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Aston Villa are enjoying a superb season under Unai Emery and will be eager to build on their success in the summer transfer window.

Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur will need to be mindful of players in their ranks who could be set to move on when the market reopens.

For instance, Tottenham defender Cristian Romero is looking for a new challenge and is likely to be on the move this summer.

TBR Football understands that Romero has made it clear that he is ready to leave Tottenham and told his people that a move to Spain is his preferred choice.

Now, Aston Villa have emerged as suitors for Romero, and journalist Steve Kay has shared the details involving the player and both clubs.

Tottenham searching for Cristian Romero replacements as £55m price tag set

Kay says he’s been told that Tottenham are open to selling Romero, but want around £55million for him.

The journalist, writing on FootballTransfers, has reported that ‘sources with knowledge of the situation’ say Tottenham are preparing for his exit and are already searching for a replacement at centre-back.

Meanwhile, Villa are willing to offer Romero a five-year contract, which is exactly the kind of long-term deal he wants at this stage of his career.

However, the Villans are likely to have competition from Napoli, whose manager is former Tottenham boss Antonio Conte, as well as Bayern Munich.

Aston Villa’s chances of signing Cristian Romero

Tottenham were ready to make Romero their highest-earner, but it looks like he wants a fresh challenge regardless of whether Spurs will qualify for next season’s Champions League or not.

Meanwhile, Villa have been going from strength to strength under Unai Emery and will fancy their chances of making another high-profile signing this summer.

Romero was in great form last season, prompting teammate Pedro Porro to describe him as the best centre-back in world football.

Speaking on the Premier League’s official YouTube channel last year, Porro said: “Respect, respect for Cuti, the best centre-back in the world.”

However, Romero has struggled with injuries this season, missing 27 games for Ange Postecoglou’s side in 2025/26.

It remains to be seen whether Villa will triumph in the race for Romero, especially considering he fancies a move to Spain and Atletico Madrid are keen.

Nonetheless, the Villans have made a name for themselves as a club that can pull off transfer coups, so they cannot be ruled out.

Tottenham chairman and co-owner Daniel Levy is one of football’s very few bona fide superstar executives, alongside the likes of Florentino Perez and Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

But Levy, who owns just over 25 per cent of Tottenham through holding company ENIC, is an outlier in more ways than one, both within the Premier League and the wider football finance ecosystem.

Unlike Florentino Perez of Real Madrid and Nasser Al-Khelaifi of Paris Saint-Germain, he doesn’t control one of the planet’s most successful clubs.

As a business, Spurs are a behemoth. Their recently filed accounts for 2023-24 confirm that, even with no European football of any description, only eight clubs worldwide earned more revenue across the season.

But as a sporting institution? Unlike Real and PSG, the North Londoners are perma-underachievers.

Since 2008, when they last won a trophy, Tottenham have spent £3.286bn on wages and amortisation, which is how clubs account for transfer fees over a period of time.

Daniel Levy apologists rightly point out that figure, while huge, is less than their peers in the so-called Big Six, who have spent more and, as you’d expect, have won more – a lot more.

But the law of averages would suggest that, if Levy had the requisite footballing acumen, that level of spending would have yielded a far greater share of the trophies.

The flipside, of course, is that Levy and ENIC – who are now controlled by Joe Lewis’ family trust following his conviction for insider trading last year – have dragged Spurs into a new era financially.

While they are a regular source of ridicule from both rivals and the club’s own fanbase alike, Tottenham’s commercial operation and brand building are probably the best in world football.

They don’t have the same global profile as, say, Liverpool or Manchester United but deliver outsized returns in sponsorship, merchandise sales and events at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

They’ve achieved the dream of every club’s corporate arm: decoupling commercial income from on-pitch results. It’s at £245m in their latest accounts, 316 per cent higher than the last season at White Hart Lane.

And with a license to double the number of non-football events at the stadium now in effect, expect that figure to continue defying gravity in seasons to come, regardless of whether they end the trophy drought.

Unless Ange Postecoglou oversees an unlikely triumph in the Europa League, that streak won’t end in 2024-25.

But – and this will, totally justifiably, enrage Tottenham fans – it is almost because of, not in spite of, Spurs’ lack of footballing success that Levy has earned superstardom among the game’s executives.

