Nuno Espirito Santo sacked by Tottenham
Nuno Espirito Santo has been sacked as Tottenham boss after only four months in charge.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and managing director of football Fabio Paratici are understood to have met on Sunday to discuss Nuno’s fate after Saturday’s 3-0 home loss to Manchester United, the team’s fifth defeat in 10 Premier League games this season.
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And a statement from Tottenham on Monday morning said: “The club can today announce that Nuno Espirito Santo and his coaching staff Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias have been relieved of their duties.”
Paratici said: “I know how much Nuno and his coaching staff wanted to succeed and I regret that we have had to take this decision.
“Nuno is a true gentleman and will always be welcome here. We should like to thank him and his coaching staff and wish them well for the future.”
Tottenham added that “a further coaching update will follow in due course”.
The north London outfit appointed former Wolves manager Nuno as successor to his fellow Portuguese Jose Mourinho on June 30.
Tottenham’s 17 games in all competitions since have featured seven defeats, and the losses to West Ham and Manchester United in their last two Premier League matches have seen them go two hours and 16 minutes without having a shot on target.
Sunday’s game saw sections of the crowd chant ‘You don’t know what you’re doing’ and boo at the full-time whistle.
Four potential replacements were cited in the Gossip, while Fabio Paratici is reportedly working hard to convince Antonio Conte to take the helm.
Conte has reportedly ‘already been sounded out’ and is Paratici’s ‘top target’ to take over.
The former Chelsea boss was in the frame in the summer before negotiations reportedly collapsed over terms, including the guarantee of sizeable funds to improve the squad.
But Paratici, who worked with Conte in a successful period with Juventus, believes he can persuade the Italian and has already begun the process in ‘late-night negotiations’.
The club are ready to offer Conte, who led Inter Milan to the Serie A title last term, a lucrative three-year deal to take over in north London.
Paulo Fonseca and Sergio Conceicao are also on Paratici’s list, and it’s thought Mason could be put in interim charge.
