Why Nobody Wants To Manage Tottenham

Tottenham's search for a new manager is now over 3 months old, and has seen public and private rejections from Arne Slot, Julien Nagelsmann, Vincent Kompany, and a host of others. All this, after outgoing manager Antonio Conte pointed the finger of blame for the club's poor season squarely at the feet of Chairman Daniel Levy.
But why are so many managers reluctant to take, what should be, one of the most attractive projects in European football?
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[@MiguelTavaresMAT]

No manager, no Sporting director, no clean idea of what kind of football they want, no definition of 11 and, or squad. This is the work of the Genius Levy.

[@RoyLimisAw3s0me]

and Levy is part of the ownership group since forever; and he signed off on all the 12 managers since becoming CHAIRMAN LMAO; and he don't get any criticism for it which is so like Tottenham fans who flock to fill the new stadium to see mediocrity haha

[@finding_aether]

I think its just tottenham. I bet if levy left he would probably get a trophy at another club..😂

[@jctheU.G.SafariBigGamecat]

Sure is but hey I suppose we've got go karts under the stand and a luxury cinema nearby😂😂😂😢

[@jctheU.G.SafariBigGamecat]

​@UVWXYZ i would even laugh at that 😂

[@samuelavlonitis1979]

No Sporting director is absurd 😭😭😭

[@corngreaterthanwheat]

In Spurs’ defense, it is a beautiful stadium.

[@chelseadaddy7061]

Beautiful indeed.

[@julianbrown3100]

Beautifully toilet bowl-shaped

[@Amy_Daniels]

Lovely

[@snc6344]

"in spurs' defense"??? spurs don't have a defense

[@ceaget7252]

​​@@julianbrown3100 trophy winning cheeses and wines I hear.

[@9ineTeenZxiGL]

Daniel Levy makes it worse for coaches as well as other clubs hardly do business with them

[@MrDwightKSchrute]

Reaching that UCL final is the worst thing Spurs could of done because now that is what Levvy expects every season without having an idea of how they got to that position in the first place

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Spurs really got *two* lucky late-minute results in that knock-out stage. Plus, it's not unusual to see a Champions League finalist reaching the final out of pure luck. Some might argue that Inter Milan reached this year's final purely out of luck because all the strongest opponents were on the other side of the table

[@jordyarielsantacruzlema2925]

😊🎉😊🎉🎉😊😊😢😅😂😮😂🎉😊😢😢😅😅😢😮😢😅😊😅❤😊😅😢

[@thelinedrive]

Nah, Levy clearly plans financially around getting Top 4. With Conte and Harry he clearly thought about the possibility of both walking so brought in Richarlison and Djed Spence, people who fit Conte’s need for depth and style, but also could adjust to a new direction if needed such as Richarlison becoming Kane’s replacement and a young Djed Spence developing into a threatening wing back to start with Persic gone. There is clear thought into the philosophy of recruitment in wanting players who are capable of playing in the league but can grow in value and skill with the team, but with no consistency in the vision to f what kind of football you are going to play you end up with a bunched of skilled players who have no idea where they will play.

[@dwrighte1]

We knew how we got there. That is why Poch wanted new blood, but Levy refused to buy into his creative project. Now, we see the result of Levy being unable to reach his wallet when quality is desired but grows long arms when he is fleecing other teams of their players. Most of the time, those players turn out to be rubbish.

[@somethingwithultra7231]

@@NIDELLANEUM I'm a Feyenoorder by heart (Ajax's generally considered arch-rival), but even I have nothing but hate for Tottenham after that shit. I hope they get relegated next season like they deserve tbh.

[@romanvolotov]

as a Spurs fan, it's really a terrifying situation right now. It's either we start a big rebuild now and finish around 10th place next ssn or we don't and we finish bottom half

[@QuotidianStupidity]

It’s fine, we will have a double management situation of Ryan Mason and Tim Sherwood.

[@stuartauld3193]

10th terrifying. Relegation is terrifying man.

[@QuotidianStupidity]

@@stuartauld3193 not the position, the way the club is being run. We could be in a relegation fight with the pathetic mentality at the club right now

[@tasbhu764]

@@QuotidianStupidity we need to focus on youth again the kids will push us to a safer finish not fuckers like sanchez and dier

[@stuartauld3193]

I'm a Newcastle fan couldn't give a shit. Just saying if your ownership is not the best, the aforementioned will creep up on you. Look at Everton. Look at Newcastle we went down twice!@@!!

[@RandomLad1383]

I stopped listening when he said spurs were a big club 😂😂😂

[@lorenzomartinez8543]

In the grand scheme of things, it's true! They've been a permanent fixture in the top flight of English football since the late 70's and haven't finished outside the top half of the Premier League since 2008...

[@sourmunch]

​@@lorenzomartinez8543 well you do have a point i guess however im a gunner lol

[@wolfmauler]

Well done, you literally mimicd the intro. And numerous NPCs give it the thumbs up 😬

[@jdogg448]

@@wolfmauler pretty sure that was the joke.......

[@octavian8b]

Haha, lol, me too! 😂 It's not like in the past years Spurs has been one of the 10 teams to reach the UCL finalb🤣

[@sisloan]

I actually admire Conte for essentailly pulling the trigger on himself. He said how it was. You can't expect someone to do a job with both hands tied behind their back. I will actually be shocked if they find a manager before the new season. Which impacts so many players.

