Seven things for Tottenham supporters to watch out for at Euro 2024 and Copa America

The Euros kick off on Friday evening with the Copa America not far behind and both competitions will have plenty of interest for Tottenham and their fanbase.

Hosts Germany open proceedings in Munich with their first Group A game against Scotland, while England's tournament begins on Sunday evening with their encounter with Serbia in Gelsenkirchen. The Copa America gets up and running next week in the USA as reigning champions Argentina take on Canada in Atlanta on Thursday June 20 (1am on Friday morning for UK viewers).

Here are seven things that will be of particular interest for Tottenham supporters at the two tournaments over the next month.

Euro Spurs stars

Tottenham technically have five players selected in squads at Euro 2024. Micky van de Ven is taking his first steps at a major international tournament bow with the Netherlands and his pace might be utilised up against Kylian Mbappe and France in Group D. It is also a first tournament for Radu Dragusin with Romania and Guglielmo Vicario with Italy.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is more of an old hand at international competitions and the 28-year-old will be a key figure for Denmark once again. The fifth member of Tottenham's contingent will not be at the club for much longer. It is Ivan Perisic, who has recovered from his cruciate ligament injury with a month or so to spare, to take his place once again in the Croatia squad on the international stage. The 35-year-old will leave Spurs at the end of his contract with the club after it ends on June 30 and join Hajduk Split permanently.

All three of Croatia's group stage matches against Spain, Albania and Italy come before that date and two of the round of 16 matches that Croatia could be involved in take place before the end of June 30, although if they were to finish as best third place team in a tough Group B then that would be on July 2.

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Silverware hopes

Tottenham's best chance of indirect silverware probably lies with Argentina and Cristian Romero, as well as Giovani Lo Celso who is expected to be named in the squad with him when it is cut down from the preliminary one by Lionel Scaloni in the coming days.

Romero became the club's second World Cup winner in successive tournaments, following on from former captain Hugo Lloris - who fell to defeat with France against Argentina in the last final.

If Lo Celso, who is expected to leave Spurs this summer, is named in the squad then it offers a chance for the midfielder to put the memories of missing out on the World Cup with a serious hamstring injury behind him. He and Romero both lifted the Copa America with Lionel Messi & Co in 2021 and will be hoping to retain the title in the coming month.

Rodrigo Bentancur and Uruguay pose a threat to that hope though with Marcelo Bielsa at the helm and they have been installed as the third favourites for the tournament, behind Argentina and Brazil, due to a squad that contains plenty of talent for their experienced coach to preside over.

Well-known transfer links

The Euros and Copa America always get in the way of a good transfer window. The speculation will persist but once the action begins those players coveted by clubs usually have to wait for any potential transfer to take place after their time is done in the competition.

In the England squad, Spurs have been linked with Chelsea's Conor Gallagher, Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze and Brentford striker Ivan Toney so all eyes will be on their performances in the weeks ahead in Germany.

Ukraine's Viktor Tsygankov and Georgiy Sudakov have both been linked to Tottenham, as has Nico Williams, who will be in action for Spain, although the Athletic Bilbao winger has publicly signalled his intention to remain at his club next season.

At the Copa America, Tottenham have taken a good look at Feyenoord forward Santiago Gimenez over the past year and the 23-year-old is part of the Mexico squad. Brazil and Barcelona's Raphinha has also been linked with Spurs in recent years.

Spurs will be linked with players galore at both tournaments in the weeks ahead and it will give the fans a chance to watch them in action.

The shop window

It's not just about incoming players at the two tournaments as Tottenham could well be hoping that some of their potential outgoing players shine at the Euros and Copa America.

There are two players in question, both midfielders, who are looking for regular football elsewhere next season and both have only a year left on their contracts and are players that Spurs will allow to leave for the right price.

Hojbjerg is often a high performer at tournaments and laid on three assists at the previous Euros in 2021. Another string of good performances from the Dane should keep his value high as well as the interest in his services despite his contract length.

At the Copa America, Spurs will be hoping for similar from Lo Celso, who has started Argentina's past three friendly matches so could get plenty of game time under Scaloni in the month ahead.

Hojbjerg and Lo Celso managed just 12 Premier League starts between them last season and will be looking for a move this summer after their tournament exploits.

New stars emerging

Tottenham will no doubt have scouts at both competitions as most clubs will and although Ange Postecoglou is right in saying in the past that there are very few unknown quantities in football any more, that doesn't stop someone emerging as a star during a tournament.

There are plenty of youngsters being tipped to make a name for themselves in the next month. At the Euros alone, there is Croatia's Martin Baturina, labelled the next Luka Modric, or Netherlands striker Brian Brobbey, while Belgium winger Johan Bakayoko looks to be a star in the making for PSV Eindhoven.

Bayer Leverkusen have a couple of talented youngsters at the tournament in Germany's Florian Wirtz and Netherlands' Jeremie Frimpong.

Just watch, some youngster will emerge at the tournament and Tottenham's name will end up being linked with them.

Pundit Postecoglou

You'll be hearing from Ange Postecoglou sooner than you think because he's been hired as a pundit for ITV to appear during their coverage of Euro 2024 after they saw off the BBC in a battle between the broadcasters to sign up the Spurs boss.

The Australian's appearances should make for good television if his press conferences are anything to go by. He's got experience of punditry, having done it in his homeland for a few months early in his career when between jobs after leaving the Australian international youth set-up.

Tottenham fans know what he's all about now but it should give the general football fan even more of an insight into his thoughts on the game and provide a couple of fun moments with ITV's Roy Keane, Graeme Souness, Ian Wright and Gary Neville in the process. There might be some little insights into life at Spurs as well from the 58-year-old.

Other Spurs connections

There will also be plenty of Tottenham connections from the past at the Euros in the month ahead, starting with that rather talented and prolific goalscorer wearing the captain's armband for England.

Harry Kane will be looking to take his country one step further than in the last Euros, but he will not be alone among the former Spurs players at the tournament or even in the England squad as right-backs Kieran Trippier and Kyle Walker were both once Tottenham stars.

Their ex-team-mate Jan Vertonghen is still going strong at 37-years-old with 154 caps to his name for Belgium. There is also one of the game's most successful players in 38-year-old six-time Champions League winner Luka Modric, who used to turn out in midfield for Tottenham 12 years ago before all of that silverware. His Croatian team-mate Ivan Perisic will become a former Spurs player during the tournament if the team progresses.

There is also someone off the pitch as Ukraine's manager is 50-year-old Sergiy Rebrov, who played up front for Spurs 22 years ago.

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