Nuno Santo Sacked By Spurs; Antonio Conte Hired

[CaaC (John)+]

Well, thats Nuno bit the dust...

Nuno Espirito Santo: Tottenham sack head coach after four months

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59110614

[Waylander]

They struggled before Nuno to get a top manager.

Will Levy now break the bank or his rules to do that?

I heard some of the Spurs fans booing Kane too.

Will be interesting to see their next move.

[Danny]

If Spurs sign Conte I will be surprised, but I think Levy has backed himself into a corner and the only way to completely get out of it is to just accept Conte’s demands and bring him in

[RandoEFC+]

It's rare that I agree with a manager getting sacked that early, but it's clearly the right decision on this occasion.

It's nothing against Nuno though. I think if you end up sacking a manager after just 10 league games and a handful of cup games which he probably wasn't assessed on anyway, it's more the fault of whoever recruited him than the man himself.

[Devil-Dick Willie]

Jesus Christ, that was quick. I don't think it was a good appointment, but 5 pts from top 4, doing better than Leicester and Everton, 2 pts behind Arsenal. It's not exactly crisis stations is it? 
Kane has had a tanty and got him the sack. What a horrible dribbling cunt he really is. I'd get rid of him now, even if I didn't want to if I were Levy, Kane clearly thinks he's bigger than the club. 

[Waylander]

The media thinks the home support has turned, I agree in terms of the table they are not that bad yet I'm sure Levy would keep him if he could.

I had a bad feeling when they priced Kane out of a move.

He is now a discussion point on whoever they decide to try and recruit.

[Stan]

I blame @Storts

[Cicero]

DiMarzio claiming Conte set to sign a short term deal. 

[Storts]

1 hour ago, RandoEFC said:

It's rare that I agree with a manager getting sacked that early, but it's clearly the right decision on this occasion.

It's nothing against Nuno though. I think if you end up sacking a manager after just 10 league games and a handful of cup games which he probably wasn't assessed on anyway, it's more the fault of whoever recruited him than the man himself.

100% this 

As I’ve said all along should never have had the job to begin with. The problem is absolutely with those that hired him. 
 

But glad they’ve been decisive and got rid of him. No point giving any more time because it was clearly never going to work. He wasn’t the man for the job. The players never bought in. 
 

Sounds like Conte which is mad to me, no idea why he’d come, but must be throwing some money at him as Levy is now desperate. Was clearly shaken by fan reaction on Saturday. Was so so Toxic in the stands. Loved it 

Nuno a decent bloke and wish him all the best but right decision to get rid of him 

[Tar-Mairon]

Wish Nuno all the best in whatever he does next. A decent, honourable man who was the wrong fit for the job. He's not the man for the task and unfortunately, this had to happen. The real fault is with those two clowns, Levy and Paritici who have royally ballsed this up.

They were pretty clear that Nuno wasn't even in their top 10 candidates - if he was, they would have got him as soon as he left Wolves. Nuno doesn't have the personality to impose himself or his ideas on this squad but it was made worse by Nuno knowing, and the players knowing, that the management didn't really want him and just bought him in as he was the last one standing.

You could tell that he has no idea how to fix the issues that pre-dated him at the club and that he looked baffled and even tearful when things started to go wrong.

Those two clowns have used him as a buffer and when they realized the extent of the rage at them, they quickly acted.

The reason this has happened is because of one man's arrogance, followed by his sheer baffling incompetence and that man is Daniel Philip Levy.

His sheer swaggering view of himself as a shrewd financial genius has screwed us again and again over the years. His obsession with a past-it Jose lumbered us with him when we may have gotten Nagelsmann at the time. He could have sacked him at any time with me doing my little kooky dance of pleasure but decides to sack the winner of finals a week before...well, a final. His swaggering arrogance that he is one of the big bad dawgs of the footballing world led to the embarrassment of the club with the EFL debacle.

He then says he wants a manager that gets back to our "DNA", before hiring a defensive DOF who he strangely allows to decide the style of play rather than simply use his contacts in the game to get the players the new manager wants, dicks around managers who play to the Spurs ethos (Fonseca) and ends up with the guy he never wanted and the guy he never wanted knows he was never wanted. This is because he genuinely thought that every top manager in Europe, attached or unattached, would be falling over themselves to smash through his office door with their Powerpoint presentation and that he'd have a good few weeks of sitting back and choosing between Nagelsmann, Conte, Flick, Rodgers etc who would all be begging to come to us. 

He was righteously embarrassed, got his fifty-sixth choice who was never a fit and now has the absolutely humiliation of going cap in hand to the managers he laughably tried to play hardball with in summer.

Buffoon.

If it is Conte, that would be beyond our wildest dreams as a manager. I get it, he's combustible and he may be a short-term fix but right now, I'll take that. He's in his prime (unlike Jose), he'll give Kane the mighty boot up the jacksie that he deserves, won't tolerate Levy keeping mediocrity and toxic influences in the squad because he thinks he's good at extracting pennies and try and totally change us into a winning philosophy because the man accepts nothing less. 

Two years, an overhaul and a trophy? I'd take that. You don't even have to tease me with "long-term projects".

 

[CaaC (John)+]

1 hour ago, Cicero said:

DiMarzio claiming Conte set to sign a short term deal.