[@imconfused1237]

Conte is a coward. He knew the ‘situation’ at Tottenham and took the job. He was backed. He spat his dummy out as his dinosaur tactics are no longer effective.

[@dddgtsd]

I get that Levy is the the main problem but I do feel uneasy when managers like Conte and Jose pass all the blame and don't take any accountability. Whether Levy could get Conte the players to fit his system and win silverware is one thing but Spurs lost and drew plenty games in which they had much better players and they tactically got it wrong. There was a lot of face saving from Conte for me, he wanted to protect his reputation (which I get) so he threw the players and owner under the bus. Surely he knew to some extent how things would go when he first took the job? Spurs fans won't wanna hear this but they need to cash in on Kane, get a young manager in like they did with Poch and just be patient, lower expectations for a couple of years and get a set philosophy and style of play worked on. Essentially do what Arsenal did with Arteta (again Spurs fans won't want to hear that).

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

​@@dddgtsd in that case you can blame them as a manager for the lack of flexibility. But not as a spurs manager, they were brought in with this being known. It's not their fault in the slightest as spurs managers. It's like getting Messi and forcing him to play up top and try to score headers. Ultimately it would be his fault he can't win headers but it's the people above him making decisions that are the actual cause.

[@dddgtsd]

@@IVIRnathanreilly I get your point but I’m not sure the analogy is fair, but yes Levy knew what he was hiring and didn’t give them what they need but Conte still needs to take a little bit of responsibility for some of the results.

[@ryomawashere4032]

Spurs has become unmanageable is the perfect summary. Daniel Levy openly show he only care for the business part of Spurs rather than the football part. The NFL part playing at Spurs stadium really baffle me. 99.9% sure nobody outside of US care about NFL...

[@watchman1270]

Spurs fans should go out and protest against Levy’s ownership

[@SkylerMillerTheBronxProject]

The NFL part is bull but I will let it slide in favour of that dig.

[@samuelavlonitis1979]

@@SkylerMillerTheBronxProject agreed nfl is actually growing in the uk but levy owns Tottenham not an nfl team he needs to get his act straight with making the right appointments rather then negotiating with goddell (nfl ceo basically) on 1 nfl game a season

[@jaketheABQRealtor]

Here saying I care more about English Premier League Spurs than NFL as I was born and bred watching American Football. COYS!!!

[@johnalbertwrestling]

UK has a decent fan base for NFL. They are not Mexico, Germany or Brazil in terms of following outside USA but they are getting bigger.

[@dddgtsd]

Speaking with mates who support Spurs, I've always saw parallels between Levy and Ashley. There are differences of course, Levy wants the business side to thrive and I genuinely think he wants the club to do well but he just isn't good at making the footballing decisions. Ashley was a smart businessman in the sense he knew how to do the bare minimum but keep the club plodding along without having to invest much. They're both examples of successful businessmen trying to run football clubs but like I always said with Ashley, mediocrity just doesn't cut it anymore, if you go out there to get top four you'll end up 7th, if you go out there to get mid table, you'll end up in a relegation fight. If you're not moving forwards you're moving backwards because there are plenty of other clubs on the rise. Much like Ashley, I don't see Levy ever changing, the issue is Ashley couldn't be arsed with the stress as he never really enjoyed running a football club, Levy on the other hand loves it so I can't see him passing the reigns anytime soon.

[@markbridle9329]

I have been a Spurs fan nearly 60 years. Daniel Levy have turned Spurs into the Dallas Cowboys of the Premier League. We have a Chairman who really wants to run the club, just like the Coyboys. Living on past glories, just like the Cowboys. What manager worth his salt wants to have a Chairman like Levy. Its just plain poor. I would not blame Harry Kane for leaving, in fact I would tell him too, he's got no chance with us.

[@nathanjm000]

Nah you’re the Vikings

[@dpt6849]

Yes and you proudly fight for them shouting out yiddo army

[@Mdksupreme1]

What the hell is the dallas cowboys, and please stop making stupid references only a very limited section of people would be able to relate to

[@JordanW5903]

Past Glories ? Tottenham ? Don't Think So

[@imconfused1237]

@@JordanW5903 6th most successful club in English football. Keep swallowing false narratives.

[@AvrilAlvarez]

Everyone just needs to lower their expectations for Tottenham. Mfs act like they're a disgrace for not challenging for the title when they didn't have a title challenging roster to begin with.

[@AeonQuasar]

I expected them to finish 7 so I don't think they were so far off the expectations.

[@natebernasconi]

Anyone think Arsenal did?

[@AvrilAlvarez]

@@natebernasconi no and they shouldn't be shamed if they didn't challenge for the title

[@AvrilAlvarez]

@@AeonQuasar I definitely expected better than 8th but like spurs were contending for champions league spot until Antonio conte got sacked and their season fell apart

[@gamra]

@@AvrilAlvarez got tierd of the Club loser mindset

[@bchesh94]

Levy needs to follow what Liverpool did when they brought in Klopp, bring in a manager and allow him to bed in and create his version of the team. Regardless of what European comps what qualify/don’t qualify for. You can’t expect instant success when your club is that much of a mess.

