As nice a guy as Ryan Mason evidently is, the odds of him being appointed the head coach of Tottenham. Winning the Carabao Cup wouldn’t harm his chances, but it is unlikely that Daniel Levy would want a decision that had to be made in haste to become a permanent deal.
Corriere di Torino believes that shortlisted Sarri could be an appointment that that might prove influential in helping none other than Paulo Dybala make his mind up on his next club.
Who knows that the turning point may not coincide with the future of Maurizio Sarri who, after his contacts with Roma, also opened at Tottenham.
Sarri is thought to be linked with both Spurs and Roma, and that as a result that either side might benefit from his relationship with Paulo.
My issue with all this business is not just suffering from a heavy dose of ‘Dybala fatigue’, but trying to envisage Maurizio Sarri’s impact at Hotspur Way. If it is true that many of the current squad didn’t care for José Mourinho, it is difficult to believe that Sarri would be seen as the most easy-going, diplomatic character.
If I were running Tottenham right now, I’d swerve any opportunities of a lifetime for expensive stars and hard-faced coaches, and instead concentrate upon finding a unifying solution.
One of the fastest ways to diffuse the stone throwers outside the club is to ensure that internally, things are on an even keel.
“Two billion pound toy? What’s that then?
Nice cuts. Saville row?
OK then! You keep nightmaring
Keep dreaming. You sound in denial. New Spurs, new money nonsense. Come on.
Vinis- spellcheck
We will get the Vinci’s and they get the Bruno’s. Levynomics
Emperors new clothes?
Facts to back it up? How can there be we’ve only been in the new place a sh!t n a shave
Don’t know about that. Never even been curious enough to visit. But their money spends the same. And is quicker to come out of their pockets 🙂
Levy will spend Tottenham new money to compete.
Tell’m Manchester is a sh!t hole
The best thing to come out of Manchester is the m6 motorway
Oh and RIP tony wilson
Sure, but I suspect they’ll eventually land at Man. Utd. while Levy is busy counting pennies. He’ll get the knock-off version instead.
Train them boys up good for us🌚👍
.apologising? I don’t apologize for anybody. I get my nut round things as in “it is what is is. My throwing stones at tanks are over. NFL will take priority over tottenham football? Stop talking rubbish
ENIC want a league that’s a closed shop. Guaranteed revenue. That’s the sale.
There are no facts to back any of this up. Sorry but you have spent all your time apologizing for Levy under the dream they will invest in players. Would love that but ENIC ain’t interested in winning. Just maximizing profits. If the NFL want to pay for the stadium, they will be priority.
I just don’t get how you believe Levy will spend to compete. He never has and any ambitious managers will not look at us versus the clubs that want to really win something. ENIC are a cancer.
eh eh eh Sure, I personally would love to see a Sporting-grown player becoming a Tottenham star. The best of this batch is, by far, Nuno Mendes. I truly believe he is destined for greatness, but he’s a LB and at Tottenham we have Reguillón, so…
Having Tottenham’s needs in mind, I would recommend keeping an eye on Gonçalo Inácio, a 19-yo left-footed CB with well-above average technical and passing skills.
Regarding Marcus, it’s hard to tell, as Sporting plays in a weird 3-4-3 formation (3-4-2-1 would probably be more accurate), with two WB covering the wings and everyone else funnelled through the centre. I mean, I would love having him in Sporting’s squad, but whether he could break into the first 11 would depend on his capacity to adapt to a more central role (or WB, for that matter). By the way, he had a really horrible match versus Porto last weekend. It was really disappointing, as he was coming from his best run of the season. But he was visibly nervous, probably due to the fact that he was playing a bigger club that has him short-listed, and things never got going for him. He was always easily dispossessed by Porto’s defence and fumbled the only chance at a shot he had all game. It’s a pity. I’m really rooting for him to succeed, but the boy might really have an issue handling pressure.
eh eh eh Sure, I personally would love to see a Sporting-grown player becoming a Tottenham star. The best of this batch is, by far, Nuno Mendes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uie0AdNcS-E
I truly believe he is destined for greatness, but he’s a LB and at Tottenham we have Reguillón, so…
Having Tottenham’s needs in mind, I would recommend keeping an eye on Gonçalo Inácio, a 19-yo left-footed CB with well-above average technical and passing skills:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn10sPYzUzU
Regarding Marcus, it’s hard to tell, as Sporting plays in a weird 3-4-3 formation (3-4-2-1 would probably be more accurate), with two WB covering the wings and everyone else funnelled through the centre. I mean, I would love having him in Sporting’s squad, but whether he could break into the first 11 would depend on his capacity to adapt to a more central role (or WB, for that matter). By the way, he had a really horrible match versus Porto last weekend. It was really disappointing, as he was coming from his best run of the season. But he was visibly nervous, probably due to the fact that he playing a bigger club that has him short-listed, and things never got going for him. He was always easily dispossessed by Porto’s defence and fumbled the only chance at a shot he had all game. It’s a pity. I’m really rooting for him to succeed, but the boy might really have an issue handling pressure.