That the former city banker has turned Spurs 2.0 into a money-printing machine without the prestige that silverware brings is really quite extraordinary. In that sense, Levy more then earns his huge salary.

And given that Tottenham are for sale, either via the form of a minority investment or full takeover, it will be Levy’s management of the club that makes it such an attractive option for buyers.

And, how ever long it takes, Spurs with new owners will have the Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) capacity and revenue base to spend like a genuine super club.

But for that to happen, Levy will have to budge on his price. £3.75bn is said to be his valuation of Tottenham, with any offers for a full or partial takeover seemingly required to meet that rate.

Where Tottenham rank among most valuable sports teams

Qatar, either through state-sponsored PSG ownership group Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) or the sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority, have long been touted as potential buyers.

And developments in recent days have shed some light on the Gulf state’s grand vision in football.

Have Qatar Sports Investments given up on Tottenham after negotiations with Daniel Levy?

A secretive process that has been going on for much longer than when it was announced last April, Qatar Sports Investments is one of the few groups known to have been part of the Spurs equity auction.

Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been reliably reported to have held several rounds of talks with Levy about buying into Tottenham. Both parties admit the meetings took place but deny that investment was on the agenda.

As well as owning PSG, QSI own a significant minority stake in Portuguese side Braga.

Now, in news that could be read one of two ways from a Spurs perspective, Sky News City Editor Mark Kleinnman has relayed that QSI are in advanced talks to take over Spanish second-tier side Malaga.

And in more recent days, several outlets have reported that negotiations with the club’s existing owners are in the final stages and a deal worth around £85m could potentially be complete within days.

So, what might be the significance for Tottenham?

One way of looking at it is they have turned their attention away from discussions with Levy in favour of the Segunda Division club.

Conversely, it may be that their interest in Malaga is a tacit admission that they are simply disregarding UEFA’s rules on dual ownership of clubs, which would leave the door open for investment in Spurs.

Under the current system, clubs under the same ownership umbrella are not allowed to compete simultaneously in the same UEFA competition, i.e. the Champions League or Europa League.

But UEFA have given temporary reprieves to some clubs operating multi-club networks in the past – and there have been suggestions that the governing body could scale back the conflict of interest rules.

If that is the case, a QSI takeover or minority investment in Tottenham could see them become part of an operation that includes PSG, Braga and Malaga, rivalling the game’s biggest multi-club networks.

Of the ‘Big Six’, Spurs and Arsenal are the only clubs who are neither part of a multi-club model nor actively seeking to establish one.

Liverpool owners FSG could rival QSI for Malaga, with impact for Spurs

One interesting subplot in this story is the recently emerged interest of Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the Boston-based owners of Liverpool, in Malaga too.

FSG have been looking to launch a multi-club network since Michael Edwards’ return to the club as CEO last summer and, it is reported, a Liverpool delegation has visited Malaga with a view to a deal.

Illustrating the extent of shared ownership in the modern game, FSG are part-owned by private equity firm Arctos, who also own a stake in PSG, whose owners QSI are their rivals in the Malaga auction.

So, Tottenham’s Premier League rivals Liverpool could theoretically have an indirect effect on their future ownership through a bidding war with QSI.

Premier League takeover saturation could delay Tottenham sale

In related news, Brentford’s Matthew Benham has become the latest Premier League club owner to explore a minority sale, with various parties reportedly interested in the Bees at his £400m valuation.

Crystal Palace, West Ham, Wolves, Bournemouth are also seeking minority investment in what is fast becoming a saturated market that favours buyers, not sellers.

With a £3.75bn valuation, far higher than any of those clubs, Spurs would represent a riskier option for a minority investor, although likely the one with the biggest upside.

Previously, Chelsea’s Todd Boehly has held talks with Levy about acquiring the club outright in tandem with his investment partner Jonathan Goldstein, who is a Tottenham fan.

That opportunity could potentially re-emerge if Boehly loses the boardroom tug of war with Clearlake Capital at Chelsea.

Tottenham Hotspur have had a whole host of incredible midfielders at their disposal throughout their history.

Luka Modric is perhaps the standout name, who used Tottenham as a stepping stone to sign for Real Madrid in 2013 and etched his reputation as one of the best midfielders the game has ever seen.

Antonio Rudiger raved about Mousa Dembele and named him as the most underrated player he has ever come across, which speaks volumes of how tremendous he was for Spurs in particular.