[@surpriserakins9067]

Thats what he did with Poch. Can't see it happening again

[@thehearingaid]

@@surpriserakins9067 except he didn't back poch with (decent)signings, and also blessed him 2 no buy transfer windows.

[@surpriserakins9067]

I don't think that Levy can be trusted that much time again having squandered the last decade. He needs to go.

[@SwizzulGaming]

@@thehearingaid 3

[@Panny_Parrons_wamangituka]

@@surpriserakins9067 levy never backed poch. The amount of big name players we missed bc levy didn’t want to buy plus for 18 months under poch there were no signings bc of levy.

[@jontalbot1]

I’ll do it. I would be as good as Sam Allardyce was at Leeds and better than Frank Lampard anywhere

[@liammccabe05]

Gutted Ange is leaving us at Celtic, but mostly terrified for him going into this mess 🤦‍♂️

[@NicksonKaranja-m9d]

check him out rn

[@dougie6886]

Stay at Celtic Ange. Spurs are a mess.

[@georgemorley1029]

Steve Bruce is available. He doesn’t mind toxic owners. He found ours to be a positive boon, but that was when he was “good enough for premiership football”, meaning he and joke managers like him were good enough for teams like Newcastle, when we were laughing stocks for the likes of Spurs. Not like that now, is it spurs fans? Not like that now. Aah.

[@sharpvidtube]

If Steve Bruce turns them down, Alan Pardew is currently available too😂

[@Toonarmy1504]

Steve Bruce in

[@ChArLiE-1chaz9]

I'm a spurs fan , I find it all highly hilarious. Its only football at the end of the day it really doesn't matter , I'll still get on with my life and laugh at other teams along the way😂😂

[@shambhav9534]

Steve Bruce was so underrated in for his accomplishment of keeping the club afloat and easily mid-table.

[@georgemorley1029]

@@sharpvidtube Ooh, yes. Nearly forgot about him. And of course, fat sham has just left his last train smash and is looking to steer another project into the void, no doubt. “No one better than me in football, not Pep, not Klopp”. They should be happy to have him!

[@robtyman4281]

The fact that neither Mourinho or Conte could win anything with Tottenham shows that there's something fundamentally wrong with the way the club is structured. Some even think the club is 'cursed' to never win the league, or any European trophy. Whether this is true is debatable, but there's something not right about the club.

[@imconfused1237]

Tottenham were the first club to win a European trophy. So much for that curse.

[@HearszAM]

@@imconfused1237 True, but no league title in over 60 years (never even got close to one in recent times) and even Huddersfield have more top-flight titles than Spurs (and they're not even in the Premier League!)

[@imconfused1237]

@@HearszAM I was correcting the OPs nonsense. By the way, I’d say finishing 2nd comes close? I mean, you literally can’t come any closer 🧐

[@imconfused1237]

@@HearszAM PS: I am extremely confident that Huddersfield fans would swap places in a heart beat. But not even they’re stupid enough to compare with Tottenham.

[@SuperAnimeking100]

The funny part is, Mourinho COULD'VE WON but Levy fired him before the bloody final

[@solo10041]

Poch is really accommodating. Can't say that about Mourinho and Conte. You can force any decision and transfers on Pochettino he will try and make it work.

[@dddgtsd]

yeah if you're gonna have an owner like Levy then the type of manager you want is more a coach, someone like Poch who will squeeze the best out of what he has and not kick up too much of a fuss. For me it seemed crazy getting two big personalities who are more short term like Jose and Conte (the opposite of Poch) and expecting it to work. It reminds me a little bit of Ashley bringing in Rafa (although that did breed some success in terms of promotion), it's always going to end in tears. Mourinho and Conte aren't blameless in all this though, for me they were paid handsomely and surely knew what Levy would be like yet they took the money, started alright and ultimately threw everyone but themselves under the bus when things weren't going well - Conte perhaps spoke some home truths about the club as a wider entity but he didn't address the issues that he was there to sort, the motivation, the tactics, the game management.

[@thomridgeway1438]

The entire manager network in UK and Europe is a small, very tight cosy little clique. Since the ruthless treatment of Espirito Santo, Mourinho, Conte, not forgetting Poc, Jol and even Villa Boas and Sherwood, a certain Daniel Levy has a reputation as a monster, that coaches do not want to deal with. Basically the word has got around and he is now too toxic for top managers, they don't want to know. For Spurs the cancer is Levy - he has to removed.

[@johnrowland3105]

There are a dozen reasons why Spurs are where they are. The Champions League final against Liverpool was the high point for that squad of players, and many should have been sold or moved on after that and replaced with 'better' to help grow the club in Europe. It didn't happen, and that was four years ago. Then covid hit and suddenly Levy realizes if he wants to be 'competitive' he needs a bigger stadium and tries to build one with all the covid restrictions. (This, twenty years after United; City; Arsenal, hell, even NEWCASTLE had already figured this out PRE covid !) The consequence of that meant there were expenses and delays not planned for and that meant 'stop-gap' Managers until it was completed and Spurs had a guaranteed 50,000+ through the gate each week. Then they come up with a convoluted ticketing system which instantly priced the occasional WHL fan completely out of the chance of getting a ticket. WHL becoming a 'shopping experience', a 'nightclub experience', A dining experience....but not a footballing one. I'm sure it's a 'great' business model, but it's also a lousy footballing one. R.i.P the careers of Eriksen; Bergwijn; Doherty; several others and most disgracefully, Deli-Ali. Currently plying his trade in Besiktas for goodness sake.

