Daniel Levy has Tottenham guarantee as Jamie Carragher fires points deduction warning

Things are continuing to look up for Tottenham as Ange Postecoglou heads into a key set of fixtures. Spurs are still top of the Premier League nine games into the season and hold a two point advantage over Arsenal and Manchester City.

Improbably they could be five clear before their rivals next play as they travel to Crystal Palace next time out on Friday. There's plenty to be done before that though and it has already been a busy start to the week with title predictions being made and knock-on ramifications of Everton's potential points deducation also being discussed.

Here, football.london has the latest headlines on Thursday, October 26.

Levy guarantee

Simon Jordon has praised Daniel Levy for his work at Tottenham as Ange Postecoglou continues to impress in his opening months as manager. It comes at a time whereby many have labelled Spurs as new title challengers only months after the chairman was widely criticised for failing to take the club forward.

«Well maybe [there should be Tottenham fans apologising to Levy] but there wasn't a huge groundswell of people saying that about Postecoglou,» Jordon told talkSPORT. «There were names linked to Tottenham but the problem was who was going to appoint them? I think at that point Daniel Levy could have appointed Pep Guardiola and certain sections of the fanbase would have shouted 'Levy Out' because that's where he was in their regard.»

The former Crystal Palace owner also had a warning for British businessman, adding: «Now he's at a moment in time where he's got some respite from the background noise and the next question you can guarantee is coming, there will be a bump and someone else will need to get the goals because Son [Heung-Min] might get an injury, Richarlison doesn't