Tottenham won silverware this season by going all the way in the UEFA Europa League, but they will be hoping to put up a much better showing in the Premier League during the 2025/26 campaign.
Spurs finished way down in 17th place in the Premier League in Ange Postecoglou's second season at the helm, but true to the Australian's bullish words they delivered a trophy by downing Manchester United 1-0 in Bilbao.
That opens up the prospect of playing in the UEFA Champions League next season, which will go hand-in-hand with improving their domestic showing drastically.
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Having delivered the club's first trophy since their 2008 League Cup success, you would expect Aussie Postecoglou to be safe and secure in his post, but the dismal league campaign means that that is not the case.
Big Ange is 1.57 to still be in charge of Spurs when the 2025/26 season gets underway, with his most likely replacements Brentford's Thomas Frank at 2.50 and Crystal Palace's FA Cup-winning coach Oliver Glasner at 7.00.
Should Postecoglou remain at the helm, then he will have to juggle the demands of the UEFA Champions League with improving on the domestic front and he will no doubt be inspired by the Lilywhites having almost gone all the way Europe's top club competition as recently as 2019.
Spurs put paid to Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and Ajax to reach the final in Madrid, where they were beaten 2-0 by Premier League rivals Liverpool.
Spurs may well have been embroiled in a relegation fight in any other Premier League season and they were fortunate that the newly promoted threesome of Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton were all relegated with barely a whimper.
Thirty-eight points from 38 games played was a dreadful return, with the season ending with a run of seven league games without a win as European hopes took precedence.
Next season has to be different, with the Londoners having now missed out on a top-four finish in five of their last six campaigns.
A top-four finish in 2025/26 is priced at 5.00, which puts Spurs seventh in that market, with Aston Villa at 3.50 and Chelsea at 3.00 seemingly the teams they will be closest to, while Manchester United are just behind them at 6.00.
A title charge is very much a long shot, with Tottenham priced as far out as 51.00 to be crowned champions, as the outright market is led by Liverpool at 2.87, closely followed by Man City at 3.25 and 3.50 Arsenal.
Having endured a torrid Premier League campaign in 2024/25, Spurs are not expected to be in the midst of a relegation fight next season, with the Lilywhites way out at 41.00 to be relegated to the Championship.
With all three promoted clubs having dropped straight back down to the second tier this season, a repeat of that situation is the most likely outcome again in 2025/26 according to the markets.
Play-off final winners Sunderland are favourites for the drop at 1.36, with Burnley 1.40 and Championship champions Leeds United at 1.72.
Next in the to be relegated market come Wolves at 4.33, highlighting the difficulties that teams coming up from the Championship face in trying to establish themselves in the English top-flight.
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