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Tottenham now want former Barcelona man as never-ending managerial search continues

By Bruce Grove -

Tottenham’s never-ending search for a new manager has seen them become linked with a move for former Barcelona man, Ernesto Valverde.

Spurs fired Jose Mourinho in April and they replaced him with Ryan Mason on an interim basis.

The former midfielder is expected to be replaced by a more reputable permanent manager this summer.

The Lilywhites have targeted several options, but they haven’t landed anyone yet.

They appeared close to making former AS Roma boss, Paulo Fonseca their head coach but the club inexplicably pulled the plug.

Gennaro Gattuso was also targeted, but the former Napoli manager was quickly ruled out, mainly because of a fierce fan backlash.

Spurs have now turned their attention towards hiring Valverde as their next boss, according to Fabrizio Romano.

The reputable transfer guru tweeted about the club’s search for a new boss recently and says the Spurs board are back to talking to some of their other targets after ending their interest in Gattuso.

He says they have contacted Valverde’s representatives, but talks with the former Barcelona man haven’t advanced yet.

Valverde won two La Liga titles for Barcelona and could be the man that brings silverware to Tottenham.

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East Stand
East Stand
2 years ago
Reply to  East Stand

P = C

East Stand
East Stand
2 years ago

At least this bloke has managed a big team and has delivered the expected levels with them. I think he looks a better punt than all the other punts, they’re all punts though…

East Stand
East Stand
2 years ago
Reply to  eddie

Unless they’re backed we might as well have a chimpanzee doing the job, it’s the same outcome…

East Stand
East Stand
2 years ago

Salary, Levy pays managers well. He sees it as cheaper than backing them whilst placating them at the same time. Paid to win nothing…

Tangangry
Tangangry
2 years ago

They are looking for a “Head Coach” not a manager so that I think is Ragnarok out.

Every passing week makes it more and more likely it will be somebody currently unemployed.

I don’t know anything about Valverde, but as I think we’ve all said 100 times, at this point they could literally put coco the clown in charge and the outcome would be much the same.

Glory Costs Too Much
Glory Costs Too Much
2 years ago

I’m sure Levy is just sticking pins in a list of names. No chance, this guy is a winner – why would he want to manage enic fc?

Spanky The Wonder Giraffe
Spanky The Wonder Giraffe
2 years ago

Really don’t care anymore. Next rumour please.

