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£70m price tag forces Tottenham to abandon pursuit of main managerial target

By Bruce Grove -

Spurs have finally ended their pursuit of Brendan Rodgers after finding out how much it will cost them to land the Northern Irish man.

Rodgers is one of the best British managers in football at the moment and he has been on the radar of Daniel Levy for a very long time.

The Lilywhites wanted to make him their manager in 2012, but he chose to join Liverpool instead.

He almost won the Premier League for them in the 2013/2014 season and was sacked in 2015.

Rodgers won the double-treble in his next job as the manager of Celtic and has since returned to the Premier League with Leicester City.

He has led them to the FA Cup final and on the cusp of finishing this season inside the top four while Spurs labour with mediocrity.

Tottenham have fired Jose Mourinho and have been drawing up a list of managers that would replace the former Real Madrid boss.

Rodgers features highly on it and they didn’t take him out even after he ruled himself out of the running for the job.

However, Sun Sports says Spurs have now removed him from their list of targets after considering the money it would cost them to sign him.

The Londoners may have to spend as much as £70m to lure him away from the Foxes and that fee is simply too much for them.

It would cover compensation for Leicester, his wages for four years as well as wages for his backroom staff.

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Richard David Bernard Taylor
Richard David Bernard Taylor
2 years ago
Reply to  James McKevitt

Mind you, I don’t see why managers should be poached on the cheap when you have to pay much higher fees for average players!

mikeyhughes
mikeyhughes
2 years ago
Reply to  Marbella Spur

Yes even mild mannered Joe must have a limit on what he can put up with, and Levy is enough to test anybody’s patience. If he upsets the fans enough he will pay the price or Joe’s brand will be damaged. Lets hope that is what happens, I’ll gladly take a temporary step backwards to rid the club of the poison dwarf.

Marbella Spur
Marbella Spur
2 years ago

Incorrect in my opinion. Enic is the owner and Lewis controls 70% and Levy 30% of the shares. If Lewis wanted Levy gone , he could sack him as CEO. That would not necessarily mean that Levy would have to sell his shares, but he would be in the difficult position of being a minority shareholder in an unlisted company.

James McKevitt
James McKevitt
2 years ago

I think this will be something we see a lot more of. Clubs asking for a large transfer fee for in demand managers, just another money making opportunity.

Steve 'Killer Cushion' Williams
Steve 'Killer Cushion' Williams
2 years ago
Reply to  legoverlass

For sure.. When the chief executive is also the owner though they can do as they wish. We are stuck with him until he decides to sell.

legoverlass
legoverlass
2 years ago

With each rejection our brand becomes more toxic and less appealing to any sponsors, managers, or players. . Any CEO of any major corporation would have had to walk by now. That of course is if the CEO is genuinely there to deliver the core mission rather than the pretence of doing so whilst operating to another agenda.

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