Breakthrough in Melbourne, and it's a shocker for Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope.

He passes the ball straight to James Maddison on the edge of the Newcastle box, and the England midfielder dribbles round a defender into space before rifling into the roof of the net. Spurs lead after 32 minutes.

Wonder if Pope is still feeling the jet lag? He certainly played that pass like it. It's been a bad couple of days for Pope, who was left out of Gareth Southgate's provisional Euro 2024 squad yesterday.

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[Ipswich manager] Kieran McKenna - OK, he brought his team into the Premier League, and he made that step as a young guy that is still working on his development. I don't question any of his ability, but the only thing I'm saying is he’s young (38) and still in his journey.

The other one that came up is Sebastian Hoeness, he’s 42. He managed to get Stuttgart out of the relegation situation and then he managed to get them above Bayern Munich - second in the league after fighting for relegation. So those are guys that are on the list.

I would have taken it myself, but I'm sorry, my friend, I'm not a coach! I think they have to definitely have a conversation with Hoeness. I don't know, but I definitely want to hear what he's got to say and see what his philosophy is.

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Motta is coach of Bologna and the former Italy midfielder has just guided them to a surprise third-place finish in Serie A and Champions League qualification.

Hiring a person like Mauricio Pochettino, you know you’re bringing in a confident guy, a guy with experience and a person that’s going to question your wishes if he doesn't agree with them. I think this is something that's clearly happened.

He asked for more experienced players during the season. He came out and spoke about it as well, and didn't hold back in his wishes. Most of the time we hear in football that owners don't always like a manager that directly questions them, especially when it's new owners that just started their journey. They don't want someone that has that strong character while they brought them in.

Previous Chelsea and current Chelsea are two different clubs. Complete change of players, coaching staff and certainly ideology. I liked Mauricio Pochettino, it looked like he was pulling things together, but it seemed like Chelsea wanted a coach rather than a manager, and that is going to be more of a common thing. If you are going to coach a big club now you have to deal with what you are getting, and some managers find that difficult.

We might look at Brighton and Brentford, working in a different way, and it impresses the bigger clubs. The big beasts, big names, maybe that is the last thing Chelsea want.

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During the 2023-24 Premier League season, just three managers left their roles - Paul Heckingbottom from Sheffield United, Steve Cooper from Nottingham Forest and Roy Hodgson from Crystal Palace.

Since the season concluded on Sunday, four managers have departed - Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool), David Moyes (West Ham), Roberto de Zerbi (Brighton) and Mauricio Pochettino (Chelsea).

Yes, we knew about three of those before the season ended. But still, fun fact.

You cannot be surprised by any decision this Chelsea ownership makes. They are clearly set on doing things their own way. Yet it seemed to be coming together at the end of the season, they won their last five matches and played some very good football.

It took a long time for it to come together, and there were some big disappointments - kicking around in the middle of the table for most of this season, some poor defeats at Stamford Bridge. Also, right in there was the fact that he was a former Spurs manager who took over at Chelsea. That was very difficult for him to get over with. From the public utterances we heard from Pochettino, we thought this might be the outcome.

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While we wait for Scotland manager Steve Clarke to face the media - his news conference is schedule for 12:30 BST - we're going to bring you more reaction to England's Euro 2024 squad reaction from Tuesday, plus news of Mauricio Pochettino leaving Chelsea.

We'll also have updates on Tottenham's friendly with Newcastle in Melbourne, but please keep your comments coming on the England and Scotland squads, along with what's next for Chelsea and Manchester United, with Pochettino now favourite to become the next manager at Old Trafford.

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The stand-out name from the Scotland squad is Ben Doak, with the 18-year-old Liverpool forward a surprise inclusion by manager Steve Clarke. Doak has not earned a senior cap, or even played a senior game for the Reds since December.

Uncapped Bristol City wing-back Ross McCrorie also gets a call-up, with the Scots struggling with numerous injuries at right-back.

The 28-man selection will be trimmed to 26 by the Uefa deadline of 8 June, ahead of Scotland's opening Euro 2024 against hosts Germany in Berlin six days later.

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Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Norwich), Zander Clark (Hearts), Craig Gordon (Hearts), Liam Kelly (Motherwell).

