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Tottenham have not enjoyed the best of starts to the season and things look to be getting worse before they get better, with fears surrounding Harry Kane’s future.

The Times report that Spurs’ star striker is disillusioned with the state of the club’s current position and there are concerns he could seek a move away, possibly making him another player whose affiliation with the club is uncertain, alongside Christain Eriksen and Jan Vertonghen.

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Naturally, fans are worried by this development, with many desperate for him to stay.

However, others are showing great understanding, suggesting that a player with his quality deserves better whilst admitting that the club lacks ambition.

Despite that, some hold out hope that the situation can be resolved, and have subsequently called on Daniel Levy and Mauricio Pochettino to sit down with the England captain and work out a plan which suits both the player and club.

Here is some of the mixed reaction that has met the story of Kane being unsettled.

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Off the Bench series, which places in-game managerial decisions and squad selections under FFC’s microscope.

Tottenham’s sorry week culminated in a shocking 3-0 defeat to Brighton on Saturday, but maybe it could have been a bit different had Lucas Moura started the match.

Off the Bench

Spurs hadn’t lost to Brighton since their promotion to the Premier League in 2017 but were blown away by the Seagulls, and had no response to their fast start after going 2-0 down inside 32 minutes.

They managed just three shots on target in the entire match and even struggled to keep possession as well as they usually do, with Mauricio Pochettino also leaving it too late to change things.

Lucas Moura got the nod when his side were already three goals down but showed an attitude and desire that had otherwise been missing from his teammates.

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The Brazilian also added a spark of quality which was absent, and if he had started – as some Spurs fans wish he was – then the outcome of the match may have been different.

Adding something different

Not for the first time this season, Spurs looked tiresome and lacked ideas on the ball, and crucially lacked pace when going forward with only Son providing an outlet to run in behind.

That aspect of Moura’s play makes him important to Spurs when he features, and he proved against Brighton with two successful dribbles in 17 minutes that he can also run at opponents and take the ball past them.

Had he been able to do that from the off he would likely have moved his side into Brighton’s final third more frequently and with that more chances would probably have arisen.

According to WhoScored, the £23m man also managed a pass success rate of 89% and had two shots, which showed that he worked well with teammates to create chances for himself and was heavily involved despite not being on the pitch for long, which could persuade his manager that he deserves a start.

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Opinion series, which provides analysis, insight and opinion on any issue within the beautiful game, from Paul Pogba’s haircuts to League Two relegation battles…

Marco Silva could perhaps class himself as a fortunate man should he keep his job after the international break. Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has made it clear over the years that his aims are to achieve Champions League football, and the former Watford man has so far failed spectacularly in that aspect.

The Toffees are now in the relegation zone after the defeat to Burnley, with Silva’s men scoring just six times in eight games and earning themselves just seven points along the way. However, the 42-year-old remains in charge, but it is difficult to tell how long he will last as of now.

After the break, Silva should invest in these three men, as they may well be the stars that keep him his job on Merseyside.

Moise Kean

Kean is yet to take Goodison Park by storm since his move from Juventus this summer, and in truth, it has been a fairly woeful start to his life on Merseyside.

The Italian has only averaged 1.1 shots per game in the Premier League, but Silva has only started Kean twice and forced the 19-year-old to come off the bench in the other six fixtures. However, in this time, he has still provided one assist which is the same as Gylfi Sigurdsson.

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The former Juventus man bagged himself six goals in 13 outings for the Old Lady as he burst onto the scene last year, and Silva should remember this and give him a consistent run in the team to try and restore this form.

Anthony Gordon

Gordon has been one of the names doing the rounds amongst the Everton fans lately, and for a clear and obvious reason. The 18-year-old so far has six goals in six games for the U23s and his manager David Unsworth stated after his two goals against Arsenal recently that “he’s got that star quality”.

Over in the first-team, striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin has once again struggled to find the net in the Premier League scoring just twice, whilst Kean has not scored and Richarlison only has two so far in the top-flight.

Silva has suggested Gordon is “really close” to joining up with the first team. But if the Everton boss wants to keep his job, he should make sure the teenager is making moves into the first-team now.

Jean-Philippe Gbamin

As of now, Gbamin is still out injured and there is not yet a date set on his return. However, as soon as he is available, Silva must bring him into the squad.

Lately, Andre Gomes has just returned to action, whilst Morgan Schneiderlin has been in very poor form in the centre. The Frenchman registered a 4/10 rating in the defeat against Burnley after he scored a 4/10 in the loss to Sheffield United, prior to him achieving a dismal 5/10 in another defeat against Manchester City.