Sir Alex Ferguson wished to manage Paul Gascoigne but as the former Manchester United boss admitted, the English legend went on to sign for Tottenham and became a Lilywhites legend.

In 2018, Sam Allardyce saw a lot of potential in Eric Dier when he was still a defensive midfielder after he competed against Sergio Busquets and his Barcelona side as Spurs lost 4-2 in the Champions League.

Sam Allardyce compared Eric Dier to Sergio Busquets at Tottenham

Allardyce commented on Dier’s display after the contest, who was just 24 at the time.

Seven years ago, the former Sporting CP dynamo looked like he could become a top-class number six — capable of breaking up play expertly and anchoring the back four for both Tottenham and England.

Dier, who Brighton wish to sign as well as Brentford and Wolves went on to become a centre-back eventually.

But in 2018, Sam Allardyce told talkSPORT that Dier was just as good a midfielder as Sergio Busquets, who is widely considered the greatest player in his position in history.

“The praise about Busquets must be stopped, was never evident last night because he’s no better or worse than Eric Dier for me and Eric Dier. Busquets is a sitting midfield player that breaks it up, intercepts and passes it very simply and is intelligent. That’s what he is, he’s not much more than that but gets a huge amount of praise for it whereas Eric Dier does a similar job but sometimes, gets lots of criticism for it.”

Sam Allardyce also claimed Busquets was hailed for what Dier was slated for, explaining: “I’m only saying he’s got the capabilities of being that. If the rest of the team is as good as the Spanish and Busquets’ been a great player for Barcelona, don’t get me wrong but he’s a very effective, first-pick for every manager because he plays such a simple game and because he plays such a simple game, it’s great for the team and we laud him as a genius. Whereas our own, we don’t, we criticise and that’s all I’m saying.”

At the time, the former Leeds United boss’ comments generated plenty of headlines as the comparison was a staggering one to say the least.

But Sam Allardyce went on to admit on Sky Sports later that year that while Dier did outperform Busquets on the night, his claims were off the mark.

“I slipped up a little bit, but on the night, he was better than him.”

“In career terms, he’s not. But what I was doing was sticking up for Dier, after the amount of stick he’s been getting People saying he’s not good enough for England, people saying he shouldn’t be playing. There’s been a lot of negative comments in the press.”

Tottenham have a crop of exciting young players coming through.

Indeed, while Spurs’ season, on the whole, has been terrible, the young players at Tottenham have been a bright spark.

Archie Gray has received praise for his performances this season, while Lucas Bergvall has been hailed for his showings as well.

On top of that, Mikey Moore has been tipped for big things too.

However, there’s also a young player away from the club who has been identified as a potential top talent too.

According to Rob Guest, speaking on the Gold and Guest Talk Tottenham Podcast, Alfie Devine is a player who is rated very highly by Ange Postecoglou at Spurs.

Alfie Define is rated highly by Ange Postecoglou

Guest shared what he knows about Devine and how he’s viewed by Postecoglou.

According to the journalist, Devine has made a big impression on Postecoglou in pre-season in the past, and he’s rated quite highly by the manager.

Devine is currently out on loan at Westerlo.

“Alfie Devine, probably another one where a decision’s got to be made, whether he’s going to be another loan spell for him. But what I would say with Devine, whenever he has played for Tottenham in preseason, he’s made a big impression on Ange Postecoglou and he’s someone who the head coach does rate quite highly.”

Alfie Devine stats this season

Devine is highly rated by Postecoglou, but the sad reality is that he may not be doing enough in Belgium to force his way into the Spurs team next season.

Devine was tipped to compete with James Maddison at Spurs at one point, but the stats suggest that the 20-year-old isn’t quite at that level yet.

Unfortunately, Devine hasn’t taken the Belgian Pro League by storm, and the reality is that Spurs would never be looking at signing a player with those stats in Belgium if he wasn’t already on their books.

Of course, it only takes one pre-season for everything to change sometimes, but, at the moment, it’s hard to see how Devine breaks into the Tottenham team.

Postecoglou is a big fan of Devine, but unfortunately for the midfielder, Postecoglou is likely to leave Tottenham in the near future, and he may face another uphill battle to win over the next gaffer.

