This one is a real curveball. Paulo Fonseca has managed a lot of clubs, and if he signs for Tottenham we will be his 12th appointment. Recently of Roma (what are the odds), the 48-year-old had his most successful spell in Ukraine, where his side Shakhtar Donetsk swept the board under his guidance, winning the Ukrainian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19; the Ukrainian Super Cup: 2017 and the Ukrainian Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19.
Fabrizio Romano for The Guardian makes the point that that Spurs could potentially face José Mourinho’s now Roma side in the third tier of European football, the Europa Conference League, as both sides finished 7th in their respective leagues.
This appointment was it to happen is likely to go one of two ways, be a raging success or result in another phone call to Ten Hag, whose one-year extension at Ajax will then have either become shorter or rewarded with even more time added to it.