If he does do well we’re Coming for him (and all your good youngsters🌚 train him up for us. Would Marcus Edward’s get in your team?
Sure there’s money. Banks are full of it. The idiots running the club are bankrupting it in an all-in bid for the title. We just spent a club-record EUR 18m on a striker Amorim absolutely demanded we must have, and to say he has been disappointing would be the understatement of the year. Since these bozos took over in 2018, they spent close to EUR 90m (which is obscene by PT standards) in players. Out of these, on our first 11 we have Adán (free transfer), Pedro Porro and João Mário (loanees), Feddal (EUR 3.5m) and Pedro Gonçalves (EUR 7.5m for 50%). Everything else has been money down the drain. Luckily for us there’s a very good generation of youngsters from the Academy. They’ve been carrying this team on their backs.
But no, I don’t want him gone. Even if he fails this season, he’s young. Hopefully, he can learn from what went wrong. Plus, a manager who can develop youngsters is a must for Sporting. There are some really hot prospects in our ranks. But seriously, there’s a lot he needs to change.
Want him gone? Is this his first full season? Any money to spend there? Would Marcus help?
Oh yes, 27 undefeated matches. It’s an all-time record for Sporting. Yay! Except, not losing does not necessarily mean wining. Don’t get me wrong, defensive-wise, he did an amazing job. It’s extremely difficult to score a goal vs Sporting at this point. But we’re lucky if we get 7-8 pops per match at the opposition’s goal, even versus bottom-of-the-table cannon fodder. And believe me, some of these PT teams are appallingly bad. We’ve been winning matches through sheer effectiveness. 4 shots, 1 goal, we park the bus and it’s a 1-0 victory. Whenever plan A doesn’t work, well… there’s no plan B, so we draw. And plan A has been failing quite often lately. We drew 3 of our last 5 matches. A 10-point lead turned to 4, and we have Porto at top form breathing down our necks. I honestly don’t see this ending well for Sporting.
I’ll never feel bad about getting behind my manager “wrong or not. Blind and can’t see? I can see we have only just moved into the new place and a pandemic fck’d us up for a bit yet in our first full year in we’re in a cup final. Big things gonna happen at the new lane and I won’t hear any different. I will not be judging levy by his old lane work. I’ll be judging him on his new lane work.
All the stick he’s been given to get here and you don’t think he deserves a chance to prove himself here with a few quid coming in now? To me that’s not right. Also all those who believe ENIC are nicking money from the club and are not making any real noise about it are soft. Also those who think we borrowed all that money to not own the stadium are soft too. No fkin NFL yank can tell Tottenham what to do with her stadium. TOTTENHAM tell them when they can use it (if the moneys right) and we always take the food and drink takings. Tottenham out to rinse dem.
It’s quite simple. Enic and Levy are only interested in money. They sacked Mourinho because he told Levy the truth and because it cost them less to do it as we were 7th at the time and if we win the Carabao Cup, it would have cost that worm Levy even more. So, off trotted Mourinho and his brown nose Sacramento to try to earn another payday. You bigged up Mourinho and you were wrong. You keep bigging up Levy and you remain wrong. “There is none so blind as he who will not see.”
We remain anchor tenants.
I hear/heard very good things about him and the way he likes to play. Didn’t he go about 20 games unbeaten recently? I didn’t know sporting didn’t like to be called sporting L
hmmm as a Sporting (please, don’t call us Sporting Lisbon, we’re Sporting Clube de Portugal) fan, I wouldn’t recommend him. He’s about to lose the league title to Porto, after having a 10-point lead, through his stubbornness and inability to own up to his mistakes. Also, he managed to get kicked out of the Europa League by LASK f*****g Linz! Plus, he’s every bit as defensive-minded as Mourinho. On a positive note, he’s fabulous at working with and developing young players, but still…
Do you think if poch was at the new lane with money coming in he wouldn’t be backed? Pochs timing was wrong for him but right for levy. Poch will be back at Tottenham one day and he WILL be backed I’m sure
No, they aren’t, and some of them are too ‘lightweight’ for a club like this IMHO. Ideally, we’d get rid of Hart, Davies, Dier, Sanchez, Sissoko, Winks, Aurier, Doherty, Alli, Bale and Vinicius and hit the transfer market like a bored housewife on Black Friday. Alas, with ENIC, I don’t expect we’ll replace more than 3 – 4 of those this Summer. Hence, my suggesting Sérgio. I mean, he turned Moussa Marega from the laughing-stock of the PT league into one of its top players. I’m sure he could help some of the above significantly improve their game. Not to mention our youngsters.
