Jamie Redknapp claimed that Savio 'lit up the place' on his Tottenham debut, but Roberto De Zerbi has challenged his latest signing to reach new heights after his stunning start to life at the club.

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday's newspapers...

A brilliant flick over the keeper from Cristian Martinez in extra time is enough to get Slovan Bratislava past Celje and in to the Champions League.

Nico Gonzalez is given a rapturous welcome before Newcastle's Carabao Cup win against West Brom following the £52m midfielder's arrival from Manchester City.

Italian also made clear he has no intention of letting Mikey Moore leave

Shearer has provided punditry on the BBC's flagship football programme for 20 years since retiring as the Premier League 's all-time top goalscorer in 2006.

Jose Mourinho's first game back at the Santiago Bernabeu as Real Madrid manager got off to a winning start after a thumping 4-1 victory over Real Sociedad.

Guendouzi goaded Lyon supporters as he left the field after the Turkish side had booked their spot in the league phase with a 2-1 victory at the Groupama Stadium.

Melvine Malard scored twice on her competitive Chelsea debut as they hit back to beat Real Sociedad 5-2 in the first leg of the Champions League third qualifying round.

Liverpool will host Tottenham in the third round of the Carabao Cup, while Manchester United face Brighton as one of a potential six all-Premier League ties.

Bradford extended Burnley's uncomfortable start to the season with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out win after their second-round Carabao Cup tie had finished goalless at Valley Parade.

Savio grabbed a goal and assist on a dream debut as Tottenham thrashed Charlton to progress into the third round of the Carabao Cup.

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains when the league phase draw for the 2026-27 Champions League is, as well as looking at who is in each pot

Azerbaijan side Sabah fight back from 4-2 down on aggregate to beat Hapoel Be'er Sheva of Israel 6-4 on aggregate to secure their place in the main draw of the Champions League for the first time.

AEK Athens are through to the Champions League with a comfortable 4-0 win against Levski Sofia.

Viking shock Dinamo Zagreb with a 3-1 win to book their place in the Champions League.

Goals from Vedat Muriqi and Archie Brown prove to be enough for Fenerbahce to get past Lyon and in to the league stage of the Champions League.

Despite leading 4-0 on aggregate, Celtic are humiliated by LASK as they lose the second leg of their Champions League play-off 5-1 and are knocked out 5-4 on aggregate in Austria to miss out on the main draw of the Champions League for a second successive season.

Al-Hilal close in on a £50m deal for Ollie Watkins, Chelsea line up Bournemouth's Alex Scott, Sunderland make a loan offer for Jack Grealish, plus more.

Uefa dropped their plans to boycott Fifa tournaments on Wednesday, but will still move forward with efforts to remove Gianni Infantino.

Liverpool face Tottenham in the third round of the EFL Cup, Manchester United play Brighton and Manchester City draw Norwich.

After some early season setbacks, "proud" Wouter Vrancken believes Hearts are getting their rewards by securing Conference League progress.

Brazilian signed less than 36 hours before kick-off and is already amongst the goals...

Heavyweight clubs enter the fray, with mouth-watering ties on the cards for next round of cup action

Spaniard has good news for Danny Welbeck and Emmanuel Emegha

Things are looking up in north London after a challenging start to the Premier League season