Matt Law the Telegraph reporting a load of managers are distancing themselves from working with Levy as they share the same concerns over the squad that Conte has
Of course they do, every single word Conte said was true:
Telegraphy article. All sounds like from an agent
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.
Levy me alone
posted on 22/3/23
comment by ●Billy The Spur● 20*21*22* ENIC OUT! (U3924)
posted 12 minutes ago
The reason hardly any of Levy`s managerial appointments are a success is because they are never backed to the required levels, and they are given players they do not really want as an alternative to their first choices.
Levy is not prepared to push the boat out and balks at the idea of paying the going rate for top players, he thinks he knows better and prefers to pick up second or third tier players because they are cheaper. The problem with that is, they don`t actually improve your team, so he replaces average with average, when he should be replacing average with top class.
There have been a handful of exceptions with Redknapp and Poch, but those two had some very good players to work with, which was more luck than judgement on Levy`s part.
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No, if you know you operate in a certain way you get a manager in that's adept at getting the most out of those budgetary constraints. What you don't do is have a budget and then hire the two men most known for being cheque book managers. It's not necessarily about the money does or doesn't spend, it's about the decisions he makes. It can work. It worked at Arsenal who haven't spent much more than us but you have to have the right attitude in the market with the right manager at the helm.
The two exceptions about Redknapp and, in particular, Poch are doing them a disservice. Poch didn't inherit quality, he coached it. He squeezed every last drop out of those players and more. None of them pulled up any trees until he arrived. His ability to coach well aligned perfectly with the club's philosophy of buying young potential.
To me it's clear, there's only one man I want and he's been there and done it but for one reason or another, Levy has gone cold on the idea. To think that the likes of Poch are available on a free, yet he gets lured by another trophy man with an anger issue is just staggering incompetence.
We both share the same level of annoyance regarding Levy, Billy, but mine is more to do with decision making than it does finances.
posted on 22/3/23
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by LukaBrasi COYS (U22178)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 20 minutes ago
Whichever it will be another Levy mess. In 20 years Levy has done some fantastic stuff for this club with the ground, the training ground etc. but 90% of his managerial appointments have been dreadful. He should concentrate on the business aspect of things and let somebody else handle the football side of things.
We also need a manager who treats the team as far more important than his ego which we have never got from ex chelsea managers. Just another big cash windfall is all they are looking for.
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We need a manager with an ego to install something into players of this club. We don't need anothet passive Nuno "We are going to make you proud" BS.
I don't mind if they are abit loopy like Tuchel. I do like the profile of the Sporting Manager too. I think there are few managers out there who on paper would be a good fit for us but obviously will pick the wrong one
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Nope. Grandspurs is right on this. If you value your own ego over anything else then we just don't stand a chance. What we need is a team player who has an infectious confidence in what he's trying to implement. Basically Klopp. An ego is very undemocratic and authoritarian and it just doesn't work anymore, inside or outside football. If you have a huge ego players won't like you. If they don't like you, they won't play for you.
With that ego comment then Luka, is that you nailing your flag to the mast of the good ship Tuchel? Do you not recognise the pattern emerging here regarding manager recruitment? What makes you think this would work. Tell me, I'm fascinated to hear it because, as far as I'm concerned, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
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All the best managers have an ego. Poch certaintly did too.
I will always support the manager because I know what a caaant Levy is.
Don't talk to me about noticing patterns either because I know what is about to happen because we have been here 10 times already lol You seem new to this!
As I have already said it will only work if we carry on with 5 2 3 this season then change it next season.
I want Spurs to do well regardless of the football so I will always back the manager 👍🏻
posted on 22/3/23
comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 11 minutes ago
The reason hardly any of Levy`s managerial appointments are a success is because they are never backed to the required levels
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Thats crap IMO. All the recent managers since BMJ have had more than enough backing to win things. Maybe not enough to win the league but more than enough to do better than they have.
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The money has always been wasted on the wrong positions. We have signed 4 right backs in the last 3 or 4 years. Doherty, Emerson, Porro and Spence.
Spending £60m on Rico when a CB was needed!
The decision making has been pants.
posted on 22/3/23
Laugh at Levy
posted on 22/3/23
comment by LukaBrasi COYS (U22178)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 11 minutes ago
The reason hardly any of Levy`s managerial appointments are a success is because they are never backed to the required levels
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Thats crap IMO. All the recent managers since BMJ have had more than enough backing to win things. Maybe not enough to win the league but more than enough to do better than they have.
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The money has always been wasted on the wrong positions. We have signed 4 right backs in the last 3 or 4 years. Doherty, Emerson, Porro and Spence.
Spending £60m on Rico when a CB was needed!
The decision making has been pants.
