England coach Gareth Southgate says the post-season friendly between Tottenham and Newcastle isn't welcome.

The pair will meet in Australia in May, just days before Southgate names his Euros squad.

"I think it's often happened in the past," the England manager said. "It's going to happen more and more.

"Why? Financial Fair Play means clubs need to generate their own money, so we're in a bizarre world where there's more money in the game than ever before, and yet everyone is scrambling across federations and clubs to generate more money.

"The normal way of doing that is to play more games. So is that great news for us, in terms of preparation? No.

"But we're going to have players in the FA Cup [final, on May 25) probably, the Champions League final [June 1] hopefully and a chance of a few other European finals, so we are used to preparing this way in the end.

"We had to go to Qatar [for the winter World Cup] with five days prep, so we adjust to whatever it is and hope there are no injuries from that game."