Defenders: Andy Robertson (Liverpool), Kieran Tierney (Real Sociedad, on loan from Arsenal), Jack Hendry (Al Ettifaq), Ryan Porteous (Watford), Liam Cooper (Leeds), Scott McKenna (Copenhagen), Grant Hanley (Norwich), Greg Taylor (Celtic), John Souttar (Rangers), Anthony Ralston (Celtic), Ross McCrorie (Bristol City).

Midfielders: Callum McGregor (Celtic), Ryan Christie (Bournemouth), Billy Gilmour (Brighton), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Kenny McLean (Norwich), Scott McTominay (Manchester United), Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), Ryan Jack (Rangers).

Forwards: Lyndon Dykes (QPR), Che Adams (Southampton), Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), Ben Doak (Liverpool), James Forrest (Celtic).

Both Tottenham and Newcastle have named strong sides for the game in Melbourne. Here are their starting XIs.

Tottenham: Austin, Pedro Porro, Dragusin, Van de Ven, Royal, Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison, Kulusevski, Son, Johnson.

Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Joelinton, Isak, Barnes, Krafth, Hall, Almiron, Anderson, Burn, Bruno.

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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, who was born in Greece but grew up in Melbourne, said the "exposure and revenue" is a key element of the trip but the Australian acknowledged had they been in Europe this season he would have blocked it.

"If we had a bigger game schedule I probably would have said 'no' to it and I don't think the club would have expected us to go," said the Spurs' boss.

"I don't think it's ideal but I think each situation is unique. I had a discussion with the playing group pretty early on about it and they understood why we are doing it."

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Newcastle boss Eddie Howe described the tour to Australia as a "brilliant opportunity" to connect with the club's fanbase.

"I think it's important we grow the name of Newcastle at every opportunity we get," Howe explained.

"You are sort of cocooned in England. You understand there is a wider support base, but if you are not exposed it then it's difficult to understand it."

Howe acknowledged that he will have to "rotate" his players and "give everyone some minutes" after such a long flight to Australia.

"That is difficult if you are just going on holiday, let alone playing so soon after landing. That will be the trickiest thing for us," he added.

Critics say that these global games are some of the least sustainable of any football fixtures based on the emissions from the long-haul flights.

Then there is the impact of fan travel – more likely this summer when several Premier League teams head to the US for their pre-season tours.

More important than the emissions, perhaps, is the example it sets and the potential it has to undermine positive climate action. These games are not essential and are exactly the kind of emissions that should and could be avoided in any true Net Zero strategy.

Flying also impacts the body, and more games are bad for player welfare and wellbeing in an already overcrowded schedule. Ensuring rest is why clubs say they need to use domestic flights, so it points to a double standard there.

They are financially motivated, in a sport with more money than any other. Whether the cost to the environment is worth the financial reward depends on your individual perspective but clubs definitely can’t be championing positive action at home among fans and then expect this kind of behaviour to go unchallenged.

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Tottenham and Newcastle have flown all the way to Australia for an end-of-season friendly at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which is kicking off about now - just three days after the Premier League season concluded.

Newcastle will also play a second match against an A-League All Star side on Friday.

Ex-England and Newcastle striker Alan Shearer was left baffled by the timing of the matches.

"Can you imagine if you're a player who is playing in either the Copa America or Euro 2024 having to do that? Madness. Crazy," Shearer told Match Of The Day.

"I wouldn't be happy at all. It's crazy for Newcastle to go and play Spurs there on Wednesday night and then another game."

The Euros start in Germany on 14 June with the Copa America in the United States getting under way six days later.

John: Ref Tom at 8:18. We might have burnt more bridges with more managers by the way we treated Poch! Anyone taking this job on is not buying into any "project"...they are in for the short term and a quick payday.

There have been hints before the last month that Mauricio Pochettino was not happy with life at Chelsea and the hierarchy were not happy with him. A club only works if everything is aligned and I do not think that has happened at Chelsea.

Pochettino would have liked to sign more senior players. Chelsea are pursuing this idea of buying young, buy high and see if we can create a team for the future. We are hearing talk of Kieran McKenna in a head coach role, who might be able to accept those recruitment decisions.

Nothing ever seemed to be quite right, even when they were doing better on the pitch. I do feel sorry for Pochettino, but three months ago he was having a rotten season. Now he is going to be able to walk away from this with his reputation unscathed.

I feel sorry for managers these days. Mauricio Pochettino has lost two of his last 16 games in all competitions - what have you got to do? It was going to take any manager a fair bit of time to unshuffle that group of players at Chelsea. To get such little time, I can't believe the news - I think it is a really big mistake.

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