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Spurs complete training session at new stadium

Spurs complete training session at new stadium
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Spurs host Crystal Palace at the new venue on Wednesday.

Tottenham players have finally got their first taste of the club's new stadium after they trained there on Thursday.

Spurs' long-awaited move into their new 62,062-seater home is less than a week away as they play Crystal Palace in the Premier League next Wednesday.

The first-team squad sampled the facilities as the group were together for the first time following the international break, building up to Sunday's trip to Liverpool.

Captain Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Christian Eriksen, Son Heung-min and Jan Vertonghen were among those to get acquainted with their new surroundings, where the home dressing room has leather seats with personalised screens and a charging point.

Alderweireld, who is expected to leave the club in the summer, posted on his Instagram story: "This is special, far beyond my expectations."

It has been a long wait for the Spurs squad to get into their new home, officially called the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until naming rights are sold.

They were supposed to be in there for the start of the current season, a date which was then put back to September as the project was beset by delays.

That has at least allowed the stadium to be fully ready and fans got their first peak at what life in their new home will be like as it staged its first official test event last Sunday, when Tottenham Under-18s beat Southampton.

The second one sees a Spurs 'Legends' side take on Inter Milan, with an attendance of 45,000 required to get the relevant safety certificates from Haringey Council.

One man was absent from the group training, though, as Harry Kane collected his MBE from Buckingham Palace.

Kane was recognised in the New Year's honours list for his exploits in the World Cup in the summer, where he won the Golden Boot, and he was handed his gong by Football Association president Prince William.

Harry Kane received his MBE on Thursday
Harry Kane received his MBE on Thursday (Yui Mok/PA)

Kane is expected to train separately at the new stadium on Thursday afternoon, where he is likely to take the opportunity to visualise scoring plenty of goals.

But the 25-year-old has not allowed himself to dream about becoming the first player to score there, insisting it is about the team winning.

"I think the most important thing is we want to win the game," said Kane, speaking to Press Association Sport as he received his MBE from the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace.

"You never want to go into a new stadium without getting a result. Of course as a striker I would want to score but the most important thing is we win."


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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool32247172195379
2Manchester CityMan City31252481216077
3Tottenham HotspurSpurs312011058342461
4Manchester UnitedMan Utd31187660411961
5Arsenal30186663392460
6Chelsea31186752341860
7Wolverhampton WanderersWolves31128113838044
8Leicester CityLeicester32135144243-144
9Everton32127134542343
10Watford31127124346-343
11West Ham UnitedWest Ham32126144148-742
12Bournemouth32115164358-1538
13Crystal Palace31106153841-336
14Newcastle UnitedNewcastle3198143140-935
15Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton3096153243-1133
16Southampton3189143550-1533
17Burnley3296173759-2233
18Cardiff CityCardiff3184192859-3128
19Fulham3245232972-4317
RHuddersfield TownHuddersfield3235241859-4114

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