As we approach the end of the 2024/25 campaign, several clubs – including Tottenham – are putting plans for the summer in place.

TBR Football understand Tottenham are trying to bring Fabio Paratici back to N17 ahead of the summer – where Ange Postecoglou could be replaced after a tough season.

A decision will also have to be made on Mathys Tel – who Spurs have the option to sign permanently from Bayern Munich for £45m.

While the above remains up in the air, there is a deal which seems more certain to happen for Tottenham this summer involving Johnny Cardoso.

Real Betis believe Tottenham will take Johnny Cardoso

A story from AS in Spain now states that Real Betis think Spurs are going to sign the United States international this summer in a €25m (£20m) deal.

For those unaware of the situation, Tottenham agreed a £20m option to buy Cardoso this summer when negotiating the £8m sale of Giovani Lo Celso to Real Betis back in August.

The man born in Denville has since enjoyed an impressive 2024/25 campaign with the Spanish side, recently scoring in a 2-1 win over Real Madrid as he excels in his defensive midfield position.

AS claim that Real Betis are already operating under the expectation Cardoso will move to north London in a £20m deal, with Manuel Pellegrini’s side said to be ‘crying out’ for an injection of funds.

Therefore, unless the 23-year-old himself refuses to join Tottenham, it would seem this deal is practically already done.

Johnny Cardoso unlikely to scupper the agreement

Spurs fans shouldn’t worry about the United States international ruining the deal.

TBR Football have been told Cardoso is keen to join Tottenham this summer – although we understand Real Betis want Spurs to pay up by July 10th in order for them to proceed with their own recruitment plans.

That is a fair request from Real Betis, seeing as Spurs have had since August to decide what to do with the American.

Tottenham face Chelsea in the Premier League in midweek as both teams look to build a bit of momentum as we head into the business end of the season.

Tottenham need to bring the feel-good factor back within the squad as they desperately try to win the Europa League and qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Ange Postecoglou is under pressure, and results need to improve quickly.

Meanwhile, the chasing pack are breathing down Chelsea’s neck as they look to hang onto their Champions League qualification spot.

Both teams aren’t in great form, and writing in his column for the BBC, Chris Sutton has now predicted how this game will go.

Chris Sutton predicts Chelsea vs Tottenham

Sutton shared his verdict on how this game will go.

The pundit says that this should be a cracking game with plenty of goals.

Ultimately though, Sutton tipped Chelsea to win this match, claiming that the Blues will win 3-2.

“This is a great game to finish the week off. It ended up 4-3 to Chelsea earlier in the season, and there are likely to be a few more goals this time too,” Sutton wrote.

“Chelsea have people like Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke back from injury to bolster their attack, but Spurs have got some key players like Micky van de Ven fit again too.

“Tottenham’s league campaign has been disappointing – it is winning the Europa League or bust for them – while Chelsea are still chasing the Champions League places.

“Spurs looked tired to me before the international break, so it will be interesting to see what they are like here. We know how exciting they can be on their day, it is just those days have been few and far between this season.

“Chelsea have been a bit flat as well, but maybe this is the game where both teams come to life and serve up a thriller – that is what I am hoping for anyway.”

Tottenham recent record vs Chelsea

Sutton believes that Chelsea will beat Spurs here, and his prediction is backed up by the formbook.

Indeed, Spurs have had a lot of trouble against Chelsea in recent times, particularly since Ange Postecoglou took charge.

Postecoglou famously suffered his first defeat as Spurs boss against Chelsea last season as Spurs lost 4-1 at home and went down to nine men.

Tottenham played a crazy style against Chelsea on that day.

That defeat started a real downturn in form for Spurs, and, since then, things haven’t been the same.

Postecoglou has actually lost every game he’s played vs Chelsea so far, while Spurs themselves have won just one of their last 10 meetings against the west London side.

With Tottenham at their lowest ebb in years, Chelsea will certainly fancy their chances heading into this match, and, as Sutton says, the Blues could come away from this game with all three points.

Ahead of the summer, both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur fans will be hoping that their clubs go big on new signings.

Unfortunately for Tottenham, that seems like a much more realistic proposition at Arsenal right now, who are ready to splash the cash by all reports in a few months time.

Arsenal are looking at several strikers and Mikel Arteta will also be hoping that new sporting director Andrea Berta can improve his squad in other areas too.