But, yes, his fast, pressing game requires a very high work rate, something some of the lazy sods that currently make up our squad likely would not be up to, so ultimately success could hinge on his motivational skills. In that respect, he has been praised by club chairmen and players alike throughout his career here in PT, but I concede he might be a tad too strict and disciplinarian for the likes of some of our softies. That could, indeed, prove his undoing. And, even though he is not an ar****le who throws his players under the bus in press conferences, like Mourinho, his half-time dressing-room outbursts following a s****y first-half are the stuff of legend here 🙂
Enic know the real money (when selling) is in a title/big cup winning team. That’s next. No investment from them (still) they want it done with the clubs money. Money the club makes will be invested back into the squad to reach this objective. All this crap about only wanting top four now at the new lane is nonsense. Its like people dont understand what’s going on here.
Nonsense
Shoestring? We’ll be earning again soon. (Things will get back to how they were) big money coming to Tottenham again soon. “Stepping stone manager?
Levy isn’t interested in winning anything now at the new lane? Nonsense.
Rubin amorim. (Sporting Lisbon) too young maybe. Doing good bits out there though.
Yeah, and I would even understand it if top 4 were a means to an end, i.e. getting CL money to invest in the squad and challenge for the title. Unfortunately, money seems to be the end in itself for ENIC.
Well, we must needs place a lamb on the altar. This one, at least, I believe would have a fighting chance 🙂
100% with you, Marbella Spur. Rodgers would be my pick as well, but I too am pretty sure he’d politely decline. I think Gerrard would be a good choice as well, but I suspect he might be saving himself for Liverpool. I believe Klopp stated somewhere he might want a new challenge when his current contract runs out. Moreover, it’s like you said, any successful manager with a thorough knowledge of the ins-and-outs of the Premiere League would likely want nothing to do with Levy. We could probably get Potter or Parker, and I’d be OK with either, but I’d prefer someone with a bit more experience managing a top club under their belt.
What’s more frustrating with the Poch affair is that with a couple astute signings we could have clinched the CL that season. I’ll never forgive ENIC for that, even if I live to be 100.
Completely agree. We should aim for someone keen to work on a shoestring and is looking for a stepping stone to an ambitious club. Sad but realistic under Levy
Every time I think of Sarri, that is the picture that plays over in my head. Had he chucked Kepa out of the squad to play with the youngsters it would have redeemed him in some small measure. But if I remember correctly he was back in goal in a fortnight. Avoid this man at all costs.
I know little about the Porto manager lauded in the post below, but what self respecting manager wants to work for Levy? There is zero ambition within the club to winning silverware. Levy is happy with a top four finish and that is the extent of his ambition. I think Rodgers is the best candidate but why would he leave Leicester who have owners who back the manager and have an excellent recruitment record? The best manager we had was Poch and he wasn’t backed as we all know. If I had to throw a hat into the ring, perhaps Gerrard might be the answer but he probably knows precisely what a snake Levy is. Sadly, as I have mentioned on many occasions, it doesn’t matter who the manager is at Spurs as long as Levy is in charge.
Not unless they’re Racist Billionaires.
He sounds ideal. I almost don’t want him to have to then be thrown into the Levy circus that will eventually grind him down to dust.
I think recent events had exposed Levy in a number of ways to the wider fan base outside of the more informed folks that are on here. I don’t think any big name manager on the up will work for him without major investment guarantees so cheap will be all we have on offer. The club is rotten at the top.
All sounds great ,does levy the scout know about him,,he might do if he is cheap.
I though about that and I’m not so sure, talent is talent and aren’t we looking at putting a 33 year old incharge anyway.
It’s all very impressive but some of the present playing staff are not pulling their weight.
I think that’s the only type that will ‘succeed’ at Spurs. Levy clearly only wants top 4 and won’t invest in a squad to challenge on multiple fronts.
Sounds interesting.
Though Sarri is a manager I appreciate, assuming Nagelsmann and Rodgers are out of reach and that Levy is still unwilling to carry out that much-needed squad overhaul, my pick would be Sérgio Conceição, from Porto. He has a proven track-record of doing more with less. 4 years ago, when Porto signed him, they were experiencing serious financial difficulties. So, basically, besides a couple of bargain signings from minor Portuguese sides, he had to work with what he had. That year, they won the PT League, despite heavy spending from Benfica. During his tenure at Porto, they won the league title twice (were I not a Sporting fan, my money would be on them to win it again this season), 1 PT cup, 1 super-cup and reached the quarter-finals of the CL twice (deservedly hammered by Liverpool in 18-19, unluckily defeated by Chelsea this season). All that with a squad of bang-average players, whose only stand-outs are Pepe (now 37) and Sérgio Oliveira (whom Conceição transfigured from an average 10 into the best PT box-to-box I have ever seen). His Porto is an extremely aggressive, fast-paced, whole-pitch pressing, attacking-minded team and he has been delaying a renewal of his contract, which runs out in June. I’d definitely have him short-listed.
