Tottenham Hotspur opened their summer with Spurs Vs MK Dons, a closed-door preseason friendly at Hotspur Way on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. It was the club’s first warmup of the campaign, and it arrived with three senior players still missing after the World Cup break.
Pedro Porro, Djed Spence and Cuti Romero were all ruled out because they had not yet returned, leaving Spurs to start their buildup without them. For fans looking in, SpursPLAY was the only listed streaming option, which meant this one was as close to private as a match can get while still being publicly scheduled.
The kickoff listing was not entirely tidy. One version put the game at 7:00 a.m. ET, while another placed it at 12 p.m. ET, with the same fixture also described as noon in London and 5 p.m. BST. The timing mismatch did not change the larger point: this was the first chance to see Tottenham back on the grass after the break, even if the session was designed more for fitness and tactics than for a result.
That matters because Spurs are not staying still for long. The friendly was part of their build-up before a preseason tour to New Zealand and Australia, with Auckland FC next on Saturday and Chelsea in Sydney on the following Wednesday. The day was less about the scoreboard than about getting moving again, and for Porro the story was simpler still: another match he had to watch from the outside while Tottenham started the summer without him.