Before moving to Merseyside, Gbamin averaged a WhoScored rating of 6.70 and 7.04, and also averaged a respectable 1.6 and 2.6 tackles in 2018-19 and 2017-18 respectively. So far, the Ivory Coast international has not had the chance to prove his worth because of injuries, but Silva must let him do so at the first opportunity.

Manchester City needed a win against Crystal Palace, and that is exactly what they got.

With Liverpool leading the way at the top of the Premier League, the Citizens found themselves eight points behind before this match after just eight games. However, thanks to Gabriel Jesus and David Silva, Pep Guardiola and co got back to winning ways after losing against Wolves in their previous fixture.

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It could have been even more for the title holders, as well. At one point, Jesus attempted to shoot from a difficult position with several Eagles bodies in front of him. If he had just looked up to his right, he would have seen Kevin De Bruyne in acres of space, with the Belgium international just needing to tap the ball into an empty net. In the end, though, the chance was wasted.

The City fans were disgusted with their £27m man’s show of selfishness. They took to Twitter to share their thoughts, and you can see some of the best comments from the social media platform below.

We might now have officially reached ‘panic stations’ amongst the Leeds United fan base.

The Patrick Bamford v Eddie Nketiah debate really kicked up another notch this week after the latter’s late equaliser against Preston North End but by the sounds of it, it doesn’t look as if boss Marcelo Bielsa is ready to make that change just yet.

Speaking in his press conference ahead of their game with Sheffield Wednesday, Bielsa revealed that Bamford would indeed be starting yet again for the Whites, and that didn’t sit well with the supporters.

With Championship rivals Bristol City pushing for him to be recalled by parent club Arsenal and sent to them on loan, fans fear that more minutes on the bench for Nketiah is just going to push him further and further towards Ashton Gate.

Indeed City boss Lee Johnson confirmed earlier this week that they would be interested in looking at January if ‘the situation changes’, likely referring to whether or not Nketiah will stay at Elland Road.

And many Leeds fans thought that this was likely to be one more nail in the coffin of Nketiah’s time in Yorkshire, with some already predicting that he’s going to come back and bite them later in the season.

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Pundit View series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent quotes from journalists, pundits, players and managers…

Unai Emery appears to have taken a swipe at Arsene Wenger while defending his record at Arsenal, per Eurosport.

What’s he said?

The former PSG boss has come under increased scrutiny this week following the club’s disappointing 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United on Monday.

Asked about his record on Wednesday during a press conference, however, Emery pointed to the state the Gunners were in when he arrived following the departure of Arsene Wenger.

The Frenchman took the club to sixth in his final season, reached the third round of FA Cup, while they were runners-up in the Carabao Cup and reached the semi-finals of the Europa League. Emery, in his first season, improved their league finish to fifth, reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup and took them to the final of the Europa League, where they were beaten by Chelsea.

He said: “Sometimes we forget the memory and we need to remember. “When I arrived here, this team needed to improve being more competitive.

“This team in the history was winning 1-0 and being very competitive, but it wasn’t enough. Then one process being competitive and with improved creativity.

“When I arrived here, the creativity is more or less good, but being competitive was worse. It was not enough. ‘I think last year I started to improve being competitive, also more or less creativity with some very good matches playing with that creativity.

“Last year we did not achieve, we were in the table by one point and in the Europa League final and we lost in the end. And OK, we were there. And this year – be there and take it.”

Tangible rewards

Arsenal need something to show for their supposed improvement.

Emery might well be right, in the sense that Wenger oversaw the club’s fall from being genuine title contenders to perennial top-four challengers.

But if he is going to take a swipe at a manager who won three Premier League titles during his time in north London, he needs to have some tangible trophies to show for himself too.

This season, the Gunners are fighting on four fronts and if Emery is to back up his words, he needs to win one of those competitions.

One has to feel that the Premier League is out of the question so it may well be the cup competitions on which he has to rely.

Ironically enough, Wenger won seven FA Cups too.

Emery has a long way to go to match that legacy.