[@rich_rich90]

The bald guy calling the shots is the problem. Assembles a ridiculously attacking team then hires 3 incredibly defensive-minded managers & wonders why the fans hate him.

[@Duddy8822]

It’s not about them being defensive minded. Nuno was a dumb managerial signing to begin with. Mourinho requires good players to win trophies, our players were shit and he never got backed at all. Conte, again, is a serial winner and requires quality players. What we needed was a manager who could rebuild our squad instead, levy got 2 serial winning managers who have never done a rebuild, instead they win trophies with teams that have the ability to win trophies. In our case, we aren’t a team like that. Poch was leading us to that stage of winning trophies, he needed more signings and more quality players to achieve that. Instead, levy panicked and sacked him. He panicked again and got serial winning managers in hopes of them achieving instant success, when he doesn’t realise that spurs need a manager who’ll stay for long term and reset the whole team.

[@dddgtsd]

@@Duddy8822 as a Toon fan, Spurs could really do with an Eddie Howe (Potter maybe?), someone who doesn't moan all day about signings but just gets on with his job of squeezing as much out of he players he has. Get a young hungry manager like this in and a director of football who has a clear vision and is working in line with said manager and then just give it a few years. Seems to simple doesn't it but I guess the issue is Spurs will have to forego top four for a few years and Levy doesn't want that so he'll panic and either go short term or get a long term manager in and sack him after a year. Just look at Arsenal and even Man Utd to an extent, they both finally got a proper coach in and stop worrying about top four for a moment. Arsenal had to do a couple of years out of the top four, Man Utd have done really well in the first year of their 'rebuild' but it's a similar principle.

[@Duddy8822]

@@dddgtsd yeah I look at the clubs around us, especially arsenal, and even in their worst periods they’ve won a trophy (FA Cup). And what have we won? Nothing. I really do agree with you, we have to get a manager who can work with this squad and at least play some decent football. Arsenal stuck with Arteta through his worst spells and it seemed to have work, difficult considering him having the youngest squad in the league. Levy will probably get another manager like Nuno and sack him mid-season. Leading into another cycle of managers. Sadly, our owner is a great businessman for his own gain but is not a great owner of a football club. Honestly, I hope next season is different for us since we’ve got no European football, maybe levy will open his eyes for once. I dont mind not having European football for a while, I just hope we get a manager that can genuinely fix spurs. It’s incredible what Eddie Howe has done at Newcastle, I know you had a takeover but he didn’t even make crazy amount of signings like Chelsea, he made already existing players world class. Tearing us apart 6-1 😂

[@dddgtsd]

@@Duddy8822look I’m a Toon fan so know nowt about winning trophies but I do think both the club and fans need to stop obsessing over it and just try and get things moving in the right direction with a philosophy and a set up where owner, manager, staff and players are on the same page. Trophies are a result of the process, obsessing over trophies without the process just leads to short termism and where you’re at now. Or just…find a Saudi prince to buy you 😂😉

[@Mr.Korzack]

As much as I as a Newcastle fan have quietly giggled at Spurs' downfall, it has been quite an alarming collapse since Conte called the club out for their lack of conviction, and if Ange does take on the job he has a Lot to sort out, but at the same time it's going to take someone of such a unique mindset like him to fix what's wrong with Spurs... I just hope the highers up realise this and give him what he needs

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

Shall we say you replaced them in the big 6?

[@eavyeavy2864]

@@a.demifemiflapo5795 after finishing in europe 7 of 9 year. The other 14 are lucky if they can get Europe football once every 5 years

[@BeatRoot14]

Massive? Successful??? nahh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Spuds and Chelsea were competing for worst season title

[@recruitmentch]

Why who do you support?

[@BeatRoot14]

@@recruitmentch Gunners of course so no matter what I gotta diss them

[@westfall19]

@@BeatRoot14 Arsenal had an "incredible" season yet still end up with the same amount of trophy as Chelsea and Spurs LMAO. Pathetic club.

[@BeatRoot14]

@@westfall19 true, it ended badly but better than spending 600 mill only to get worse or an owner that only cares about selling Beyonce tickets. Rather have our disappointment

[@wolfmauler]

You missed the intro apparently 🤔

[@calumbishop7082]

The decision to sack Mourinho the week of the League Cup final against Man City remains baffling to this day. I understand why Mourinho was sacked the league performance was poor, but by sacking him without giving him a chance to try and win a trophy, remains staggering. Effectively Tottenham said in that moment 'we don't care about winning the League Cup'. And for some clubs that's understandable (especially those like Man City which win trophies on a regular basis), and the League Cup can be regarded as a distraction... but when you are team that has not won trophy in over a decade (now almost two decades), you should prioritise winning any trophy at any cost. Look at Manchester United, look at how important they played up their League Cup win as an 'ending of a trophy drought'. Then look at Tottenham which fields weakened teams for stuff like the League Cup or FA Cup because their bosses only care about Champions League football.

