A Desirable Job or Poisoned Chalice at Spurs?

There seems to be a new favourite for the permanent successor to Jose Mourinho in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium hotseat almost every day. You can’t help but wonder if this is a job anyone wants.

Of course, Daniel Levy will name someone as the next Spurs boss eventually. After all, we are a Premier League club thought to be elite enough for a spot in the ill-fated European Super League, however unwelcome that was to our supporters. By all accounts, Levy won’t be hurried into appointing the man to follow the not so “Special One” whatever pressure he’s now under. Wise men say only fools rush in.

It certainly won’t be Julian Nagelsmann stepping into the breach. His move to Bayern Munich, something which has always seemed destined for this German coaching prodigy, materialised when Hansi Flick wanted out of the Bavarian giants. While Ryan Mason, in interim charge of us, is even younger.

Erik ten Hag wouldn’t be the first Dutch boss of Tottenham – remember Martin Jol? But ten Hag probably won’t be the second either, as he signed a new deal with Ajax and Levy would have to pay the Amsterdam outfit compensation for his services.

What about Brendan Rodgers, then? Leicester City will finish above us in the Premier League, so why leave the East Midlands where he has built a smart side to start all over again at Spurs? Harsh as it sounds, at this stage it is arguably a step down.

Three other current Premier League managers also feature prominently in the next Tottenham manager betting. Scott Parker has ties to the club, but should soon have two unwanted relegations from the top flight with Fulham on his coaching CV.

Nuno Espirito Santo took Wolves back up and has kept them there with plenty to spare. What the Portuguese boss has that goes against him, however, is his status as a Mourinho disciple. There’s also the fact that Nuno’s men from Molineux couldn’t cope, and maintain their fine form, without star striker Raul Jimenez when the Mexican sustained a serious head injury.

Chances are the new manager of Spurs could inherit something similar with Harry Kane making noises about winning trophies. Gareth Bale is only on loan in his second spell too. While there is an option to buy Brazilian frontman Carlos Vinicius, our attacking options might not have the same strength-in-depth next season.

Graham Potter of Brighton & Hove Albion completes the quartet of currently employed Premier League bosses in what is admittedly a lively market. Keeping the Seagulls seems all he can hope for. This job demands an awful lot more than that.

Nagelsmann wasn’t the only German gaffer linked with the vacancy. Ralf Rangnick, who took Hoffenheim from provincial unknowns to established Bundesliga side and later did the same thing with RB Leipzig, is towards the head of the betting.

Youth and unavailability, issues with and for Nagelsmann, aren’t the problem here. It’s a matter of control. Rangnick worked for Red Bull rather than Leipzig if that makes any sense. He was Director of Football for their Salzburg franchise simultaneously, and then received the even more grandiose title of Head of Sport and Development.

Levy is not going to cede so much control of infrastructure, strategy, and transfers to Rangnick here. After overarching input into a project for much of the last decade, would he accept a reduced role of merely being the manager? Whoever takes the reins from caretaker Mason doesn’t look as though they will be in charge of a top-four Premier League club.

Besides betting on the next Tottenham boss, who finishes in the Champions League places via the EPL is a popular market all around the world. With doubts about whether Bale and Kane will be there next season, many bettors through asiabet.org may look at South Korea forward Son Heung-Min for goalscorer wagers in future instead. The fact that the Premier League features on sportsbooks around the world from Asia to the Americas and everywhere in between really highlights its global popularity and the fact that all eyes could be on Son.

In fact, he could well become the main man for Spurs under new management. This has been his best scoring season in the Premier League and, aged 28, he is very much in his prime. Whoever Levy gives the job to should be building their team around the 20-goal-plus attacker.

There are others at bigger odds who wouldn’t exactly be a shock appointment. Rafa Benitez, Eddie Howe, and Italian duo Maurizio Sarri and Max Allegri all bring something to the table for Tottenham. It’s not just that they’re free agents either. It will be fascinating to see who takes Spurs forward.