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THOMAS FRANK GETS RELIEF: XAVI SIMONS DELIVERS FIRST GOAL IN 19 GAMES
Xavi Simons repaid his massive fee with a crucial goal and assist in Tottenham's 2-0 win over Brentford. His brilliant performance ends Spurs' winless streak and boosts confidence.
Xavi Simons came to Tottenham with high expectations, thanks to his £52 million price tag and time at Barcelona's academy, Paris Saint-Germain, and RB Leipzig.
Spurs fans hoped he'd be the creative spark they missed while James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski were injured. But then, he played 18 games without scoring, spending a month mostly on the bench.
So, his goal and assist in the much-needed win against Brentford, along with his energetic performance, were a huge relief for him and Thomas Frank.
This will probably win Simons over with the fans, who are eager for someone to fill the roles of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min.
Simons still has a lot to prove before he can be considered at their level.
He has shone before in a Champions League game against a weaker team, and Brentford wasn't much better than Copenhagen in this match.
Xavi Simons scored Tottenham's second goal in their crucial win against Brentford.
Simons celebrates his goal—his first since joining from RB Leipzig this summer.
Still, Spurs really need him to play with confidence. They need his creativity. And this game felt like a step forward for him and Frank, who celebrated after the win, which ended a five-game winless streak since beating Copenhagen.
Simons was in the starting lineup for the first time since the draw with Manchester United in early November, and his presence gave Spurs the creative edge around the box they had been missing.
His first attempts were wild shots, but he kept trying. His run down the right wing in the first half led to Richarlison's opening goal.
Simons got a pass from Pedro Porro and sent a great low cross behind the defence, which Richarlison met with his left foot to score his fourth goal in six games.
Frank’s team controlled the first half, and the second half was all about Simons. He lost the ball in his own half, and Brentford attacked, but Spurs quickly won it back. Simons took off with the ball, and Yehor Yarmoliuk chased him without getting close enough to tackle. Simons waited for the right moment and beat Caoimhin Kelleher with a low shot.
Richarlison scores with a strong shot in the 25th minute.
He jumped onto the advertising boards to celebrate his first Spurs goal with his classic telephone call gesture.
Relief spread through the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. They haven't had many good Premier League games at home recently. They've played better in Europe, but they had only won three league games this year before Brentford arrived.
But Spurs dominated this game, though they were anxious at first because Brentford is dangerous on the counter and from set pieces. Guglielmo Vicario made a good early save from Igor Thiago. The crowd sighed as passes went backwards.
Frank chose a team without Joao Palhinha to try and be more attacking.
It worked, and the score could have been higher. Randal Kolo Muani should have scored at 1-0 from a corner. Cristian Romero headed a corner back across the goal, but Kelleher saved Muani's header.
Spurs coach Thomas Frank talks with Igor Thiago, whom he signed for Brentford in 2024.
The Brentford goalkeeper made good saves in the second half to stop Djed Spence and Mohamed Kudus.
Simons almost got a hat trick when Kelleher was out of his goal, similar to Harry Wilson's goal for Fulham against Spurs.
But Wilson didn't get a good shot, and the ball went to Simons, by which time Kelleher was back in his goal.
Kudus thought he had scored the third goal and started celebrating, but it was ruled offside against Wilson Odobert. Then Kelleher saved a shot from Pape Matar Sarr, who should have scored.
MICHAEL OWEN DECLARES PREMIER LEAGUE "NEARLY WRAPPED UP" FOR LEADERS ARSENAL
Michael Owen tells talkSPORT that Arsenal have "wrapped up" the Premier League title, sitting six points clear with 14 games left.
Michael Owen says Arsenal has basically wrapped up the league.
Right now, Mikel Arteta’s team sits six points clear at the top of the Premier League. Fourteen games left, but they’re determined not to trip up like they did in the past. Three years in a row, they finished second—always just missing out on Manchester City or Liverpool. Remember that eight-point lead they blew to City in 2022/23? That one really stung, especially since City went on to win everything: the league, the Champions League, and the Carabao Cup.
