Real Madrid vs Tottenham LIVE: Team news and line-ups ahead of Champions League clash

Real Madrid vs Tottenham LIVE: Express Sport brings you the latest Champions League scores, news and highlights with Liverpool and Manchester City also in action

DON’T SHOOT THE MESSANGER!

19:00: Harry Kane has been priced at 6/4 to make Real Madrid his next club.

Real are said to be plotting a £150m move next summer, but reports suggest Tottenham will demand £200m for the England international. It comes after Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane hailed Kane as the “complete player” ahead of their Champions League clash.

What do you think? Will Harry Kane leave Spurs or take inspiration from Francesco Totti by remaining a one-club legend?

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18:55: If you’ve got any thoughts on tonight’s matches, or simply want to tell what an average job I’m doing, let me know.

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REAL MADRID vs TOTTENHAM

18:50: Let’s have a closer look at the starting XI’s at the Bernabeu tonight.

It certainly looks like Poch is going for it. Handbrake off and all that as he opts for a 4-4-2! Mike Bassett would be proud.

Jan Vertonghen is starting at left-back, the creative Harry Winks starts in midfield alongside Eric Dier, while Spurs have two in attack with Harry Kane and Fernando Llorente.

Danny Rose is back after 1,400 years injured. Does that mean Christian Eriksen and Moussa Sissoko will operate on the flanks?

MANCHESTER CITY V NAPOLI

18:45: Pep Guardiola’s side have been in outstanding form in the early part of the season. Just ask any of the poor manager’s they’ve thrashed.

Saturday’s 7-2 demolition of Stoke took their goal tally to 37 in 11 matches in all competitions. As well as Stoke, Liverpool (5-0), Feyenoord (4-0), Watford (6-0) and Crystal Palace (5-0) have all been crushed.

But Shakhtar Donetsk, even though they lost at the Etihad Stadium, did find a way to frustrate City in their last Champions League outing. They also had opportunities that could have led to a different outcome had they been taken.

And Napoli aren’t exactly the kind of side who refuse to eat their dinner, if you know what I mean.

REAL MADRID vs TOTTENHAM

18:40: OK, here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Mauricio Pochettino throws us a curveball by starting Fernando Llorente AND Harry Kane. Danny Rose is also back on the bench.

Tottenham XI: Lloris (C), Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Aurier, Sissoko, Dier, Winks, Eriksen, Kane, Llorente.

Subs: Vorm, Foyth, Trippier, Rose, Walker-Peters, Georgiou, Son.

Real Madrid XI: Navas, Ramos, Varane, Ronaldo, Kroos, Benzema, Modric, Marcelo, Casemiro, Achraf, Isco.

Subs: Casilla, Nacho, Theo, Lucas, Llorente, Asensio, Ceballos.

MARIBOR V LIVERPOOL

18:35: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has made three changes for tonight’s clash. Loris Karius for Simon Mignolet, Trent Alexander-Arnold for Joe Gomez, James Milner for Jordan Henderson.

Liverpool XI: Karius; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Lovren, Moreno; Milner, Wijnaldum, Can; Salah, Firmino, Coutinho.

Subs: Mignolet, Klavan, Gomez, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sturridge, Solanke.

MANCHESTER CITY V NAPOLI

18:32: Pep Guardiola clearly not underestimating Napoli tonight. Strong side on display…

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph; De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva; Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Sane.

Subs: Bravo, Aguero, Gundogan, Danilo, Yaya Toure, Mangala, Bernardo

Napoli XI: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Zielinski, Diawara, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne.

Subs: Sepe, Allan, Jorginho, Maggio, Maksimovic, Rog, Ounas

MARIBOR V LIVERPOOL

18:30: I’ve already stuck my neck on the line and said that Liverpool will walk this tonight.

I might live to regret that considering Liverpool’s last away win in the Champions League came against Debrecen in November 2009…

Maribor, who are second in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, are in decent form having gone 14 games unbeaten – but they have not won any of their seven home matches in the Champions League group stage.

18:28: We should be getting those starting XI’s any second now folks. I’ll bring it your way as fast as my sausage fingers can type.

18:26: Video of Tottenham arriving at the Bernabeu below.  Harry Kane gone without the jacket on this chilly evening. Power move?

REAL MADRID vs TOTTENHAM

18:25: So the good news is that Gareth Bale has been ruled out through injury, the bad news is Luka Modric will want to prove a point.

Modric has blossomed into perhaps the finest midfield playmaker in the world since then and he will be keen to remind Tottenham of his talents.

Spurs will hope their own new possession king Mousa Dembele is passed fit to start. It would make a fascinating battle in the centre of the park.

SHAKEY GONE

18:20: I’m sure you’ve heard the news that Craig Shakespeare has been sacked by Leicester having won only one of their eight Premier League games this season.

Monday: Ophelia, Tuesday: Shakespeare. The week is going from bard to verse…

Rumbled! Obviously that jokes far too advanced for my brain. I pinched it from Francis Keogh, who clearly didn’t waste his time at University sipping VK’s in Oceana until 4am…

ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE

18:15: We’ll also be bringing you all the latest from the matches involving Liverpool and Manchester City.

Jurgen Klopp’s visit to Maribor should be pretty straightforward, he says fully knowing the vast quantity of egg that could be on his face later.

But Napoli’s trip to the Etihad is a totally different kettle of fish.

Napoli have been as dominant in Italy. Maurizio Sarri’s side have a 100 per cent record after eight games in Serie A, scoring 26 goals along the way and conceding just five. Their only blemish this season came in their Champions League opener against Shakhtar Donetsk, which they surprisingly lost 2-1.

EVENING…

18:10: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the mouth-watering clash between Real Madrid and Tottenham at the Bernabeu.

I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that tons of matches have been overhyped recently, and they’ve failed to deliver.

*Thinks about Liverpool vs Manchester United on Saturday*

But something tells me tonight will be different as Spurs travel to Madrid to battle with Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest of the Galacticos.

Two insanely talented sides, two fantastic managers and, of course, Harry Kane taking on professional wind-up merchant Sergio Ramos on his own patch.

Should be a cracking night!