Hmmm not sure about that. Too many have picked up on it now. At this stage who else do we have left to speak too? I reckon they'll announce it Monday or Tuesday when the press is full of England. A good day to bury 'meh' news. Hope you're right though.
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Duncan Castles claims that a very good source has told him that Spurs were very close to hiring the 54-year-old before Brexit rules scuppered the deal.
"They also, I have from a very good source, went a long way down the line with Julen Lopetegui, the Sevilla coach. They had agreed terms to release him from his contract, so he has a €5m release clause with the Spanish club and they had agreed terms on a contract, but for personal reasons related to family matters and because of changes brought about on movement of individuals due to Brexit, Lopetegui pulled out of the deal,” Castles said.
"They also, I have from a very good source, went a long way down the line with Julen Lopetegui, the Sevilla coach. They had agreed terms to release him from his contract, so he has a €5m release clause with the Spanish club and they had agreed terms on a contract, but for personal reasons related to family matters and because of changes brought about on movement of individuals due to Brexit, Lopetegui pulled out of the deal,” Castles said.
That sounds kind of nice.... too hopeful?
Unless you're Daniel Levy this is utterly unfounded nonsense you've picked up from social media.
OK, believe whatever you want. There are actually credible journalists reporting these things but if you don't believe in journalism then you'll just have to wait until the official unveiling.
I suppose you don't believe that Paratici is going to be our general manager either? Or that Aurier is about to join PSG?
Yeah, I mean all Levy had to do is walk into a sporting goods store and pick one up. Lazy cunt.
He could have come on here and found at least 2 dozen people,more than qualified to do the job...
At Tottenham? Surely not...
not looking forward to it
Levy really not being subtle with this one. The poor sap is just keeping the seat warm until we start making money on the stadium again and can afford someone better. He‘ll be cheap to sack and his assistants will be ready to swoop in if need be.
Fonseca will have little autonomy it seems. This is already starting in a bad way. So he will have to deal with levy and Paraciti. Work with the staff team that levy wants. Will have zero say in the transfers. Oh boy
We’ve not even started the buying/selling of players yet. Fasten your seatbelt
Obviously if Fonseca is announced we should support him and wait to see how he performs. But why would you appoint a seemly mediocre manager with no PL experience presumably at some cost instead of falling back on Mason? If you can't get who you want (let's say Conte or Poch), surely give Mason a season instead of spending money of some guy who represents an even greater risk than Mason?
Wouldn't Mason need all his badges etc to be able to be an official Manager?
Fuck knows. Bureaucracy.
Isn't this what fans wanted though? A manager who just focused on the on the pitch action? We wanted a DoF and now we have one.
I wanted a manager with his own staff. That’s my main grip.
True. But from what I have read, Fonseca wanted to get away from the Roma staff he had anyway. New start, fresh ideas and opinions are him.