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Conte wanted Richy. He also signed off on Spence and then decided to bomb him out. Don't tell me he wasn't backed. He was but Paratici / the club / Conte decided to utterly waste virtually all of it.
It's quite simple. The money we've spent has been up there with Arsenal since the stadium reopened so this isn't a question of how much, it's a question of how badly. It's a consequence of muddled thinking, a total lack of direction and constant flip-flopping on managers / styles.
posted on 22/3/23
The money has always been wasted on the wrong positions. We have signed 4 right backs in the last 3 or 4 years. Doherty, Emerson, Porro and Spence.
Spending £60m on Rico when a CB was needed!
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The managers have still had enough to beat the likes of Sheffield Utd and give a far better account than they have done especially in competitions like the Europa.
posted on 22/3/23
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by LukaBrasi COYS (U22178)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 11 minutes ago
The reason hardly any of Levy`s managerial appointments are a success is because they are never backed to the required levels
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Thats crap IMO. All the recent managers since BMJ have had more than enough backing to win things. Maybe not enough to win the league but more than enough to do better than they have.
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The money has always been wasted on the wrong positions. We have signed 4 right backs in the last 3 or 4 years. Doherty, Emerson, Porro and Spence.
Spending £60m on Rico when a CB was needed!
The decision making has been pants.
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Conte wanted Richy. He also signed off on Spence and then decided to bomb him out. Don't tell me he wasn't backed. He was but Paratici / the club / Conte decided to utterly waste virtually all of it.
It's quite simple. The money we've spent has been up there with Arsenal since the stadium reopened so this isn't a question of how much, it's a question of how badly. It's a consequence of muddled thinking, a total lack of direction and constant flip-flopping on managers / styles.
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So we agree. The question us who thought it was a good idea not to buy a CB last summer? I suspect a combination of Titty and Conte as they wanted Bastoni or Gvardiol this summer. Neither of them are ever gonna happen lol.
posted on 22/3/23
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
comment by ●Billy The Spur● 20*21*22* ENIC OUT! (U3924)
posted 12 minutes ago
The reason hardly any of Levy`s managerial appointments are a success is because they are never backed to the required levels, and they are given players they do not really want as an alternative to their first choices.
Levy is not prepared to push the boat out and balks at the idea of paying the going rate for top players, he thinks he knows better and prefers to pick up second or third tier players because they are cheaper. The problem with that is, they don`t actually improve your team, so he replaces average with average, when he should be replacing average with top class.
There have been a handful of exceptions with Redknapp and Poch, but those two had some very good players to work with, which was more luck than judgement on Levy`s part.
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No, if you know you operate in a certain way you get a manager in that's adept at getting the most out of those budgetary constraints. What you don't do is have a budget and then hire the two men most known for being cheque book managers. It's not necessarily about the money does or doesn't spend, it's about the decisions he makes. It can work. It worked at Arsenal who haven't spent much more than us but you have to have the right attitude in the market with the right manager at the helm.
The two exceptions about Redknapp and, in particular, Poch are doing them a disservice. Poch didn't inherit quality, he coached it. He squeezed every last drop out of those players and more. None of them pulled up any trees until he arrived. His ability to coach well aligned perfectly with the club's philosophy of buying young potential.
To me it's clear, there's only one man I want and he's been there and done it but for one reason or another, Levy has gone cold on the idea. To think that the likes of Poch are available on a free, yet he gets lured by another trophy man with an anger issue is just staggering incompetence.
We both share the same level of annoyance regarding Levy, Billy, but mine is more to do with decision making than it does finances.
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And still win fack all, which is completely pointless. It does not matter who the manager is under these owners, they will only take it so far.
I don`t care about watching pretty football and ultimately winning jack shiete, to me that is pointless. What this club needs a manager who will say it how it is, put pressure on the board and call for drastic change.
What we don`t need is another Levy lapdog who will play some easy on the eye football and settle for the occasional battle for 4th place.
This club has accepted mediocrity for far too long, Woolwich have also spent far more than us, and look where they are now, Levy has spent but not enough, and what he has spent has been spent poorly.
Levy hires the wrong managers and buys them the wrong players, and even if he hires the right manager he will still buy him the wrong players, it is a lose lose situation under these owners.
I actually don`t care if Conte stays or goes, and I don`t care who the new manager is, this is what 22 years of ENIC & Levy has done to me, it has sucked all the excitement and optimism from my veins.
posted on 22/3/23
I can't believe tuchel would take the job when he is such a strong character. Didn't he but heads at psg cos he wanted things done his way? Seems like the worst possible signing for Levy, with his hands on approach. Just don't see it
posted on 22/3/23
Because we’ve famously never had strong characters manage Spurs