Mark
Mark
2 years ago

(a customer walks in the door.)
Customer (John Cleese): Good Morning.
Owner (Michael Palin): Good morning, Sir. Welcome to the National Cheese Emporium!
Customer: Ah thank you my good man.
Owner: What can I do for you, Sir?
C: Well, I was, uh, sitting in the public library on Thurmon Street just now, skimming through ‘Rogue Herrys’ by Hugh Walpole, and I suddenly came over all peckish.
O: Peckish, sir?
C: Esuriant.
O: Eh?
C: ‘Ee I were all ‘ungry-like!
O: Ah, hungry!
C: In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, ‘a little fermented curd will do the trick’, so, I curtailed my Walpoling activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles!
O: Come again?
C: I want to buy some cheese.
O: Oh, I thought you were complaining about the bouzouki player!
C: Oh, heaven forbid: I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse!
O: Sorry?
C: ‘Ooo, Ah lahk a nice tune, ‘yer forced to!
O: So he can go on playing, can he?
C: Most certainly! Now then, some cheese please, my good man.
O: (lustily) Certainly, sir. What would you like?
C: Well, eh, how about a little Red Leicester.
O: I’m, a-fraid we’re fresh out of Red Leicester, sir.
C: Oh, never mind, how are you on Tilsit?
O: I’m afraid we never have that at the end of the week, sir, we get it fresh on Monday.
C: Tish tish. No matter. Well, stout yeoman, four ounces of Caerphilly, if you please.
O: Ah! It’s beeeen on order, sir, for two weeks. Was expecting it this morning.
C: ‘T’s Not my lucky day, is it? Aah, Bel Paese?
O: Sorry, sir.
C: Red Windsor?
O: Normally, sir, yes. Today the van broke down.
C: Ah. Stilton?
O: Sorry.
C: Gruyere? Emmental?
O: No.
C: Any Norwegian Jarlsberger, per chance?
O: No.
C: Liptauer?
O: No.
C: Lancashire?
O: No.
C: White Stilton?
O: No.
C: Danish Blue?
O: No.
C: Double Gloucester?
O: (pause) No.
C: Cheshire?
O: No.
C: Dorset Blue Vinney?
O: No.
C: Brie, Roquefort, Pont-l’Eveque, Port Salut, Savoyard, Saint-Paulin, Carre-de-L’Est, Boursin, Bresse Bleu, Perle de Champagne?
O: No.
C: Camembert, perhaps?
O: Ah! We have Camembert, yessir.
C: (suprised) You do! Excellent.
O: Yessir. It’s ah… it’s a bit runny.
C: Oh, I like it runny.
O: Well,.. It’s very runny, actually, sir.
C: No matter. Fetch hither the fromage de la Belle France! Mmmwah!
O: I…think it’s a bit runnier than you’ll like it, sir.
C: I don’t care how fucking runny it is. Hand it over with all speed.
O: Oooooooooohhh……..! (pause)
C: What now?
O: The cat’s eaten it.
C: (pause) Has he?
O: She, sir.
(pause)
C: Gouda?
O: No.
C: Edam?
O: No.
C: Caithness?
O: No.
C: Smoked Austrian?
O: No.
C: Japanese Sage Darby?
O: No sir.
C: You… do have some cheese, don’t you?
O: (brightly) Of course, sir. It’s a cheese shop, sir. We’ve got-
C: No no… don’t tell me. I’m keen to guess.
O: Fair enough.
C: Uuuuuh, Wensleydale.
O: Yes?
C: Ah, well, I’ll have some of that!
O: Oh! I thought you were talking to me, sir. Mister Wensleydale, that’s my name.
(pause)
C: Greek Feta?
O: Uh, not as such.
C: Uuh, Gorgonzola?
O: No
C: Parmesan?
O: No
C: Mozzarella?
O: No
C: Pippo Creme?
O: No
C: Danish Fimboe?
O: No
C: Czech sheep’s milk?
O: No
C: Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?
O: Not -today-, sir, no.
(pause)
C: Aah, how about Cheddar?
O: Well, we don’t get much call for it around here, sir.
C: Not much ca–It’s the single most popular cheese in the world!
O: Not ’round here, sir.
C: (slight pause) and what IS the most popular cheese ’round hyah?
O: ‘Illchester, sir.
C: IS it.
O: Oh, yes, it’s staggeringly popular in this manusquire.
C: Is it.
O: It’s our number one best seller, sir!
C: I see. Uuh… ‘Illchester, eh?
O: Right, sir.
C: All right. Okay. ‘Have you got any?’ He asked, expecting the answer ‘no’.
O: I’ll have a look, sir.. nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno.
C: It’s not much of a cheese shop, is it?
O: Finest in the district sir!
C: (annoyed) Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please.
O: Well, it’s so clean, sir!
C: It’s certainly uncontaminated by cheese.
O: (brightly) You haven’t asked me about Limburger, sir.
C: Would it be worth it?
O: Could be.
C: Have you –SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI OFF!
O: Told you sir…
C: (slowly) Have you got any Limburger?
O: No.
C: Figures. Predictable, really I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place.…… Tell me:
O: Yessir?
C: (deliberately) Have you in fact got any cheese here at all?
O: Yes,sir.
C: Really?
(pause)
O: No. Not really, sir.
C: You haven’t.
O: Nosir. Not a scrap. I was deliberately wasting your time,sir.
C: Well I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to shoot you.
O: Right-0, sir.
(The customer takes out a gun and shoots the shopkeeper)
C: What a senseless waste of human life.

eddie
eddie
2 years ago

To suggest that Valverde is the man to bring silverware back to Spurs is fanciful at best.He won two La Liga titles with a good Barca team,he would not believe what he’s walked into if he ever came to Spurs.

Levy has managed to reduce our club to a laughing stock and a period of mediocracy is the best we can hope for.As I said earlier I fully expect Mason to be in charge at the beginning of the season.

São Paulo Spurs
São Paulo Spurs
2 years ago

Pfft!

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