Twitter reacts as another name is scratched off Tottenham's managerial shortlist
By Ross Jackson
Tottenham's managerial shortlist is beginning to look like your mum's weekly shopping list as she wheels her trolley into the last aisle of a supermarket.
It was recently revealed that Daniel Levy was hoping to appoint a new permanent boss at the club before the end of the season - and that was after 5% of the population had ruled themselves out of the running.
Brendan Rodgers, Julian Nagelsmann and Erik ten Hag have all fallen by the wayside, with the latter of the three extending his deal with Ajax.
What could possibly be so unappealing about Spurs right now? Well...
Erik ten Hag as soon as he saw Lucas Moura at Tottenham’s training ground pic.twitter.com/Q46jeSeFYp
— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) April 30, 2021
Potential managers looking at Tottenham: pic.twitter.com/pUCfdWcaZR
— The Limp Cockerel (@TheLimpCockerel) April 27, 2021
Lucas walking in to ten hag's first training session pic.twitter.com/6PxufvrXvp
— ٍ (@_thfcgeorge) April 26, 2021
Ten Hag the first time he sees Lucas Moura in Spurs training pic.twitter.com/A7kWdjHHqp
— ????? (@MarkTHFC7) April 27, 2021
If you needed to take a test before you were allowed to become a football fan, chances are there would be one question and it would be 'do you have the ability to overreact and make rash statements which you'll probably later think were stupid?'.
And it's fair to say Levy received the majority of the abuse following the announcement Ten Hag had extended his deal with Ajax.
Pochettino was sacked and Levy hired Mourinho that night.
— ??♂️ (@thfcgi) April 30, 2021
Mourinho was sacked and Levy has been rejected by his top two targets - Nagelsmann and Ten Hag.
Gives me a ‘beginning of the end’ feeling for Levy at Tottenham. Are people starting to see through his bullshit?
Spurs' board and fans wanting Nagelsmann and now suddenly shifting over to Ten Hag oddly reminds me of last Summer when we all wanted Ruben Dias first, and then we pushed for Milan Skriniar, and finally ended up with a cup-tied, ineligible for Europe Joe Rodon.
— Søøs (@FTHeritage) April 27, 2021
Brace yourselves.
This is probably why it's time up for the current decision-makers at Tottenham. They should be offering one of the more attractive jobs in Europe and nobody seems to want it - and that's probably not about the stadium, the PL or the playing squad.
— Seb Stafford-Bloor (@SebSB) April 30, 2021
Fair play to Daniel Levy maintaining the same approach to signing a manager as he does when signing players.
— Tottenham Funnies (@SpursFunnies) April 30, 2021
Get the 7th or 8th best target.
However, could it be that it was in fact Spurs who decided to walk away from the deal? Despite reports that Levy was the one who pulled the plug on the move, it does seem very 'well I never liked you anyway some I'm not bothered'.
Ten Hag has extended his contract with Ajax - he has *not* turned down Tottenham.#THFC board decided to take a step back after talking with ten Hag in the last 48 hours and being aware of Ajax intention to trigger the one-year option. Tottenham will meet other managers soon.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 30, 2021
Ten Hag didn't decide to extend at Ajax until he got linked with Spurs ?
— ??? ???? ? (@TheEuropeanLad) April 30, 2021
My manager.
Ten Hag? More like Ten managers have rejected us???
— ♟ (@RamoBall) April 30, 2021
So, with Ten Hag the latest name to be thrown on the scrapheap, Levy needs to regroup if he's to achieve his target of appointing a new boss before the end of the Premier League season.
As luck would have it, the good people of Twitter weren't shy with handing out a few pointers for the Spurs chairman...
Don't try and fight it Spurs fans. It's time to bring daddy home. pic.twitter.com/ZUg1Q2SI6w
— matt (@matthewOCS) April 30, 2021
Yeah tbh we didn’t need Nagelsmann. Like tbh we didn’t even want Ten Hag.
— Jude Summerfield (@judesummerfield) April 30, 2021
What? What do you mean there’s no one left? https://t.co/bWD6NhGsbG
Sean Dyche to Spurs? I’d love to see that. He deserves a big opportunity.
— Theo (@Thogden) April 29, 2021
Ten Hag - new contract
— Sean Walsh (@SeanDZWalsh) April 30, 2021
Rodgers - not interested pic.twitter.com/QDONtYdAaA
Nagelsmann: Went to Bayern ❌
— Jordan Ratcliffe (@JRat98) April 30, 2021
Marsch: Went to RB Leipzig ❌
Rodgers: Rejected ❌
Ten Hag: Extended contract ❌
Spurs right now: pic.twitter.com/LfOOF9l4ui
Regardless of why the deal broke down, it looks like it's back to the drawing board for Levy and co. as they look to appoint their new boss within the next three weeks.