After losing to Manchester United, Tottenham dismisses its coach Nuno Espirito Santo and already has his replacement

Tottenham announced this Monday in a statement the dismissal of their coach Nuno Espírito Santo and his technical team, after the defeat suffered at home on Saturday against the Manchester United (3-0), in the English Premier, his fifth loss in ten games.

“I know how much Nuno and his technical team wanted to succeed and I’m sorry that we had to make this decision“, said Fabio Paratici, Tottenham’s general director of football.

“Nuno is a true gentleman and will always be welcome here. We want to thank him and his team and wish them the best for the future, ”added Fabio Paratici.

The club did not specify the identity of the next coach.

Spurs, eighth in Premier League, are also third in their group in the Europa League Conference, where they are favorites in a key that shares with Rennes (France), Speed (Netherlands) and Mura (Slovenia).

Nuno Espirito Santo had taken the reins of Spurs last June, after the dismissal of his compatriot Jose Mourinho.

Before, I had trained Wolverhampton for four seasons, achieving promotion to Premier League the first year.

The Wolves then remained without problems in the elite, qualifying even twice to the Europa League. Last season, they finished in thirteenth place.

But at Tottenham, the Portuguese has disappointed and leaves with a balance of nine wins, one draw and seven losses.

The North London club, which reached the final of the Champions League in 2019, under the orders of Mauricio Pochettino, It is less competitive since the Argentine’s departure.

Replacement

After the dismissal of Nuno Espirito Santo after just four months in office, Antonio Conte is once again the chosen one to sit on the Tottenham Hotspur bench.

The Italian coach is the one chosen by the ‘Spurs’, according to the english press, to succeed the Portuguese, despite the fact that he rejected the position this past summer.

Conte got the call from Daniel Levy this summer, before Nuno arrived, to redirect a drifting ship with the firing of Jose Mourinho, but the Italian, who had just left the Inter de Milan, was not convinced by a project that was leaking and in which its highest star, Harry Kane, it seemed to be about to leave.

With Kane at least one more season in the team and seeing that the bench Manchester United resists him, because of the trust in Ole Gunnar SolskjaerConte seems ready this time to sign with the London club.

Conte’s last experience in English football was with him Chelsea, where he was from 2016 to 2018 winning a Premier League and an FA Cup. (D)