[@ians3972]

100% spot on Analysis and review this video on the mess at Spurs.. I'm dreading the Future with this club unless we get a revolutionary new thinking board.. championship here we go if this levy remains in charge😢

[@nawwk79]

Levy: “I want the EPL title. the UCL title for next season, Kane and Son both sign another 5 years contract.” Potential manager: “Okay, I want £200 million to buy new players.” Levy: No. I give you £5 million to buy players and you give me EPL title. the UCL title for next season. Potential manager rushes out the door at speed exceeding Usian Bolt.

[@imconfused1237]

Cool story bro. However since 19/20, Spurs has spent €580m.

[@alekseifedorov949]

Tth is a massive club and Poch era is outstanding. He’s managing time is definitely more successful (overall, by now) than like of Arteta’s. Coming from the Afc fan. Champions league final is bigger than every MU (for example) achievement in last 10 years

[@milktea2422]

As other comments have mentioned, spurs have no real plan, and building a new stadium that didn’t give funds to their best manager poch, is the reason why they’re at, where they’re at. Imagine having a squad good enough to actually challenge for the prem from 2016-2019, and also being able to challenge for the Ucl, but instead of backing your manger up with the ability to buy depth, you say nah. That’s crazy, could you imagine the out rage from other fans if your team finished 3rd in the prem, and actually was always top 4, and also did well in the Ucl, even going to the final once? And not backing the manager and young players? Harry Kane, and Son were 25/26 when they got to the Ucl final, and they stayed good up until now. Maybe spurs feel like they’ll find another good player like how they had bale, and then Kane and son, but I really hope they don’t. I really hope the don’t find another good player and they stay stuck in limbo for a while. You can’t reach the Ucl final, and not try to add depth to your team and try again, spurs literally could’ve been Liverpool, had they actually invested in the squad. It’ll never make sense to me how you could do this to a team. It’s actually crazy. Hopefully son and Kane leave soon, I’d love to see son win some trophies, maybe he can join Bayern and be their new striker, I mean he’s pretty dumb good considering he’s a second scoring option.

[@thabobaloyi6542]

Really the only good thing you can say about spurs is ''they have a beautiful stadium ''

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

I mentioned the poor managerial decisions and that contributes to the lack of success a team has. During their trophy drought, their best period came under Mauricio Pochettino where Tottenham were always in top 3-4 in the premier league when he was there and they played attractive football too and this was the manager who got your team to a champions league final, the farthest they've ever gotten to in the competition, the next season he was sacked, they had a slow start in the league that year but who fires a coach who gets your team to the champions league final months before he got fired, it makes no sense. Then they got Jose Mourinho who wasn't any better. He again wasn't really backed by Levy and one of the dumbest things he did was sacking him 6 days before a cup final. The football they played under him wasn't great either but you're playing a cup final and the timing of his sacking shocked the footballing world and it made no sense, many Tottenham fans can argue that if Mourinho wasn't fired, he would probably have ended their trophy drought. Nuno Santos was worse, after a poor run of results to start the 2021/22 season, he was fired and then his replacement Antonio Conte started well, he improved the team as the season went on and his system helped Tottenham play a well-oriented style of football good attack and solid all around and he got them in the top 4. He was backed by Levy and they brought in a lot of players last summer and many felt like Tottenham would challenge for the premier league title, I never believed that even though they signed a lot of players. Tottenham's football this season was bland, it wasn't interesting at all, and Conte made a rant about the history of Tottenham and their small club mentality the owners and the players are the reason why they haven't won anything in 20 years. After all that, he was sacked at the time they got rid of him they were in 4th place and Stellini the caretaker the results started to suffer and were slowly out of top 4 contention and then after a 6-1 loss to Newcastle, Stellini was fired and they finished 8th. When a club is lacking consistency with their managers, how will you win a trophy. Now we're not sure who'll be in charge of Tottenham next season but whoever is their coach, there has to be a structure within their squad and backing of the manager because you cannot continue sacking managers left right and center because there's absolutely no sporting project at Tottenham right now and the owner has absolutely no idea how to properly run the club and now they're in a situation where no manager wants to go to this club and Daniel Levy only has himself to blame for his incompetence with managers in recent years.

[@timmacivor1963]

Poch openly said in the summer following the champions league final that the house needed new furniture ie new, different players and wasn’t backed by Levy. When it all fell apart Poch was sacked for something he said was going to happen not Levy for ignoring the recommendations of his experts. In any other business Levy would have been removed from his post years ago, he’s a destructive force in the club and the primary if not only reason for the utter shambles we’re seeing today

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

@@timmacivor1963 Apart from Antonio Conte, none of the other managers have been backed by Daniel Levy. Tottenham are not a football club, the way things have been playing out for them it's a football circus and this ownership he's a disaster and the lack of consistency in the managerial department baffles me because they constantly change managers and as a result, it's been difficult for them to hire a new coach. Sacking Mauricio Pochettino was stupid, during this 15 trophy drought, Tottenham had their best period under him, they finished in the top 4 in 4 straight seasons and got them to a champions league final, yet got rid of him next season, they lack a direction when it comes to manager and have no sporting project whatsoever and they'll keep struggling if Levy continues to follow this model.

