He famously said on TV, “I’m staying”.
He did refuse to sign. He certainly put up barriers to being sold.
Judas.
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He did refuse to sign. He certainly put up barriers to being sold.
Judas.
Oliver Holt can Fuck off.
OLIVER HOLT: Tottenham's days among English football elite are OVER
OLIVER HOLT: Last week, Spurs let it be known that they had 'ended their interest' in appointing former Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann as their new manager.www.dailymail.co.uk
OLIVER HOLT: Spurs' days among the elite of English football are OVER. They are also-rans now. Levy's history of bad decisions has caught up with him and his shadow lingers over the club
By OLIVER HOLT FOR MAILONLINE
- Tottenham have established themselves in the 'Big Six' over the past 15 years
- But this season has been dismal, with the team having three different managers
- Levy's bad decisions as chairman have led to Spurs no longer being an elite club
PUBLISHED: 18:00 BST, 15 May 2023 | UPDATED: 15:57 BST, 16 May 2023
Last week, Spurs let it be known that they had ‘ended their interest’ in appointing Julian Nagelsmann as their new manager.
On the very same day, by pure co-incidence, I ended my interest in opening the batting for England in the First Test against Australia at Edgbaston next month.
I also ended my interest in replacing Erling Haaland in the Manchester City starting eleven against Real Madrid on Wednesday. And even though I knew he would take it badly, I told Gareth Southgate I had ended my interest in playing for England at Euro 2024.
There is not much that is funny about Tottenham’s current parlous plight but the mix of face-saving fantasy and haughtiness contained in their dismissal of Nagelsmann’s job prospects at a club lying seventh in the Premier League and heading south fast was bitterly amusing.
The truth is that Spurs should be begging Nagelsmann to be their next manager, not using his name as a public relations device. They should be moving heaven and earth to get the former Bayern Munich boss to north London and drag them from the stinking mire in which they are steeped.
The mess is piling up so high at Tottenham, you need wings to stay above it. An inventory of their woes is not a short list but somewhere high on it is the fact that their best manager of recent years, Mauricio Pochettino, is on the verge of joining their hated rivals, Chelsea.
Pochettino’s talent, combined with the brilliance of players like Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son, took Spurs close to the title in 2016 and the Champions League final in 2019 but his legacy has been squandered by chairman Daniel Levy. Kane remains but he may leave this summer. If he remains, he will be a shipwreck on a deserted beach.
Levy’s managerial choices post-Pochettino have been a mixture of vanity appointments and staggering misjudgments. Player recruitment has been abysmal. Spurs are sinking. They will not be involved in the Champions League next season. They are one of the big six in name only now.
Levy’s legacy is that the club plays in the best stadium in the Premier League and has one of the best training grounds. That should not be dismissed. But it ends there. He has failed repeatedly and conspicuously to build a team worthy of playing in that stadium. He is further away from that goal now than he has ever been.
His failure to formulate anything resembling a cogent succession plan in the wake of the predictable departure of Antonio Conte earlier this season has cost Spurs a place in the top four. For a man who prides himself on his fiscal husbandry, that lack of foresight and planning will cost the club tens of millions of pounds in lost revenue.
So why would a manager like Nagelsmann, one of the most highly-rated coaches in European football, want to join Spurs? Why would any of the best talents in the game want to go to a club that is a black hole for leading managers?
Yes, Spurs should be trying everything they can to get Nagelsmann. They should be trying everything they can to get Roberto de Zerbi from Brighton. They should be doing everything they can to get Vincent Kompany out of Burnley.
But why would any of those managers go to Spurs? Why would Nagelsmann, De Zerbi or Kompany risk their careers to go to a club that has become notorious for stymying the progress of managers? Each of them would surely have a raft of better options.
Spurs is a manager’s graveyard. It is a club where the shadow of Levy lingers over all and inhibits all. It is a club that relies on an excuse culture. It is a club that refuses to commit. It is a club that backs away from any vision that does not pay due reverence to the god of the deal. There is always a caveat. There is always a catch. It is a place where managers go to be unhappy.
Spurs have a team now that is barely the right side of ordinary. They are not in the same class as Manchester City or Woolwich. They have been overtaken by Newcastle United. They have fallen behind Manchester United, as they continue their recovery under Erik ten Hag.
Spurs are not as well run as Liverpool, who have stuck by their manager, Jurgen Klopp, during a difficult season and who have returned to an upward trajectory. They have been overtaken by Brighton, too, whose planning puts them to shame. They are level on points with Aston Villa but Villa are a club moving forwards. Spurs are not.
Most people – many Spurs fans included – would also wager that a Chelsea team managed by Pochettino will start to see some return on its lavish player investment next season and climb up the table beyond Tottenham.
That is a long way of saying that, until something radical changes, Spurs’ days among the elite of English football are over. They are also-rans now. Levy’s history of bad decisions has caught up with him.
Spurs have a wonderful stadium that stages significant sporting events. Fewer and fewer of them involve football. Until that changes, Tottenham may discover that, before they can say they have ended their interest in a leading manager, leading managers are lining up to say they have ended their interest in them
I doubt this is true but I’m curious as to what people think of this. Would you rather continue with ENIC or welcome the Qataris?
Massive OOOOOPPPSS , he is from Qatar
Yes I would happily have them take over Spurs, maybe not happily , but I would prefer it to ENIC
Yes i'd accept it. Its not ideal but nothing about top level football is anymore. I think the only way the league becomes fairer is either most or none of the prem have these types of owners. I just want rid of Levy and ENIC at this point and i want to see us signing great players again.
There will be a massive void in your life if they ever do fuck offI'd rather continue with ENIC
My life will be complete
I don’t buy it, they’ve leaked that to push the Glazers to sell to them
Ogden is a big United fan. He’s definitely putting that out there to push the Glazer’s to sell to Qatar.
Genuine question.
Not one I have a solid answer for at this stage of their clusterfuck ownership atm but
Would you take woolwich winning the league if it mean ENIC also sold up?
Kills me to say so but I've gotta say yes.
100 fucking per cent
Emotional response, get out your feelings.
We are a part of the top 6 therefore we are a top 6 club no matter how much you want to protest just because we are having a bad season, that doesn't alter the fact.
And yes believe it or not a Premier League job is a huge step up in career, that's why the PL can attract the best coaches from around the world let alone a club like ours, none of these guy will give a fuck that we lost 9 away games this season if a contact is put on a table to them, the fact you actually think that will come into their reckoning is quite frankly laughable.
You should look at things objectively and outside your Spurs fan crystal ball for once, honestly, stop - you think so short term, have some pride ffs.
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I'd rather continue with ENIC
I get that you hate Enic but you can’t be serious?
Each day goes by with this total shit show without a DOF and Manager, the closer I get to agree with you both.
Knowing our luck, ENIC will sell the club to the Quataris on the proviso that Levy stays on as chairman