Arsenal are pushing to sign Martin Zubimendi – the kind of ambition a lot of Spurs fans would like to see in N17.

Tottenham recruited three first-team players in January: Antonin Kinsky, Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel, but Ange Postecoglou’s best starting XI is arguably still no stronger.

Ramon Veiga is jealous of Mikel Arteta’s backing at Arsenal

That being said, former Spurs player Ramon Vega took to X to deliver a quite damning verdict of Tottenham’s ambitions right now.

Vega was replying to Arteta’s comments on Monday when he claimed that Arsenal were going to have a ‘big transfer window’ this summer, one he was very excited about.

Arteta said: “It’s going to be a big transfer window for us, we are very excited about it.

“We need to increase the depth of the squad but, as well, you want to increase certain qualities and skills that we need to now go to the next step.”

In reply, Vega lamented the fact that Postecoglou would never be able to say something similar at one of his press conferences right now – highlighting a big difference between the two clubs.

Vega said: “It would be unbelievable if Spurs could announce a message like that from their manager.

“Unfortunately, it will never happen. This shows where the problem lies.”

Tottenham announce decrease in wage expenditure

Of course, Tottenham fans have protested about Daniel Levy and ENIC – many are unhappy and feel as if the club lacks ambition on a footballing front.

With that in mind, Spurs actually published their accounts for 2023/24 this week, revealing a 12% decrease in their wage expenditure.

Tottenham want to sign a striker this summer according to reports, but it must be considered that a fair bit of the club’s budget would be taken up by securing permanent deals for Danso and Tel.

Spurs believe that Tel will come good despite an indifferent start in north London.

And on Danso’s part, he’s already proven that he is capable of backing up Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, a profile that Postecoglou has lacked for some time.

Tottenham Hotspur have been told that there is a top young manager who they could appoint in the summer which could be very similar to Mauricio Pocheettino.

Pochettino is not keen to leave the USA job at this stage, therefore, Spurs will need to find someone else who can replicate the job he did in North London.

Tottenham Hotspur are drawing up a shortlist of replacements for Ange Postecoglou should they decide to sack him in the summer.

Tottenham told Andoni Iraola could be the next Mauricio Pochettino

Jack Pitt-Brooke has revealed how Andoni Iraola is seen as the next big up-and-coming manager in football and how he is similar to Mauricio Pochettino.

Irola is a contender for the Tottenham job with Ange Postecoglou’s future at Spurs being brought into question.

Tottenham appointed Pochettino in 2014 as a young, hungry manager who had done well in Spain before coming to England and impressing on the South Coast, which is the same path Iraola is currently taking.

Pitt-Brooke told The Athletic FC Podcast: “There just seems to be a consensus in football that he is the next he is the next new, exciting young manager.

“I think he is at that sweet spot where he’s only 42, so he’s young enough to be original, brave and really convinced about the strength of his ideas, but he’s also experienced enough that his ideas have been tested.

“He did really well in Spain at Rayo Vallecano and then he’s come over to Bournemouth and done well, so from a Tottenham point of view, if you’re thinking who reminds us most of Mauricio Pochettino in 2014, then Iraola is the obvious choice.”

Will Tottenham be able to get Andoni Iraola out of Tottenham

Meanwhile, The Athletic’s Phil Hay has questioned whether Irola would actually want to leave Bournemouth for Tottenham, considering the struggles Ange Postecoglou is currently facing.

The Spanish coach will want assurances that the Spurs project is right for him and that the North London club will change their transfer policy to help him succeed.

Hay added: “I reckon the consideration for him less about leaving Bournemouth and more about what he’s going, the credibility of the club in question and the creditability of the project because he strikes me 100 percent as a project manager.

“I suppose the support he gets in a different job facilities the targets that are set for him and that leads me to think that whilst Tottenham are appealing, they would have to work hard to convince him 100 percent, I think, because the job is slowly eating Postecoglou.

“Tottenham just don’t push the boat out when it comes to recruitment or a budget which allows them to compete right at the very top and as much as Iraola has shown himself to be very good at finding gains in players, the question in his head will surely be is Tottenham’s attitude the transfer market going to change with him in charge.”

It is safe to say Richarlison has struggled at Tottenham.

Spurs paid £60m to sign the Brazilian from Everton back in July 2022 after his impressive stint at Everton – where he scored 53 goals in 152 appearances and also became the outright No.9 for Brazil.

