Tottenham Hotspur have endured a difficult season under Ange Postecoglou amid inconsistencies and injury issues.
When Spurs are at their best, they can be more than a match for anyone, but even now their injury crisis has subsided, they’ve continued to blow hot and cold.
As a result, Postecoglou is now under pressure, and Tottenham have already started speaking to potential alternatives.
For instance, TBR Football chief correspondent Graeme Bailey has been told that Tottenham have touched base with Oliver Glasner of Crystal Palace.
Now, Troy Deeney has urged Tottenham to consider moving for a manager he once deemed the scariest coach he has ever worked with.
Troy Deeney urges Tottenham to replace Ange Postecoglou with Marco Silva
The manager in question is Marco Silva, who has been going from strength to strength at Fulham over the past few years.
Tottenham have added Silva to their list of managerial targets in wake of his efforts in turning the West London club into a stable Premier League outfit.
Deeney, who Silva managed in his time at Watford, has claimed that his former manager is ‘more than ready’ to take the job on.
Indeed, Deeney believes that Silva would be able to turn Spurs’ fortunes around in a matter of months.
“Marco is more than ready,” Deeney said on talkSPORT.
“The biggest compliment you could take for Marco Silva is that, if you look at all the people that are around him – his staff – they’ve been poached, because they (other clubs) want Marco Silva, but they go and get the people off his branches.
“He’s ready for a big team. I think he’d be perfect for Spurs if they would allow him to just go and take over and not get involved too much from up above.
“I think he’d change the culture of that place within three months. Marco is definitely ready. Fulham are on a good trajectory but I think they’ll struggle to keep him long term.”
What Troy Deeney said about Marco Silva’s ruthlessness
Last year, Deeney named Silva as the scariest manager he has ever worked with – more so than Sean Dyche.
Deeney, speaking to the Football First podcast on BBC Sounds, revealed how up front Silva was about how “slow” he was as a player.
“Sean Dyche would have to be up there, but do you know who was, but it was more for his ruthlessness? Marco Silva,” said Deeney.
“Small in stature, a nice guy but he’ll cut you off. It’s his way or no way.
“When he came in at Watford, and bear in mind I was doing alright, he wanted more pace up front which is fine.
“He signed Andre Gray, and he said to me: ‘You’re a legend, I don’t want to be disrespectful, but you’re slow.’ And I was like: ‘OK, I can’t do anything about that.’
“He said: ‘You’re a nice guy but you’re just too slow’ and just walked off. It was just ‘this is why he’s in, deal with it’. He was just straight.
“I’ve got a great relationship with him now and I’ve been into Fulham to see him but we’ve never really spoken about it actually.”