Daniel Levy is an ambitious owner and he wants the next Tottenham manager to have time to prepare for next season. For this reason, although Ryan Mason (29 years old) directs the club on an interim basis after the dismissal of José Mourinho, the maximum president pretend to choose to the person occupying the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium bench next season before the start of Euro 2020. That is, the deadline is set to June 11. You wish there was no rush in preparation and you already have candidates.
His favorite was Julian Nagelsmann, but knowing that Bayern Munich has that pulse practically won, You want the chosen one to have a twist on the team's mindset. That is, going from Mourinho's pragmatism to a much more offensive Tottenham, as revealed by the Daily Mail. A) Yes, Erik Ten Hag emerges as number one in Levy's preference list. The Ajax coach has amply shown that he is prepared to take another step in his career and highlights, in addition to his national titles, the good role that the team has done ajacied in recent editions of the Champions League.
Erik Ten Hag, the number one candidate to fill the Tottenham bench next season.
AFP7 via Europa Press (AFP7 via Europa Press)
Without going further, Two years ago he led the Amsterdam team to a semi-final where only a miracle from Tottenham himself, starring Lucas Moura, deprived them of the final. The fresh and cheerful football that he practices with the Eredivisie leaders is what Levy wants to implement in his Tottenham and the fact that Ten Hag ends his contract at the end of next season would make it easier, and cheaper, to make him change the Netherlands for England.
The rest of the names slipped through the British media are Brendan Rodgers, Roberto Martínez and Ralf Rangnick. The former is the ideal candidate for many, but It seems complicated that I abandon the project of a Leicester who is close to qualifying for the upcoming Champions League. Bob Martinez, always according to the Mail, I would be interested in the position, but always after finishing the Eurocup, where he leads a Belgium that starts among the favorites. Rangnick is free, so it would be the easiest option to close.
Brendan Rodgers, with Jamie Vardy, one of the best received.
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Also, although it shuffles as something much more distant, Gareth Southgate's good role as head of the England team has not gone unnoticed in the bosom spur. On the other hand, Marcelino, who was also considered, does not plan to move from Bilbao and will continue in Athletic.
Mason has an expiration date, for now
In principle, Ryan Mason will not continue to lead the team after the course is over, but he will have a hot potato to cool down as he must fight to be in the top four (he has Chelsea five points behind). His first major exam, the Carabao Cup final against City, has suspended him (1-0). Of course, if he achieves a good final sprint and meets the objective, the youth squad spur (He debuted with Pochettino with Tottenham's first team) will enjoy popular support and it will be Levy who has the ball in his court.