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An email: “G’day Barry,” writes Chris Paraskevas, who I suppose might be in Australia. “The guys and I (three grown men with real responsibilities in life) tempted fate and got together to watch the game together.

“In the past, this has always resulted in disasters. To top it all off, we’re all wearing a variation of this season’s Newcastle jersey. Given that Tottenham had to call up Ledley King in central defense, even our male supporters’ club, the evil eye/curse, surely won’t help Ange tonight.

Transfer news: It has been reported that Tottenham Hotspur are close to signing Slavia Prague goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who is said to be in London to undergo a medical. A fee of £12.5m plus extras is being mentioned for the Czech U-21 international who has made 29 appearances for Slavia Prague this season and kept 14 clean sheets.

Eddie Howe on talks linking Alexander Isak with a move to St James’ Park in January: “Our players are loved and wanted by us,” he told reporters. “Their attention can only be focused on the here and now. I don’t see that being a problem for us, especially in this transfer window. The players are very focused.

Ange Postecoglou on Tottenham’s plans for the transfer window: “The club is working hard to get help for the playing group,” he told reporters. “We need to strengthen our squad a little. January is obviously not an easy time to recruit players quickly and we still want to do what’s best for us rather than panic.

Match officials of the day

• Arbitrator: Andy Madley.

• Assistants: Nick Hopton and Craig Taylor.

• Fourth official: Lewis Smith.

• VAR: Chris Kavanagh.

• VAR Assistant: Sian Massey-Ellis.

These 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 after short loan spells in Denmark and the United States. The most recent of these, with Orlando, dates back to 2021.

Elsewhere in the team, Timo Werner starts ahead of Son Heung-min, while James Maddison is on the bench. Djed Spence gets another start, replacing the injured Destiny Udogie. Lucas Bergvall replaces suspended Rodrigo Bentancur.

Sven Botman is welcomed straight into the heart of Newcastle’s defense on his return after nine months out with a knee injury, while Tino Livramento starts at full-back in place of Kieran Trippier, who drops to the bench.

Tottenham Hotspur: Austin; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Spence; Bergvall, Sarr; Johnson, Kulusevski, Werner; Solanké.

Submarines: Whiteman, Reguilon, Dorrington, Hardy, Bissouma, Maddison, Olusesi, Son, Lankshear.

Newcastle United: Dubravka; Books, Botman, Burn, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon.

Submarines: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Barnes, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley

First news from the team

With Fraser Forster ill after catching a virus that infiltrated the Tottenham camp, Ange Postecoglou is expected to give 25-year-old goalkeeper Brandon Austin his first senior start in English football after five years at the club and 78 games on the bench . an unused substitute. Good luck to him.

A sullen Angel revealed yesterday that Destiny Udogie is expected to be out for at least six weeks with a hamstring injury and the Spurs full-back joins a long list of limps and stoppages in the treatment room Tottenham.

The names of Guglielmo Vicario, Mikey Moore, Richarlison, Micky van de Ven, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero and Wilson Odobert currently appear there. Djed Spence is available again but Rodrigo Bentancur is absent today due to suspension.

Newcastle are without Fabian Schar, who joins Bentancur on the Naughty Step, while Nick Pope, Callum Wilson, Jamaal Lascelles and Emil Krafth all remain injured. Sven Botman is expected to pass a late fitness test and could make his first appearance for Newcastle since last March after recovering from a serious knee injury.

Ranking fifth after four straight Premier League wins, Newcastle arrive in London as favorites to place fifth against the ailing hosts who have a long injury list and are winless in their past. three matches, two of which were lost.

Tottenham Hotspur drew with Wolves last time out, while Newcastle’s latest outing saw them humiliate Manchester United on their own turf at Old Trafford as they kept their fourth consecutive clean sheet in the top flight. Kick-off in north London is at 12:30 p.m. (GMT), but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and preparation.