[@foxrestive8285]

Spurs are terrible atm but this video is so full of BS it's hilarious. Spurs refused to pay Slots hiked release clause, he didn't reject them. Nagelsmann wanted to decide DOF and the club didn't want that, and the club has never even approached Kompany. All of this has been confirmed by Fabrizio and others, stop lying to get clicks.

[@killorfill6953]

What are you going to say next week if Postecoglou ultimately decides Spurs aren't the right fit and stays on at Celtic? "Oh, it was just more bad luck and Levy is still a wonderful chairman?"

[@imconfused1237]

@@killorfill6953 The point the OP is making, is that this is all speculative nonsense. The reality is that no one has a clue; but spreading BS is enough to generate traffic.

[@djmelo91]

You really did not need to make a 10 minute video about this. You could have just flashed a pic of Levy and everyone would have understood.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Spurs have had some amazing players pass through them over the decades bsck to the early 80s, maybe just below Man United for "star quality" over the last 4 decades, but they never seem to take the league seriously. Kane, Son, to Bale, Modric, Berbatov... All the way back to Ardiles, Gazza, Hoddle...

[@Sojuboy]

Summed up beautifully . Daniel levy is a businessman who has been trying to play real life fifa on career mode for 20 years.. He needs to exit or step aside fully from all football operations and actually delegate to football experts who have a vision and actually know what they’re doing

[@robbysiregar8341]

Why nobody wants to manage Tottenham? It's Daniel Levy!

[@SINGHDASLAYA]

They don't have an enormous global fanbase. The main global market is Korea and that's only because of Son as he's the Korean David Beckham. To keep that fanbase they'll need to find another Korean superstar.

[@ardyer3]

I'm sure Frank Lampard would take the job

[@waldagarnett3032]

I think you'd do a better job😂😂😂

[@ilovelimpfries]

Spurs are just a midtable club with a very nice stadium.

[@alawesy]

they hadn’t finished midtable for 14 years. How else were Spurs able to afford that stadium if not by being pretty consistently top 6 since 2005

[@foxrestive8285]

@@troyuk8017 They finished above Arsenal for almost the last decade.

[@rustyshackleford4918]

​@foxtrot8285 meanwhile back in the 90's, Tottenham were the butt of all jokes. Form is temporary...

[@alawesy]

@@rustyshackleford4918 yeah and in the 80’s they weren’t.

[@rustyshackleford4918]

@@alawesy don't recall them doing anything in the 80's either...at the same sort of times when teams like Villa and Forest were champions of Europe, spurs were doing what exactly? 😕

[@JdMetal]

Looked at how they treat Mou and Conte.....nobody gonna touch Spurs! lmao....

[@terrybetts3152]

Excellent article

[@jimbob-robob]

6:41 seems like this market driven loan system has a LOT of disadvantages rather than advantages...

[@aaroneudell4388]

Is the voice over that matey boy from WhatCulture Yep, I've now watched it long enough to see his face.

[@danlewis5977]

I thought I recognised his voice and then saw his face, didn't know he'd left WC which probably added to my confusion

[@ajinkya5713]

As a rival fan who mocks Tottenham, I wouldn't want someone like Daniel Levy anywhere near my club. I do feel for a few of my Spurs mates. They have one of the worst ownerships ever. They need ambitious owners to compete at the top. Off Field matters are great but on field is abysmal. I won't be surprised if they fight relegation next season. Spurs fans must stop even attending games. Attack where it hurts the most. Forget about the players who can't even put proper performances for the titles. Some of them are as bad as the owners. They deserve to get their contracts terminated.

[@Jefflurr_]

I think it's extremely obvious to any Spurs fan that the only thing that can save the club is a change or ownership. Out with Levy and the rest of the trash and in with people can actually can run a football club and not just a company that happens to have a football team. Enic and Levy will never settle for anything less than an exuberant sum that will never come

[@watchman1270]

What type of owner would be ideal though? I guess another rich Arab owner should do the job like with Man City and Newcastle

[@nigelbaldwin1038]

🐝 had a marvellous day out. Comparing the two clubs, our graffiti over some dustbins is much better than that Kane mural, by a country mile …….

[@preetjitsingh328]

Manager : Carrick DoF if necessary: Baldini / Klinsmann

[@benjaminv6039]

At the time when they sacked Pochettino it seemed stupid, it seems even more stupid now.

[@akremevolution4459]

This video was just made for only one specific reason: defending Antonio Conte and finding excuses for his massive failure with the club.

[@jjw9641]

Good video, speaking as a spurs fan. Since you made it, we've obviously hired Ange. I'm just so glad we didn't go for another Conte/Mourinho galactico just in it for a payday!

[@JJJackson777]

remember watching Adam on Whatculture about 6 years ago, now he's talking about my club in a pretty positive manor. I wasn't expecting that

[@MarioSantos-zx4bj]

They could take a chance with a manager not proven in Europe but a champion in South America, like Gallardo

[@danielbowers8124]

Levy has done an incredible job transforming spurs off the pitch, but he hasn’t the slightest clue when it comes to the footballing aspects of running a club…

[@tonybuttigieg5465]

Two reasons, 1st because nobody wants to be a puppet on a string and 2nd nobody wants to spoil his reputation.

