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Management Next Manager Poll (poll reset 11/04/23)

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Next Manager

  • Rodgers

    Votes: 15 3.6%

  • Potter

    Votes: 25 5.9%

  • Nagelsmann

    Votes: 177 41.9%

  • Kompany

    Votes: 43 10.2%

  • Slot

    Votes: 91 21.6%

  • Postecoglou

    Votes: 74 17.5%

  • De Zerbi

    Votes: 31 7.3%

  • Xabi Alonso

    Votes: 11 2.6%

  • Stellini

    Votes: 4 0.9%

  • Frank

    Votes: 10 2.4%

  • Luis Enrique

    Votes: 21 5.0%

  • Zidane

    Votes: 5 1.2%

  • Glasner

    Votes: 3 0.7%

  • Amorim

    Votes: 10 2.4%

  • Carrick

    Votes: 9 2.1%

  • Gallardo

    Votes: 23 5.5%

  • Schmidt

    Votes: 2 0.5%
  • Total voters
    422
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Brian Fantana said:
Here's the article. Sounds like the Paratici uncertainty is the main stumbling block.

Daniel Levy has difficult questions to answer over the running and direction of Tottenham Hotspur as he attempts to identify a long-term successor to Antonio Conte.

Tottenham are expected to agree to Conte's departure this week as Levy weighs up his short-term and long-term options, following the Italian’s criticism of the club’s squad.

Conte flew to Italy on Monday and was not expected to be at Tottenham’s training ground on Tuesday with just a handful of players who are not on international duty scheduled to report for rehabilitation and recovery sessions.

Ryan Mason could be put in charge until the end of the season if Conte departs during the international break, while more long-term options include Luis Enrique, Thomas Tuchel and Mauricio Pochettino, who are all out of work, together with Celtic’s Ange Postecoglou and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Oliver Glasner, Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi and Brentford’s Thomas Frank.

But Levy is understood to be aware he does not face a straightforward task in replacing Conte with a top manager, with the 53-year-old laying bare the problems that he believes exist within the club and the squad.

It is understood that a number of Tottenham’s potential candidates to replace Conte share similar concerns to those he raised so publicly after the 3-3 draw with Southampton in which Spurs squandered a 3-1 lead.

There is a feeling from outside the club that Conte over-achieved in his first season at Spurs by clinching Champions League qualification and that this campaign is more reflective of the level of the squad and the ambition of the club.

Managers are also said to have reservations over the running of the football operations at Tottenham, particularly given the doubts over the future of managing director of football Fabio Paratici.

Paratici has been far less visible since being hit with a ban in Italy as part of an investigation into alleged malpractice at Juventus and has mainly watched matches from the directors’ box, rather than from behind the dug-out.

The uncertainty surrounding Paratici could be further complicated by an Italian court case that is scheduled for next Monday, March 27.

Paratici was handed a 30-month ban from Italian football as part of the sanctions imposed on his ex-club Juventus by the Italian Football Federation, which could still be applied across the globe.

On March 27, a preliminary hearing of a criminal investigation into the capital gains and salary manoeuvres of Juventus and individuals who worked at the club, in which Paratici has been named among the defendants, will take place to decide whether or not a trial should go ahead.

Questions have already been asked over whether or not Paratici himself will still be at Tottenham next season.
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The Fab thing is my deeper concern too.... It can hamper the process ahead of us in a number of ways.

Given the long and painful wait to finally get a decent DOF in place and begin a LONG needed recruitment revamp; it's a serious fucking kick in the guts......

Hiring a new manager and THEN getting a new DOF is completely arse-about-tit, but thanks to Conte's tantrum this could very well be our reality.
 
What is the draw in Luis Enrique? He hasn’t coached club since 2017. His only success was at Barcelona where he had freaking Messi Suarez and Neymar as a front 3.

Surely we should look for a manager that has shown skills that can translate to our club.
 
Macch said:
Maybe i'm in the minority, but I want Paratici to stay if he can focus on finding more players like Sarr and Undogie.

He would make a good combo with a project manager.
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Given the cluster-fuck that could otherwise ensue; I hope he wins his appeal and we can at least kick on and get past this summer window.
 
Macch said:
Maybe i'm in the minority, but I want Paratici to stay if he can focus on finding more players like Sarr and Undogie.

He would make a good combo with a project manager.
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My hope is that Gabanini (our head of player scouting under Paratici) will turn out to be the real talent spotter and Fabio leaving won't impact that part too much.

The backroom staff aren't going to leave with Fab like Conte's coaching staff will with him.
 
Airfixx said:
Cos sacking him before his appeal could be very hazardous for us from a legal point of view.... Thought everyone understood that by now....
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Fair enough but I’d rather then they just sideline him a bit. If he runs the manager search and it all goes tits up while then getting kicked out it will be another error.

Maybe best giving it to Mason for a few games till the appeal is done and he is gone.
 
bonaspur23 said:
What is the draw in Luis Enrique? He hasn’t coached club since 2017. His only success was at Barcelona where he had freaking Messi Suarez and Neymar as a front 3.

Surely we should look for a manager that has skills that can translate to our club.
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Firstly he wants his teams to have possession of the football, which I haven’t seen us have in about 4 years. Is high profile enough to demand respect from his players and attract players to want to play under him. Did incredible work at barca who haven’t reached near such heights since he left, did very well at Vigo which is what got him the barca job in the first place, taking them from 17th to 9th.

I just want a dramatic shift in the way we play football and Luis Enrique will bring that, it’s a massive risk but so is pretty much anyone else
 
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