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[Timberwolf]

Can't link JJs tweets but he's saying the replacement was secured before the sacking was announced.

Bad form I've always thought but it appears it sped along quickly.

If Gards is correct then the timeline makes sense. He apparently confirmed Poch out on the 12th (i.e. a couple of days after the SU game) and we've spent the rest of the international break negotiating with Jose (or whoever) and lining them up. Makes you wonder if the decision to make a change was made behind the scenes even earlier and they've just been getting all of their ducks in a row and waiting for the international break.

 

[buttons]

Between JJ and Gards it's really looking like it will be Mou. I imagine Levy & co will be all for it: finally Spurs can attract a manager like Jose Mourinho to the club - a man we were gagging for a decade ago but could barely dream of signing. A genuine superstar manager with a track record of winning who will put the eyes of the world on our club.

But then again he's miserable, negative and burns teams to the ground within 3 years...

Either way, despite being really against him in theory, now that it's looking quite likely I'm bloody excited. If we get him it's gonna be a wild ride whatever happens.

I think the one thing we have in our favour is we're a true underdog, just like his Inter, Porto and Chelsea teams were. It was at Utd and Madrid, where the clubs were bigger than him, that things really went sour and he got bitter. Hopefully being at a club like Spurs would bring out some of the backs against the wall spirit of young Jose and he won't feel persecuted the entire time.

Whats JJ said?

 

[GMI]

Tottenham close to José Mourinho deal after Mauricio Pochettino sacked

Daniel Levy is set to open talks with José Mourinho with a view to the former Manchester United manager taking over from Mauricio Pochettino, sacked by Tottenham on Tuesday evening

www.theguardian.com

 

[Wadec]

Think the thing to remember with Jose he is a manager who competes, never suited re-building. He wants first XI players and at united the squad was not good enough so even with adding certain players they were not good enough.

We have the basis of a good squad, full backs need upgrading but in theory you can see a Jose side with the rest of the squad. It could be a very astute decision

 

[Tonio]

Can we just start a Mourinho thread?

Soon...soon.

 

[N17-77]

Between JJ and Gards it's really looking like it will be Mou. I imagine Levy & co will be all for it: finally Spurs can attract a manager like Jose Mourinho to the club - a man we were gagging for a decade ago but could barely dream of signing. A genuine superstar manager with a track record of winning who will put the eyes of the world on our club.

But then again he's miserable, negative and burns teams to the ground within 3 years...

Either way, despite being really against him in theory, now that it's looking quite likely I'm bloody excited. If we get him it's gonna be a wild ride whatever happens.

I think the one thing we have in our favour is we're a true underdog, just like his Inter, Porto and Chelsea teams were. It was at Utd and Madrid, where the clubs were bigger than him, that things really went sour and he got bitter. Hopefully being at a club like Spurs would bring out some of the backs against the wall spirit of young Jose and he won't feel persecuted the entire time.

Inter?
And Abramovich-era Chelsea?
Underdogs?

Ok then.

 

[Spurzinho]

Just like the last year with Poch.

Indeed and that had to stop too.

 

[Hotspur33]

Think the thing to remember with Jose he is a manager who competes, never suited re-building. He wants first XI players and at united the squad was not good enough so even with adding certain players they were not good enough.

We have the basis of a good squad, full backs need upgrading but in theory you can see a Jose side with the rest of the squad. It could be a very astute decision

I agree with what you are saying. In fact I've said to mates when he was at United, he would have liked to have traded squads.
I believe that Mourinho could win trophies with the current squad. But if we lose Toby, Verts and Eriksen, then I think he will struggle.

 

[Lumiere]

Anyone else really rate Chris Wilder?

Michael Laudrup for me

 

[Finchyid]

Can we get ledley and ryan in as caretaker for sat?