[@mr.g86g86]

Spurs need to relocate to Liga Mx or something.

[@dikgang_skywalker]

It's Jose not Hose, in Portuguese you pronounce the "J" as Jay. It's not Spanish.

[@eavyeavy2864]

-several CL finals, -literally had "the special one" as our manager -current best english striker in their team for years as well. We literally live rent free in everyone’s heads…people can never leave Tottenham out their mouths Consistently get europe football 7 out of past 9 seasons. yeah yeah other big six can scoff at it but the other 14 is lucky if they got 1 season of Europe every 5 years. As they equally haven't won ANYTHING significant in past decade, not even the League Cup.

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Daniel Levy less focused on Spurs More focused trying to Ban City Shock that Spurs are Banter?🤔

[@rayrayray5911]

I stopped listening when you said Spurs was a big club 😂😂😂

[@rayrayray5911]

Oops 😬

[@parklane8315]

silly ***** !

[@mikesearcy9151]

I offer my 8 years experience playing footy manager as my curriculum vitae for the job. I certainly can't do any worse.

[@chancesareshewears]

Relegation battles are exciting too. I suspect we are in for some nail biting seasons.

[@rashidadams8327]

Spurs aren’t a massive club. They’re big-ish… Around the same size as Everton or Aston Villa.

[@swy76]

Exactly, so why do they get so much media (and fan) attention?

[@imconfused1237]

@@swy76 antisemitism

[@rashidadams8327]

@@imconfused1237 bro, you may be confused because my first name is Muslim, but my middle name is Epstein. (mom’s surname). I’m Jewish through my Mom’s side. No anti-semitism from me at all… Why would I discriminate against my blood and heritage?

[@imconfused1237]

@@rashidadams8327 I wasn’t talking to you. I was answering someone else. There is huge discrimination with society and you’d have to be very naive to believe that doesn’t play out.

[@rashidadams8327]

@@imconfused1237 I never said you were talking to me. I was just saying I don’t think that’s why people dislike Spurs.

[@jorgemells]

This aged well😂

[@mikesays08]

I’m glad people are waking up to just how bad things are at Spurs. As a spurs fan the way the squad has been left to rot and the subpar recruitment has been a growing problem since the now infamous not signing of any players for two transfer windows.

[@thehearingaid]

we could do a leicester very soon minus the glaring lack of any trophies to at least go down with.

[@bongs26]

Your academy has also let you down I reckon..usually in a season like this (regardless of the manager) and youngster always breaks out.. is there anyone to look out for?

[@walker63163]

Spurs 🤡

[@jackbennett1179]

​@@bongs26 Plenty of youngsters with loads of potential in our academy but we've haven't had a manager willing to play them for example madueke is a big one but atm we have the likes of Scarlett Donley Devine etc who all look quality but if we don't get a manager who'll give them a chance it's pointless

[@jackbennett1179]

​@@bongs26 with madueke I mean he left us for PSV cause poch wouldn't play him as much as he wanted but there's others where the sames happened too

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

Daniel Levy... LOL...what a tight fisted cheapskate. Pochettino was the best manager they ever had, and ever will have, and Levy fired him.

[@cuebj]

The problem for the on field performance, which is what the supporters need for their serotonin shot, is the ownership with Levy as CEx. If that starts to hit the PLC bottom line and dividends, Levy could and owners might sell - to whom? THFC, with its history, might not suit portfolio of oil sportswashing. Which international sportswasher do the fans prefer? Drugs cartel, arms trader? Oil?

[@Dollarg11111]

Players are to blame

[@kchall5]

Why don't they just bring back Ted Lasso?

[@myopiniondoesntmatter7068]

United were literally in the same spot, except their stadium is falling apart and they blew money on random players instead. Somehow they ended up with ETH who dragged them out of the banter zone. All the work Poch did to drag spurs out of being a mid table or lower European side has been undone. They're going to need miracles in both an unproven at the level manager, return to form and new levels from the players they have while also replacing Kane. They lucked out replacing Bale who got them to Europe basically on his own with Kane who was stupid enough to waste his career there. I really doubt theres going to be a Poch, Bale or Kane to bail them out this time. They wont fall as much as Everton did, but UCL is a dream with Newcastle being what it is and Arteta working wonders at Arsenal.

[@Magicalfluidprocess]

😂the banter zone 😂 iv never heard that 1 👍😂

[@finding_aether]

I think the likes of Aston Villa, Brighton, Fulham, are likely to finish above them if Kane is sold.

[@ajlouis6038]

​@@finding_aether without Kane they're not even getting past palace

[@dddgtsd]

@@Magicalfluidprocess needs a separate league table each season to see which clubs are stuck in the banter zone lol

[@maltlickytexas]

@@dddgtsdThat’s one league table Arsenal will not bottle.

[@dxnpaniicz5663]

Stupid narrative, a little bit of research tells you Nagelsman would only talk to Spurs once a sporting director is in place, and with Arne Slot Feyenoord demanded £5mil on top of his release clause which isn’t active until 2024 so Daniel Levi pulled out, it’s not a case of managers rejecting spurs at all, no manager has yet to reject them, it’s a case of Daniel Levy not doing what is required to bring managers in

[@coysgub5599]

I have been a spurs fan since the late 90s and if there is one thing I have learned, every time I think "well, this is it, this time, it's definitely rock bottom" it is in fact. not.

