• Attacking midfielder has agreed terms and had medical

• Chelsea could move for López as well as Garnarcho

Tottenham are poised to complete the £51.8m signing of Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig. Personal terms have been agreed with the attacking midfielder and a medical has taken place.

Barring any last-minute hitches the deal will be a major boost for Thomas Frank, who has been looking to add an attacking midfielder. Spurs have lost James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski to injury and have missed out on Eberechi Eze, who joined Arsenal from Crystal Palace, and Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White.

Before it became naff music for health spas, chillout was cool – and this London club night was key. As a new generation carry its spirit forward, the originators remember the beats and bedding

‘I remember looking up over the DJ booth in this huge squat,” says Mario Aguero, “and seeing a sea of mattresses with people lying on them, like some kind of Guinness record attempt. Which was great until someone stood up to go to the bathroom. Then they’d be lurching everywhere.”

This was the scene at Telepathic Fish in early 90s London, and co-promoter Kevin Foakes winces as he picks up the memory. “We’d dragged quite a few of the mattresses off the street.” The influential music journalist David Toop had come along, “and his report said the first mistake he made was to sit down on a wet mattress”.

Before it became naff music for health spas, chillout was cool – and this London club night was key. As a new generation carry its spirit forward, the originators remember the beats and bedding

‘I remember looking up over the DJ booth in this huge squat,” says Mario Aguero, “and seeing a sea of mattresses with people lying on them, like some kind of Guinness record attempt. Which was great until someone stood up to go to the bathroom. Then they’d be lurching everywhere.”

This was the scene at Telepathic Fish in early 90s London, and co-promoter Kevin Foakes winces as he picks up the memory. “We’d dragged quite a few of the mattresses off the street.” The influential music journalist David Toop had come along, “and his report said the first mistake he made was to sit down on a wet mattress”.

The Premier League is only two games old but already we have wrestling penalties and golascoring teens invading our screens

New season. New stuff. New camera angles. Director: “And cut to Ref Cam.” Suddenly we are transported from the gliding calm of a wide angle to GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64, except you are not James Bond, you are Simon Hooper peering up at a strange angle of Harvey Barnes. Stop looking around Simon, stand still Simon. As one correspondent to Guardian Football Weekly suggested, it’s the Professional Game Match Officials’ tribute to Uncut Gems.

New season – wildly terrible predictions. My Premier League winners Manchester City won the title at Wolves on the opening weekend but are now sensationally out of the race after being outplayed by Spurs. Not sure anyone predicted Nuno Espírito Santo to be leading the sack race (nb: written before Grimsby). Who had Ange to lead Nottingham Forest to Europa League glory?

The Premier League is only two games old but already we have wrestling penalties and golascoring teens invading our screens

New season. New stuff. New camera angles. Director: “And cut to Ref Cam.” Suddenly we are transported from the gliding calm of a wide angle to GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64, except you are not James Bond, you are Simon Hooper peering up at a strange angle of Harvey Barnes. Stop looking around Simon, stand still Simon. As one correspondent to Guardian Football Weekly suggested, it’s the Professional Game Match Officials’ tribute to Uncut Gems.

New season – wildly terrible predictions. My Premier League winners Manchester City won the title at Wolves on the opening weekend but are now sensationally out of the race after being outplayed by Spurs. Not sure anyone predicted Nuno Espírito Santo to be leading the sack race (nb: written before Grimsby). Who had Ange to lead Nottingham Forest to Europa League glory?