Enic League cup, Leicester fa cup, Liverpool top 4 finish and PSG Champs Lge….64/1.
🤑
Sarri showed weak leadership when he allowed Kepa to decide if he was being substituted in the Cup Final vs City. I therefore think he will fit in perfectly at Tottenham!
I don’t think Ryan either wants the job or would take it if offered, which it won’t be.
He is clever enough to know that he needs much more experience at another club probably a lot lower down the League.
What’s the point of of a two billion quid toy if you can’t play with it.
It’s cheaper than actually buying quality players.
He demanded total control of football matters and transfers at Celtic and got it and left when the CEO started interfering in player recruitment. He is also said to be in total control at Leicester, so Spurs won’t suit him.
As great as that would be, if I were Rodgers I’d avoid us like the proverbial barge pole. Until ENIC goes (which won’t be for a long time) it’ll be Groundhog Day for any manager coming in here.
Oh no not the Dybala to Spurs rumour again. Who was that Brazilian striker we were buying every transfer window that opened a few years back – Damaio or something like that? This is turning into that.
Not backing a manager with the right players, hanging on to players eg Eriksen Rose Deli all added to an impossible situation for most of our managers.
I’m not sure that there an endemic attitude issue in our squad that is any worse in terms of personnel than most other clubs.
Circumstance has led to the dysfunction, beginning with the double effect that a lack of backing brings.
The manager looks like he’s being undermined at board level and that feeds into the player’s opinion of him. Secondly not having new faces and ones that really push the quality needed to compete for a place is another effect.
If you lose forward momentum because of board level stuff then it will eventually end badly. There’s nobody else to blame but ENIC.
I cannot believe Sarri is in the running
To me it sounds like we take the one that Bayern dont take.
There still a way of bringing out discipline and hard work, Nagelsmann and Poch make you earn it on the training pitch, which is why certain players run out of steam so transfer churn and freshness is essential.
Players need to know that getting more money is not affecting “greedy” owners because all they do is pass it on…get the protesting supporters to start a players wage protest as they have more chance of that than kicking out owners…if you can’t kick out racism what chance have you got for kicking out billionaires!!
Moving fast this morning HH:
I say well done Jose (for his outburst)…I don’t think for a minute he didn’t want this to work, however he clearly misread the board and what ENIC are really about…so what if he had a go at the players…f#kc them…over paid tossers need putting in their place…cap wages and make players pay for agent fee’s..cap wages and add incentive packages for bonuses..
I think you’ve nailed it perfectly.
It’s a vicious circle. The pandering modern approach to players perpetuates the modern player attitude. Bring back the birch. Haha
I think Dybala was up for coming anyway, but the dreaded Levy missing checkbook prevailed. This is Santini mark 2 in the making. Buckle up.
On the basis of unifying a squad in disarray I think Rodgers is that man to reinvigorate and refocus to get them all on his side, I think he fits perfectly into the job in hand, but it is doubtful he would jump onto a sinking ship at this stage.
That said, if we offload at least four or five of the current squad it would help the situation drastically.
Some of the players need to leave before any harmonic vibes radiate around Hotspur way.
Footballers are a different animal from what they were 20 years ago, the reasons for which are for another debate.
My kids come home from school of an afternoon despondent and aggrieved because such-and-such a teacher shouted at them today. I explain that when I went to school, we were physically assaulted by our teachers on a daily basis. With weapons, weapons specifically manufactured to hit children with. They don’t believe me.
Point being, just as modern children perform and respond better to the modern friendly approachable teaching methods of new, so the modern footballer is more willing to try hard for a manager who praises and encourages, opposed to one who gives orders and criticizes.
My teachers were the Sarri’s and Mourinho’s of this world, theirs are the Pochettino’s and Naglesman’s.
No but it’s better than appointing a narcissist who deflects any criticism of his coaching onto the team. I think if the chief executive of Tesco stood up at a shareholders meeting and blamed his staff for the poor results he wouldn’t last long.
So are we pandering to a dysfunctional squad by appointing a manager who is not going to ruffle feathers?
Who would be a great unifying influence is anyone’s guess. I don’t fancy Sarri either, I don’t see a host of suitable candidates.
The most suitable one was already at the club but Levy failed to grasp quite how suitable he actually was and let Amazon and his belief that fully backing managers is a bad idea, cloud his judgement.
The last 2 years and particularly the last week or so have demonstrated quite how clueless Levy is when it comes to football. To quite a worrying extent!