[@mdsakibuddinkhan8004]

Mr. Levy sacked Mourinho just before the final, only trophy they could have won in my lifetime..... He can spent those few millions saved on mourinho contract to terminate those aged loanee players now😆😆😆

[@1258-Eckhart]

Beautifully crafted and paced video, but you could usefully lose the background noise.

[@gimmethegrass2493]

Not only that but as a player would you move there for low wages and no trophy?

[@bretthigdon7860]

Firing a coach who got you to a cup final, a week before the final, is peak Spurs.

[@shuraamano]

Simple. It's Mr. Levy's club.

[@kommissar.murphy]

How many times now have they given a rookie manager who just had their best season a sweetheart contract, who then go on to have their worst season and get fired before Christmas?

[@atinga66]

No chef can conjure an award winning dish with just potatoes and onions.

[@varulven3206]

I would manage TH for free but i dont have the required licence to do so

[@upper9052]

Tottenham completely crumbled once Bentacur got hurt. Had that not have happened, Spurs probably would be in top 4

[@malct6545]

As a fan just enjoy the games and dont think too much about it.

[@Gearshift__]

Iv got it! Harry Rednapp 😂

[@craigbradley6210]

Don’t do it Ange

[@laandormer]

We've had one bad season. I'm quite happy to stick with mason. He loves the club and at such an early stage in his career, can only get better, I don't think pre Madonna managers who are great when they have unlimited funds but can't manage a team when they don't, have been good for us. Nuno could have been given more time but he didn't have immediate impact which you have to have now. This is the first season in which we have had a world cup at a crucial stage of the league. Saudi Arabian investment has also impacted the game, its very difficult to compete with teams who can have a complete overhaul every transfer window. Football has changed massively in the past few years.

[@NealR2000]

Kane must be well looked after. Why on earth he hasn't gone to a bigger club is a mystery.

[@wolfmauler]

He signed a 6 year deal, 5 yrs ago

[@imconfused1237]

There’s no mystery. In Kane, Tottenham have one of the worlds best No 9’s. He will eclipse Alan Shearer. That quality has a value. It is up to other clubs to recognise that.

[@andrewboylan5156]

Kane signed a new deal but had a gentlemens agreement with levy for him to go to city if the price was right. Levy said no and city got haaaland instead

[@imconfused1237]

@@andrewboylan5156 Indeed. City wanted to buy a £200m player for £100m. What a surprise Levy said no.

[@MradArawak71]

Well said and a decent break down of just how bad the situation really is at spurs!

[@SomeRandomBod]

Harry Kane seems to be the only one doing any work over there, so player-manager?. I’m sure Levy’s already got him making the tea, painting the changing rooms, cleaning the boots & cutting the grass too.

[@johnkelly1386]

I will always root for their victories, but Levy is the true issue. Get ENIC out, get Levy out. Only then can a true rebuild work

[@bryanmio2019]

I can be the manager. Where do I apply for the job?

[@johnmawatt9927]

Daniel Levy should take over as Coach so he will not worry about firing as the club belong to him.

[@officialivansal2137]

as a gunners fan, its actually kinda fucked how levy has been the driving reason why this team has had no success. We cant have a great rivalry when one of the teams does bad. Neither Spurs nor Arsenal. The north london derby thrives when both arsenal and spurs are performing well.

[@DobsonDC]

I stopped listening when he said Spurs were a big club 😂😂😂

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

Wow, Nuno was just two summer ago???

[@TunaStrata]

Daniel levy is like walmart version of florentino perez.

[@msibi150]

FourFourTwo: why no one wants to manage spurs Tottenham fans: Daniel Levy

[@jtmcgee]

Rich club: yes Successful (business): yes Big club (international support) : nope Successful (full trophy cabinet or just A trophy) : Nope

[@VincentOfTheTrades]

Meaning absolutely no disrespect - was the narrator intentionally mispronouncing most of the names in this video? 😅

[@zyakko82]

As a Spurs fan, I wouldn’t either.

[@Crybaby_Club]

Topspur?? What’s that??

[@johntreherne4611]

other than kane who is their most sellable asset potentially son or romero or richarlison all of whom have struggled this season if they sold all 3 players it might not even equal the fee they would get for harry kane. this is a team which needs funds to be rebuilt the defence was embarrassing last season the midfield look barren after bentancur injury and as pointed out spurs were unbelievably dependant on kane to score goals. it not like levy is flexible in his approach he is determined to drag out negotiations until he thinks he gets the right price so potentially that is a considerable amount of the transfer window in which spurs are missing out on their transfer targets whilst negotiations drag out until kane is sold than a frantic last minute search for replacements.

[@kunalroy2712]

Sputa could do worse than Emery. Yes, he of the often-riled Good Ibning fame (or lack of it). He coaches people, makes them better, and has a clear plan, not often demanding the best, as shown at Villa. That's a different matter if Emery won't touch Spurs with a pole. And I am a Liverpool supporter.