Tottenham coach Ryan Mason is a leading candidate to become the new head coach of Belgian side Anderlecht.
Brian Riemer was sacked as Anderlecht boss last month after two years at the club with them struggling in the Jupiler Pro League and they currently sit fourth in the table with just four wins from their 10 matches so far. Now 33-year-old Mason is being tipped strongly as one of the frontrunners to take over as the new head coach of the Belgian giants.
Mason is currently part of Ange Postecoglou's coaching staff and has had two previous spells in caretaker charge of Spurs, first after Jose Mourinho left the club and then in the wake of Antonio Conte's departure. Highly rated within the game, football.london understands Mason has held talks over the job and is strongly in the running in the final stages of the process to appoint a new Anderlecht boss.
It would be his first managerial post and the Belgian media around the club believe he is set to be handed the role. Mark van Bommel dropped out of the race for the role and former Watford boss Vladimir Ivic has also been linked with the job.
The young coach took charge of 13 matches in total for Tottenham, recording six wins, one draw and six defeats, with 26 goals scored and 21 conceded. He was at the helm for Spurs' Carabao Cup final appearance against Manchester City in 2021, which Pep Guardiola's side won with a late Aymeric Laporte goal. He was only 29 during his first spell in charge of Spurs and was the youngest manager to ever coach a Premier League match.
Mason will have seen the impact Anderlecht had on Vincent Kompany's career, as the former Manchester City defender moved to Burnley and then Bayern Munich. He will also have one cautionary tale from the Belgian league in former Spurs midfielder Scott Parker's tough time at Club Brugge, with Postecoglou's current assistant boss Matt Wells, for a spell that only lasted three months.
If Mason does make the move to Anderlecht, then all eyes will be on whether Postecoglou looks to replace him in his coaching set-up, or with the arrival of Nick Montgomery and Sergio Raimundo to replace Chris Davies in the summer, the Australian feels he has enough staff to work with.
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