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Everton boss David Moyes says football is ‘killing’ managers’ celebrations

The Toffees boss struggled to contain his emotions at the Amex Stadium when substitute Beto struck in the seventh minute of added time and was booked.

The Independent UK

David Pleat: Tottenham fans will learn to give Daniel Levy credit for his 'incredible' achievements

The longest-serving Premier League chairman has been branded “the most astute” in English football

Evening Standard

BBC debate is nostalgic reminder of English crisis never being far away

BBC Archive release of 1993’s On The Line shows much has changed in the sport but self-interest is always rife

The Guardian - UK

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Celtic hand shock scouting role to 80-year-old former Spurs boss

Celtic have added ex-Tottenham manager David Pleat to their English scouting set up.

The National (Scotland)

‘I got six reports on Dele Alli over a two-year period; Spurs should have reacted after my first two. At one stage they could have sold him for over £80m’: Ex-Tottenham chief reveals secrets behind Dele transfer in 2015

Tottenham were almost beaten to the signing of Dele in 2015, then missed out on selling him for £80m a few years later

FourFourTwo

'Alan Sugar said, ‘Ring Alex Ferguson – he knows everyone’. He didn’t know much about him, either. I told Sugar, but he went ahead and hired him anyway': Ex-Tottenham executive on mistake of appointing Christian Gross

Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar tried his best to find out about Christian Gross, but after finding out no one in England knew about him he took the plunge and appointed him the club's new manager in 1997

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‘I wanted another Italian at Sheffield Wednesday so that Carbone had a friend. We went to sign Di Canio from Celtic and he didn’t turn up, the bastard!’: Ex-Sheffield Wednesday manager recalls transfer issue with controversial forward

Paolo Di Canio signed for Sheffield Wednesday for £4.2m in 1997 - though the transfer wasn't without its hitches

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'At Tottenham, I went to Feyenoord to see Robin van Persie. He came on as a sub, shirt out of his shorts, socks rolled down, looking a mess’: How Spurs missed out on signing 144-goal Premier League great

Tottenham passed up the opportunity to sign Robin van Persie in 2004 when their director of football was left unimpressed by he Dutchman

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‘We did everything we could to stop Sol Campbell leaving Tottenham for Arsenal, but there was no chance – he decided he needed to move for his own career’: Spurs executive reveals key details behind controversial transfer

Sol Campbell shocked the Premier League when he moved from Tottenham to Arsenal in 2001 - but Spurs tried everything they could to keep him at White Hart Lane

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New issue! Saka’s salvation PLUS Boehly’s Chelsea chaos, best stadiums in the world, dirtiest team ever, Big Dunc, David Pleat and more!

Get your hands on the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print or on your device now!

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David Pleat: ‘The joy of beating a great team – that was a great happiness’

The former Luton and Tottenham manager tells Ed Aarons about the art of spotting players, the limitations of data and his greatest game

The Guardian - UK

Offspring of Emile Heskey and Danny Mills remind us time waits for nobody

In today’s Football Daily: Rocky Flintoff, Jordan Belfort and a vexed Ruud van Nistelrooy

The Guardian - UK

David Pleat to leave Tottenham after more than two decades of association

Former Spurs manager has been involved in scouting department since 2010

Evening Standard

Luton Town and Manchester City are unlikely rivals reunited after 25 years

The Hatters relegated City with a win at Maine Road in 1983 before the clubs were thrust into different football universes

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Daily Mirror

Luton Town's remarkable journey from non-league to Premier League brink after 31-year exile

Although time-warp Kenilworth Road is a corrugated relic, the old girl is undeniably atmospheric - and it could be hosting Premier League football next season after a rollercoaster ride since Luton last graced the top flight with Pleat in charge

The Guardian - UK

Antonio has joined the chat: group therapy for departed Spurs managers

WhatsApp group where Daniel Levy’s former employees discuss his wine gum obsession and sketchy transfer policy

The Guardian - UK

Benito Carbone: ‘I never wanted to leave Wednesday. It was my mistake’

Arriving in Sheffield set Benito Carbone, now 51, on a path to being one of the game’s biggest cult heroes, and now he tells Michael Butler of his hopes to manage in England

Liverpool Echo

‘Never accuse me of that’ - Liverpool striker survived X-rated Kenny Dalglish row but regretted ‘diabolical’ treatment and bad habits

Paul Walsh was brought to Liverpool as the potential long-term replacement for Kenny Dalglish and made the perfect start to life at Anfield before a series of poorly-handled injuries and events off the pitch cut short his time on Merseyside

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