 

[freeeki]

Sky Sports News won’t stop talking about Mourinho, and given that he works for them, I’m inclined to believe they may actually know something on this occasion

 

[WiganSpur]

Think the thing to remember with Jose he is a manager who competes, never suited re-building. He wants first XI players and at united the squad was not good enough so even with adding certain players they were not good enough.

We have the basis of a good squad, full backs need upgrading but in theory you can see a Jose side with the rest of the squad. It could be a very astute decision

Yeah I can see big differences from that Man Utd side.

Here we have experience all over the pitch and talent to match. I really don't think he will want much doing transfers wise in the short term, but it will depend on how the players adapt to him.

The list of players that he would like is a lot longer than the list he wouldn't like imo. I'd say Sessegnon, Lo Celso, KWP, Parrott might struggle under him, i'm just not sure they're his type of players. But there were rumours that United wanted Sessegnon a year or so ago.

 

[Mate]

Personally I think it's all a smokescreen for us to snatch up Warnock before he retires

 

[Wadec]

I agree with what you are saying. In fact I've said to mates when he was at United, he would have liked to have traded squads.
I believe that Mourinho could win trophies with the current squad. But if we lose Toby, Verts and Eriksen, then I think he will struggle.

I agree the one thing that does excite me is Jose would not take the job without assurances over recruitment. We dont need mass changes to play the way Jose does historically so some key recruitment in the full backs and hopefully getting Toby and Jan to sign and we are pretty much set for next season.

 

[Timberwolf]

Inter?
And Abramovich-era Chelsea?
Underdogs?

Ok then.

Historically and relatively speaking of course. Chelsea were new money, gatecrashing the party - hadn't won the league in 50 years. Inter aren't THE biggest club in Italy and also hadn't won the European Cup since the 60s. Porto were Porto. The fans and the media around those clubs weren't anywhere near as critical and had an undying devotion to the man.

Utd and Madrid are the establishment - it genuinely doesn't get any bigger and the criticism doesn't get any harsher. At Madrid especially he was constantly in the firing line and never felt truly loved, whereas at Utd he was in the shadow of Fergie who could never be matched let alone surpassed.

 

[dondo]

Appointing Mourinho will be a disaster.

Levy doesn't tolerate games and back chat.

How would you possibly know this ?

 

[Harryson]

I think it is fair to say we all love Poch and most of us sad to see it end this way but the fact is he won nothing with such a talented squad. He never took any of the domestic cups seriously and went all out for the league title which is great but only if you win it. Sure there has been some bad luck and the stadium change didn't help but winning anything, just one cup would have helped us progress.

The problem is we still have a talented squad but our football has been awful. Really bad.

If the serial winner Mourinho comes in and the players start playing again and we win something over the next couple of seasons then I am good with that.

 

[riggi]

@Gb160 here we go...

 

[shelfmonkey]

This story

Jose Mourinho assembles new coaching staff ahead of managerial return

The 56-year-old admitted he was also adapting his coaching methods following his sacking by Man Utd

www.mirror.co.uk

I’d prefer a progressive coach like Rose or Nagelsman who’ve done their time at a relative lower ranked club and done well, now transferring that to a higher level club. However, it may be too soon for them given both are less than halfway through their first season in their new job.
From the available guys with track records of success, I think Allegri is more current, but I just don’t see it being him. It just looks like Jose is in pole position, but I’d love to see him come in and prove to the world he can still deliver with the other big guns, and do it without the budget he’s had previously, just to prove he can.
If it is Mourinho, then a new back room team could be the refresh he needs.

I'm not a Mourinho fan and I cringe at the idea of him as our manager, but I have had this nagging feeling in the back of my mind for a good few months now that concurs with the part of your post I've highlighted. It's a weird sinking feeling but then this glimmer of hope that we might see a new reinvented, reinvigorated Mourinho!!

 

[Gb160]

@Gb160 here we go...

Fucking hell.
Anyone would think he'd died.
So embarrassing.
Just look at the people he's @'d as well...attention seeking prick.