Makes you wonder, Conte, if he comes to Spurs, might try and get Lukaku from Chelsea, Conte did not like Lukaku going to United when he was Chelsea boss and when he took over at Inter and took Lukaku with him from United and won the Seria A with Lukaku firing on all guns.

Conte at Spurs, does a deal with Chelsea, Kane for Lukaku?  

[Harry]

I haven't followed spurs closely but I don't get why you hire a particular person and then terminate so soon, 

You should have a strategy, and recruit based on it, and then see that through for at least more than 10 games.

To be sacking now speaks volumes about the thought process of the appointment and the people making those decisions.

[Storts]

2 minutes ago, Harry said:

I haven't followed spurs closely but I don't get why you hire a particular person and then terminate so soon, 

You should have a strategy, and recruit based on it, and then see that through for at least more than 10 games.

To be sacking now speaks volumes about the thought process of the appointment and the people making those decisions.

Because we are a shambles of a club with people in charge that don’t understand football 

[Cicero]

Conte for 18 months is a brilliant deal, but do Spurs really need another conservative manager. 

[Waylander]

44 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

Makes you wonder, Conte, if he comes to Spurs, might try and get Lukaku from Chelsea, Conte did not like Lukaku going to United when he was Chelsea boss and when he took over at Inter and took Lukaku with him from United and won the Seria A with Lukaku firing on all guns.

Conte at Spurs, does a deal with Chelsea, Kane for Lukaku?  

That might work for both if Havertz can be our no.9, too early to say yet come December if Havertz is still there it might be possible for Lukaku and COnte link up.

Still struggle to see Conte's attraction to Spurs beyond the money, I though he wanted to win things and half way through a season before you can strengthen is not the best.

Then you have the Spurs fans and the football they want to see, Conte does not play that style..........

 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Will the owner sack Levy?

[Dave]

2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Will the owner sack Levy?

I believe they've been in business ventures together since the 90s so it's very unlikely.

[Tar-Mairon]

Lewis will never get rid of Levy unless he starts to seriously lose him money, which he won't. Levy only goes if we get taken over. We're stuck with him.

I suspect we are now grovelling to Conte, admitting we made a mistake in the summer and will give him whatever he wants. We will have to do that. That guy is no shrinking violet or yes-man. 

Nuno came into the job knowing that the chairman didn't really want him and that he wasn't even in the top 6 choices because we mangled everything else. We turned our noses up at him right at the end of last season. We could have avoided all this by getting Conte, if he genuinely wanted to come, in summer. But Levy thought he was being clever by trying to beat him down and now he's ended up on bended knee - please get me out of this mess.

Conte's first job, if he comes in, is to launch a thunderous rocket Kane's way. I'll look forward to that.

 

[CaaC (John)+]

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Antonio Conte: Tottenham in advanced talks with former Chelsea and Inter Milan boss

Tottenham are in advanced negotiations with former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte about becoming their new manager.

Chairman Daniel Levy and managing director Fabio Paratici are moving quickly to secure a replacement following Nuno Espirito Santo's sacking on Monday after four months in charge.

Conte, 52, will hold face-to-face talks later on Monday, with an announcement possible as early as Tuesday.

The Italian left Inter Milan in May just weeks after winning Serie A.

He won the Premier League and FA Cup at Chelsea but was sacked in July 2018 after a disappointing second year in charge.

The former midfielder also managed Juventus from 2011-14, winning three Serie A titles, and took charge of the Italian national team from 2014-16.

Conte spoke to Tottenham on a number of occasions in the summer as the club looked for a replacement for Jose Mourinho.

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[Storts]

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Will the owner sack Levy?

Levy is part owner. He is a stakeholder in Enic. He’s untouchable really, Joe Lewis doesn’t care about football.  

[Dr. Gonzo]

1 minute ago, Storts said:

Levy is part owner. He is a stakeholder in Enic. He’s untouchable really, Joe Lewis doesn’t care about football.  

He’s a minority owner though right? So a board could vote that he gets sacked.

It’s probably just be awkward because he’d have a say.

[Storts]

7 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

He’s a minority owner though right? So a board could vote that he gets sacked.

It’s probably just be awkward because he’d have a say.

In theory yes. He could be removed. But levy does everything they want of him. His work commercially growing the club and infrastructure is superb. Just doesn’t have a clue about anything on the field 

[Dr. Gonzo]

3 minutes ago, Storts said:

In theory yes. He could be removed. But levy does everything they want of him. His work commercially growing the club and infrastructure is superb. Just doesn’t have a clue about anything on the field 

Probably a good thing you’ve got a DoF now then.

I used to think Levy was a genius and tbf I think he did really well up until Poch needed his side refreshed and Spurs weren’t willing to do that.

But it’s been all downhill from that CL final and I think he shoulders most of the blame for that.

[Honey Honey]

To be fair to Levy he wanted Fonseca not Nuno right? Wonder if he'll now get Fonseca in.

Unless Conte has said yes, in which case its quick sack Nuno before Ole gets sacked.

[Spike]

Ah, Conte. That'll be 40 million pounds for his contract, 20 million pounds for when he quits, and 100 million the first transfer window, and 200 million the second.  Conte is one of the best managers in the world, but he bends clubs to his will and I think it will break Spurs. He will threaten Levy within two months.