The Debrief: De Zerbi joins Spurs & Japan beat England
Football Daily
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
What can Tottenham expect from Roberto De Zerbi? Kelly Cates unpicks the reaction to the new head coach at Tottenham Hotspur alongside former Spurs keeper Paul Robinson. BBC Sport's Senior Football Correspondent Sami Mokbel gives news of the detail behind the deal, including the surprising news about the lack of relegation clause. Euro Leagues regular Guillem Balague spoke to De Zerbi while he was at Marseille just a few weeks ago - and drops by to explain what Tottenham can expect, while the BBC's Katie Gornall explains why the new appointment hasn't been universally well received. Meanwhile, England were beaten by Japan in their final game on home soil before the World Cup. Paul Robinson and Ian Dennis unpick the performance, while John Murray speaks to manager Thomas Tuchel, Morgan Rogers and Marc Guehi. Plus, hear from Scotland's Andy Robertson, who were beaten by Ivory Coast at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
TIME CODES: 00:30- Sami Mokbel with the details 02:22 - Paul Robinson reaction 04:30 - Guillem Balague reaction 10:15- Fan reaction 15:13- England reaction 22:54 - Thomas Tuchel interview 29:09 - Marc Guehi interview 33:23 - Morgan Rogers interview 36:12 - Andy Robertson interview
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| 0:45.8 | We will have all the reaction to England's defeat by Japan at Wembley, but we're going |
| 0:50.3 | to start with the news that Roberto Deserby has been appointed as head coach at Tottenham on a five-year deal. Former Tottenham keeper Paul Robinson is with us with us. Senior Football commentator Ian Dennis will join us later on. But I'm going to start with our senior football correspondent, Sammy Mockbell. Sammy, what are the details of this deal? As you said there, Kelly, five-year deal for Roberto Deserby, but I think the most pertinent piece |
| 1:13.1 | of information that there isn't a relegation release clause. |
| 1:17.0 | So given the situation that Tottenham are in at the moment one point and one place away from |
| 1:22.1 | the relegation zone, I think that's quite an important bit of detail. |
| 1:26.8 | From what I understand, Robert de Zerbe, he's backing an important bit of detail. From what I understand, Roboto DeZerbe, |
| 1:29.6 | he's backing himself to obviously keep the club up, |
| 1:32.9 | but if the unthinkable does happen, |
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