We’ve seen some questionable club clobber in our time, but one fan took the biscuit with his Arsenal themed dressing gown.Wearing pyjamas, gowns and any other form of bed-based gear is a bookable offence, reserved only for University students or people so desperate for a cup of tea they’re willing to sell their dignity to embark on a milky quest to the local shop.However, it’s a straight red for donning bed-based club merchandise anywhere other than within the confines of your bedroom – no debate, no video assistant referee, no nothing. And even then, we’d question just how “acceptable†it is.Watch Arsenal Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below

Whether he’d missed his alarm and sprinted to the Emirates in time for kick-off, lost a sick bet (fingers crossed), was on his stag do, or the most worrying option of all, willingly slipped it on before kissing his partner and leaving his house (shame on you partner), one fan caught the internet’s attention on Sunday after being snapped wearing something we’ve never seen before at a football match…

Chief Football Writer at The Times Henry Winter believes Granit Xhaka may look to leave Arsenal, in part to save his international career.The Arsenal captain, who is valued at £36m on Transfermarkt, hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week after reacting badly to his own fans booing him as he walked off the pitch. Xhaka appeared to swear at the Emirates crowd, then proceeded to goad them further before ripping off his shirt and trudging down the tunnel.Xhaka has since penned an apology (of sorts) to Arsenal’s supporters for his behaviour. He claimed to have reached ‘boiling point’ after repeatedly being abused at matches and on social media, with some of the language used towards him being genuinely appalling.Speaking about the situation, Winter believes that Xhaka may well now look to leave the club once the transfer window opens in the new year, not only because of the current tensions but also due to the fact he wants to be a regular for the Switzerland national team – which he has represented on 78 occasions already.Check out what Winter said in full about the Gunners skipper below…

Sunderland succumbed to defeat to Leicester U21s on Tuesday night in the EFL Trophy, and some fans are already frustrated with Phil Parkinson.

The former Bolton manager took over last month but the midweek reverse was the fourth loss from his six games in charge to date – double the amount of Jack Ross this term, and only seven short of the total amount of games he lost during his spell as manager.

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Some supporters are concerned about the ability of the team to mount a promotion push, despite the fact it was very much a second-string side put out against the Foxes in the Leasing.com trophy, and therefore their rush to criticise the boss is a little uncalled for.

It is early days for Parkinson, and he is still getting to grips with his squad while trying to instil his own methods and values, and that will likely take time for a squad used to the previous manager.

Despite that, a few have questioned the decision to bring Parkinson to the club in the first place, with others suggesting that he won’t last long judging by his current record.

He has a good chance to return to winning ways against Gillingham in the FA Cup this weekend, and should he do so it could be likely that such frustrations will be put at ease, and perhaps even forgotten about.

Here are some of the reactions from fans criticising Parkinson following the surprise defeat.

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Opinion series, which provides analysis, insight and opinion on any issue within the beautiful game, from Paul Pogba’s haircuts to League Two relegation battles…

Conor Coventry has rejected West Ham United’s latest contract offer, meaning there is a very real fear he could leave, as reported by Football Insider.

The 19-year-old’s current contract comes to an end in the summer of 2020, but he has so far been unable to strike up a deal with the club on a new one.

This is due to the fact that he is holding out for £5,000-per-week, while the club are unwilling to pay that for someone who has rarely stepped out of the academy’s confines.

There is still time for negotiations, but if the Republic of Ireland youth international gets the sum he has demanded, or leaves London Stadium for pastures new, this could be seen as a glaring sign of the Premier League’s power shift regarding youngsters.

As discussed in our exclusive interview with Tony Cottee, a move abroad was rarely seen as a career enhancer for young talent in England during years gone by.

However, that has changed in recent times, with Jadon Sancho, Bobby Duncan and Ademola Lookman among the players who have walked away from the English game.

There was a time when perhaps players were willing to accept that senior opportunities take time to come around, but the aforementioned trio serve to prove that patience is wearing thin amongst the next generation.

The situation that is unfolding with Coventry is the embodiment of this process: he has played just 53 minutes of first-team football across two appearances, with both of those coming when a Carabao Cup result was out of reach for lower league opposition.

This comes despite the midfielder being captain for the U23s, while becoming one of their various top-level performers in Premier League 2, starting all of their league games this season.

Therefore, it can perhaps be seen as a double hit that West Ham don’t want to match his contract valuation because he hasn’t played enough first-team football, which is only the case because he hasn’t been given the chance to do so.

It would be easy to dismiss Coventry as a money-grabber who should be focusing on his football rather than the wage he receives in this scenario, but that knee-jerk reaction fails to take genuine and legitimate professional ambitions into consideration.

However, it can be argued that the sum of a contract represents more than just the money it demands: it shows how much the club values a player, how much they trust him and the role they are expecting them to play moving forward.

If Coventry was to accept a low offer, it could be seen as a sign that he is happy to kick it in the academy for the foreseeable future.

That isn’t a universal attitude among the emerging next generation of talent, though.

The option to go abroad becoming more accessible has given youngsters a foothold to do this and if English clubs aren’t willing to show trust in them from a very early age, it seems there are outfits overseas who will.