Vot iz der "reader view?"It’s a good read with some insight behind the scenes - hopefully our recruitment really picks up (and academy too)
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Deal with an agent - someone made a fucking lot of money paying that mute £16M. Our worst ever manager which is quite the achievement when the circle of dreggs includes Shitwood, Boreinhio, and Santini
Nuno worse than those twoChristian Gross
Juande Ramos
Which is quite a fucking achievement!
I am more or less on board with the "Nuno knew that he was a short term hire with a cushy buy out for whenever a better name was available" theory at this point.
Manager fiasco aside he's done a good job getting players in to reshape this side. All the underperformers and deadwood has been moved on and we've made some quality signings both with longevity and what the manager needs now in mind. We was in terrible shape when he first came in and we looked like we was going to slip away from that top 6/7 of the table.
conte said no, fonseca and gattuso were the second-third choices.
nuno was a panic signing, maybe chosen for his experience in EPL
Looks like he has a wad of cash in his jacket
Paratici appoints ex-Real Madrid scout as Spurs' backroom structure takes shape
Tottenham have brought in an experienced scout who knows the Premier League and European market well as the scouting team continues to be reshaped
www.football.london
Tottenham Hotspur's managing director of football Fabio Paratici has continued to shape his backroom staff with the appointment of Jeff Vetere earlier this month, football.london understands.
Paratici conducted a thorough review of Spurs' scouting department, as well as other areas of the club, with then technical performance director Steve Hitchen after arriving from Juventus in north London in the summer of 2021. Following Hitchen's resignation in February this year, the 50-year-old Italian pushed forward with the plans to restructure the scouting department with an increased budget.
Those who know Paratici say his skills lie in his working of the transfer market - seen as one of the best in the world when it comes to the trading of players - as well as in his strength in dealing with boardroom figures and communicating with the hierarchy of clubs, including his own, and pushing through what he wants to happen to improve the team.
Those who know Paratici say his skills lie in his working of the transfer market - seen as one of the best in the world when it comes to the trading of players - as well as in his strength in dealing with boardroom figures and communicating with the hierarchy of clubs, including his own, and pushing through what he wants to happen to improve the team.
The Italian's method of dealing with the remainder of the football side of the club is to surround himself with talented individuals, who are all experts in dealing with different facets and then report into him, creating a successful working management structure beneath him and that progress is now well under way at Spurs with a string of newly-created roles.
In July Paratici appointed a new performance director in Gretar Steinsson, Everton's former head of recruitment and development and the former Bolton defender has already been a constant presence at first team matches, on the pre-season tours and watching academy matches.
He was joined on August 1 by a head of football strategy in Andy Scoulding, who was taken from Rangers, where he was head of scouting for four years, following previous positions the London-born specialist had with the FA, Salford City, Olympiacos and Valencia. The highly-rated 40-year-old is already understood to have made a good impression on staff at the north London club.
The duo will be covering the wide remit of Hitchen's role and then there was also a new chief scout brought in by Paratici in the shape of compatriot Leonardo Gabbanini, formerly of Watford and Udinese, who began work at the club this summer.
The new structure did not end there as changes were made at an academy level. Former Manchester City head of academy coaching Simon Davies was appointed in mid-August as head of coaching methodology to ensure a close link between the first team and the youth levels with academy manager Dean Rastrick.
There were also new emerging talent scout appointments in the summer, including Chris Scudder, who worked at West Ham, Derby, Brentford and Leeds previously. Those new scouts were heavily involved in Spurs' signing of highly-rated 17-year-old Sheffield United striker Will Lankshear towards the end of the transfer window for a reported £2m fee.
There were also academy coaching additions with three-time Premier League winner Yaya Toure taking up the role of U16s coach while former Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe began working across as a coach across the U17 to U21 age categories.
Paratici conducted a thorough review of Spurs' scouting department, as well as other areas of the club, with then technical performance director Steve Hitchen after arriving from Juventus in north London in the summer of 2021. Following Hitchen's resignation in February this year, the 50-year-old Italian pushed forward with the plans to restructure the scouting department with an increased budget.
Those who know Paratici say his skills lie in his working of the transfer market - seen as one of the best in the world when it comes to the trading of players - as well as in his strength in dealing with boardroom figures and communicating with the hierarchy of clubs, including his own, and pushing through what he wants to happen to improve the team.
Those who know Paratici say his skills lie in his working of the transfer market - seen as one of the best in the world when it comes to the trading of players - as well as in his strength in dealing with boardroom figures and communicating with the hierarchy of clubs, including his own, and pushing through what he wants to happen to improve the team.
The Italian's method of dealing with the remainder of the football side of the club is to surround himself with talented individuals, who are all experts in dealing with different facets and then report into him, creating a successful working management structure beneath him and that progress is now well under way at Spurs with a string of newly-created roles.
In July Paratici appointed a new performance director in Gretar Steinsson, Everton's former head of recruitment and development and the former Bolton defender has already been a constant presence at first team matches, on the pre-season tours and watching academy matches.
He was joined on August 1 by a head of football strategy in Andy Scoulding, who was taken from Rangers, where he was head of scouting for four years, following previous positions the London-born specialist had with the FA, Salford City, Olympiacos and Valencia. The highly-rated 40-year-old is already understood to have made a good impression on staff at the north London club.
The duo will be covering the wide remit of Hitchen's role and then there was also a new chief scout brought in by Paratici in the shape of compatriot Leonardo Gabbanini, formerly of Watford and Udinese, who began work at the club this summer.
The new structure did not end there as changes were made at an academy level. Former Manchester City head of academy coaching Simon Davies was appointed in mid-August as head of coaching methodology to ensure a close link between the first team and the youth levels with academy manager Dean Rastrick.
There were also new emerging talent scout appointments in the summer, including Chris Scudder, who worked at West Ham, Derby, Brentford and Leeds previously. Those new scouts were heavily involved in Spurs' signing of highly-rated 17-year-old Sheffield United striker Will Lankshear towards the end of the transfer window for a reported £2m fee.
There were also academy coaching additions with three-time Premier League winner Yaya Toure taking up the role of U16s coach while former Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe began working across as a coach across the U17 to U21 age categories.
Simple, in my mind. Conte wanted a break. Paratici and Levy wanted someone whose sacking wouldn't be too difficult to justify. Nuno was already set up to be a 1 year gig from the contract structure and when it went south so quickly Paratici called Conte and talked him into jumping in early.
