Tottenham Hotspur 4 Sheffield United 0 LIVE: Son gets a fourth after Bale's hat-trick

Sheffield United are believed to have made a contract offer to Iliman Ndiaye as they look to secure the midfielder’s long-term future at the club.

Welcome to our live blog ahead of tonight’s clash at Spurs - we’ll bring you all the team news, build-up and live match updates right here, as well as post-match reaction from both camps. Team news coming up in an hour or so - in the meantime, here’s some pre-match reading to get you in the mood...

Up to 500 Sheffield United fans may yet be allowed into St. James’ Park to see their side face Newcastle next month after Richard Masters, the Premier League’s chief executive, wrote to all 20 clubs asking for their views on the idea.

Lys Mousset has been told he is responsible for deciding how the rest of his Sheffield United career unfolds, after failing to build on the explosive start he made to life at Bramall Lane.

Paul Heckingbottom insists it will be “business as usual” for him at Sheffield United after it was announced that his name features on a five-man shortlist to succeed Chris Wilder at Bramall Lane.

From 3pm on Friday until 11.59pm on Monday, football and indeed many sporting organisations in the UK and beyond will shut down their social media activity in protest against online hate – The Star’s sports writers will be joining them. Here’s why

Sheffield United could be handed a double boost ahead of Sunday’s trip to Tottenham Hotspur with the return of two key men who have been out injured recently.

We were already having conversations about the current squad and players’ situations, and that will only change when the new man comes in. Whether it’s identifying targets or telling people they aren’t needed. Once you are the man, when the man comes through the door and is tasked with driving it forward, he’ll have as much help as he needs.

Ryan will be working on different things, I couldn’t tell you the feel of the place or how the players are feeling and as always happens, some will be more disappointed than others. It’s a horrible part of the job and we won’t know how it affects them. All we can do is prepare ourselves. They have a real good group of players who can take the game away from you, and the game at Bramall Lane was similar to that. We were decent but some key moments saw them go away with the points.

I’m delighted that football has led the way again, which I think we can be proud of. A lot of people experience it and I’m delighted football has led the way and that a lot of other organisations have joined the cause as well, because that’s the only way we can make a difference. It cannot be right that people in normal walks of life would be prosecuted, yet we provide a platform for them to do it without repercussions. I can’t understand it. Hopefully it’s the start of a change.