie Harrison, Anthony Elanga, Seung-soo Park, Will Osula, Sean Neave
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