On Wednesday morning, Owen—yeah, the former United and Liverpool striker—went on talkSPORT and talked about how easy Arsenal has it this season. “I don’t think anyone’s good enough to compete with them this year,” he said. “Even though I don’t think the points total will be that high.” He figured only Liverpool or City had a shot at the start of the season, but both have fallen off. So, in Owen’s mind, Arsenal has pretty much been handed the title. “Nobody’s put much pressure on them,” he said. “The league is nearly wrapped up.”
And Arsenal just beat Chelsea 1-0 at the Emirates in the Carabao Cup (4-2 on aggregate), so now they’re one win away from silverware—it would be their first trophy under Arteta since that FA Cup back in 2020.
Owen already thinks Arsenal will be champions this year, and he’s backing them for the League Cup too. “I think they could win the Carabao Cup, absolutely,” he said. “But the other two trophies are going to be tough.”
The Gunners are still chasing the quadruple. They topped their Champions League group, knocked Portsmouth out of the FA Cup, and haven’t lost in Europe—getting some big wins over Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, and Bayern Munich along the way.
Owen, who’s got a Ballon d’Or to his name, thinks Arsenal will face stiffer competition outside England. “Everyone else will be focusing on the FA Cup now, since the league’s pretty much over,” he said. “It’s the only thing that can save their season, so clubs will put out strong teams.” Then there’s the Champions League, which feels wide open this year.
Alan Brazil from talkSPORT asked Owen if Arsenal could actually win all four trophies. Owen shot that down. “No, I don’t think so,” he replied. “But they’re special, a really strong, efficient side.”
ASTON VILLA VALUE MORGAN ROGERS AT £100M+ AS LIVERPOOL AND CHELSEA CIRCLE
Aston Villa face a fight to keep £100m-rated Morgan Rogers as Liverpool and Chelsea circle the England star for a summer move.
Aston Villa really wants to hang on to Morgan Rogers, but that’s going to be tough this summer. There’s serious money on the table, and both Liverpool and Chelsea can’t seem to take their eyes off him. One journalist even called Rogers “a joy to watch.”
Rogers is only 23, but he’s come a long way fast. Villa picked him up from Middlesbrough just over two years ago for an initial £8 million, which doubled when you count the add-ons. At the time, not everyone was convinced—he came in without much fuss, just another Manchester City academy kid trying to make his mark. But look at him now: one of the best signings Villa’s made in years, his value through the roof, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a starting lineup without his name for either club or country.
Villa now rates him at more than £100 million, and the whole “big six” wants him. He even landed a new contract in November, tying him to Villa until June 2031. But even with that deal, Mark Carey from The Athletic thinks Villa will have their hands full trying to keep him. Rogers isn’t just playing well under Unai Emery—he’s on fire, and with the World Cup coming up, his profile’s only getting bigger.
Nine goals and seven assists from 34 games this season say it all. That’s why the top clubs keep circling. Liverpool and Chelsea are both sniffing around, and if Chelsea loses Cole Palmer, they’ll be even more desperate. Carey says teams in England and abroad won’t be scared off by Villa’s tough stance or Rogers’ long contract.
Carey’s pretty blunt: Villa’s resolve is about to face its biggest test yet. He says it’ll be interesting to see how the club reacts, especially if they miss out on the Champions League for 2026/27.
So why is Rogers worth more than £100 million now? Carey points to the long contract as a bit of a safety net for Villa, but Rogers’ progress is off the charts. He’s that good—“a joy to watch,” in Carey’s words—and honestly, there’s no ceiling to how far he can go.
You could see this coming even last September. Transfer insider Dean Jones already knew Villa rated Rogers highly and figured he could be the club’s next £100m man after Jack Grealish. Jones said people close to Villa believed Rogers would hit that price by the January window, but selling him mid-season wasn’t really on the table. If Rogers kept playing like this, Jones said, the £100m tag would stick by next summer—especially with that long contract.
Jones summed it up: Rogers has become one of the most exciting attackers in the Premier League, and Villa is determined to keep him. Last summer, insiders said Villa internally priced him at £80 million and made it clear he wasn’t for sale.
But if Mark Carey’s right and Villa’s resolve gets pushed this summer, they won't settle for less than what Man City paid for Grealish (£100 million). Honestly, with the way things are going, they might even demand the kind of money Liverpool shelled out for Florian Wirtz—around £116 million.
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