Belgium and former Everton manager Roberto Martinez wanted to become Tottenham boss after Mauricio Pochettino's sacking. (Star on Sunday)
One thing that's been noted elsewhere, last season Lille played a hard-pressing game and were capable of executing lightning fast counter attacks which is why they surprised everyone by finishing second in Ligue 1 last season, which is worth mentioning given we've hired basically their entire coaching team Before anyone asks, it's probably less likely that we'll be bringing over any of the players who helped Lille achieve that as most of the key figures have already been snapped up, with Pepe heading to Woolwich, Leao to Milan, and both Thiago Mendes and Youssouf Kone to Lyon - although we have been linked with Boubakary Soumare in the last few days...
The beautiful irony of Keane saying "Go get kane...just get him ... they are a shambles just get him...." Like united ain't a ****ing bigger shambles than us ffs
I'd say that was the biggest pile of ****e I've heard from a pundit in the last day or two...but then along came Jamie Redcrapp to say that Poch should take over at the Nomads, because he's a well-balanced person not holding onto a petty grudge because we sacked his dad over seven years ago...
Really weird set of claims from Neville. The manager and chairman have reached a deal that suits both of them? How is that a criticism?! He's acting like him joining Valencia was some labour of love or something. He's not that naive.
If Mourinho's successful with Spurs, it would be embarrassing to United. Neville's a United boy, no matter what. Sticking the boot in is logical, although I can't see Levy or Mourinho caring one jot between them.
"He's lit up the Premier for 20 years" despite only being in it for 8, the first of which was 15 years ago. Other than that I think he's close to the truth
I think Mourinho and Sacramento's strategy at Spurs is to do the simple things right. 1. First two rules of strategy a. Never change a winning game: check. He would have used the same lineup that beat West Ham v. Olympiacos, except Davies was hurt. b. Always change a losing game: check. He made a very early sub when Spurs were down two goals. 2. Attackers should attack: check. He picked the right four and tried to get them the ball in space, where they're most effective. 3. Defenders should defend: yeah, that'd be nice. 4. Midfielders should get the ball from defenders to friendly attackers, and shield defenders from opposing attackers. Mourinho said something interesting: he wanted one player to play positionally, and one passer. And this looks like the biggest issue. What he doesn't want, it seems, is ball carriers. The only player I would describe as playing positionally is Dier (unless you count Wanyama or Skipp). The only passers may be Winks and Eriksen. Mourinho understands that passing gets the ball to the front four more quickly, and lets them attack into space. A ball carrier gets it to them more slowly, which tends to waste the pace of Moura and Son, and smother Dele's creativity, in a blanket of defenders. My opinion is, why not bring in Sessegnon, Ndombele and lo Celso for Rose, Dier and Winks, while asking them to get the ball to the front four ASAP and defend effectively? It's not like they have a terrifically difficult act to follow.