However, the South American has failed to make a similar impact in north London, netting just 18 goals in 80 games for Tottenham – while also missing 58 games through injury.

However, Richarlison could soon receive a lifeline in his Tottenham career – amid rumours Spurs are considering Marco Silva as a replacement for Ange Postecoglou.

Marco Silva could ignite Richarlison at Tottenham

TBR Football understand Silva is under consideration at Spurs amid doubts over the future of Postecoglou – following a dismal campaign which has Tottenham sat 14th in the Premier League at the time of writing.

Interestingly, it was the Portuguese tactician who signed Richarlison for Everton – having also worked with him at Watford – and proceeded to coach some very impressive performances out of the Brazil international.

The man from Nova Venecia scored 26 goals in 82 appearances under Silva – more than he has netted under any other manager throughout his career – while also providing seven assists, form which later tempted Tottenham into spending £60m on his signature.

Of course, Tottenham is an entirely different landscape than Watford or Everton, with loftier ambitions.

However, the mere presence of a familiar face in Silva – who has got more out of Richarlison than any other manager since the forward turned professional – would suggest this appointment has as good a chance of revitalising the Brazilian than any other.

What Richarlison has said about Marco Silva – and vice versa

Richarlison has already admitted that he sees Silva – who Mikel Arteta admires – as an influential figure.

After sealing his move to Everton, the 27-year-old said: “I think it is going to be important for me here to be with Marco Silva again… I’ve known the manager for a while obviously, so I know how he works. I developed really well with him while he was with me at Watford. It was really good working with him.”

The feeling is mutual, with the 47-year-old previously adding: “He’s a talent, it’s easy for you to understand that, but he’s not only a talent. He’s a player who comes every day to work hard, to learn as well.”

Could the pair reunite at Tottenham this summer? Only time will tell.

Tottenham Hotspur have endured a terrible season so far.

Indeed, Spurs sit 14th in the Premier League table, and unless there’s a huge change in fortunes in the coming weeks, Tottenham will finish in the bottom-half of the Premier League table.

Of course, with that bring some level of pressure for the manager.

Ange Postecoglou is under pressure at the moment, and Spurs are already eyeing up replacements.

Andoni Iraola has been linked to Tottenham, and Spurs could be considering a change in the dugout.

In fact, according to Jack Pitt-Brooke, speaking on The View From The Lane, a managerial change is actually likely this summer.

Ange Postecoglou likely to leave Tottenham

Pitt-Brooke shared what he knows about Postecoglou and how safe the Australian’s job is.

According to the reporter, it’s more likely than not that a change will be made in the summer at Spurs.

“Our information is Postecoglou’s position as manager is in real doubt, I think. But I think that it’s probably, to me it feels likelier rather than not, that they will make a change this summer.

“Of course, I don’t think anything’s been, you know, formally, officially decided yet. There’s still nine league games left this season. Of course, there is also still the Europa League.

“Certainly, the noise from Tottenham is that everyone’s very much focused on, on a successful as possible conclusion to this season. But it does feel to me as if a change is likely. And while I think Iraola is the leading candidate, I don’t think there’s any, there’s any certainty that he would necessarily get the job.

“We don’t know what he wants, which of course is important to this. We also mentioned the piece that Marco Silva of Fulham and Thomas Frank of Brentford are also names under consideration. Which means that we’re heading into, it looks like we’re probably going to head into another one of those summers, a bit like the summer of 2023 or the summer of 2021, where everything is up for grabs really, and we know what these summers are like”

Ange Postecoglou compared to his potential replacements

Tottenham are likely to replace Postecoglou this summer, and, to be honest, it’s hard to blame Daniel Levy if he does make this decision.

Spurs fans have protested against Levy recently, but there wouldn’t be many Tottenham fans lining the streets to argue against the decision to sack Postecoglou.

Just compare Postecoglou’s stats this season to his potential replacements, and you can see exactly why Spurs may be keen to make a change.

A Europa League win could change Tottenham’s mind, but Manchester United made this mistake last year when they kept Erik ten Hag on after winning the FA Cup only to sack him a few months later.

As Pitt-Brooke says, it may just be a matter of time before Tottenham sack Postecoglou and get a new gaffer through the door.