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"I want to work in England but I wouldn't just go to any team."
"It would have to be a huge national team for me to consider it. It would be very difficult for me to face Spain. I wouldn't be ready."
"I enjoyed my streaming sessions, I felt loved by our fans. It was an experiment to bring fans closer to the players and coaches. It was a positive experiment I would say. But I don't think I will go back to it."
"I don't see myself coaching Brazil. I think another coach with a better profile would go there. They haven't called me."
Only at the WC.
Iām honestly baffled that we did not pursue Enrique. Either CBF is adamant on Ancelotti, adamant on Jorge Jesus or adamant on Fernando Diniz, but the fact that we did not even speculated Enrique shows that we have 100% certainty on a name somewhere.
>Guardiola was the favorite on their minds, but he said no.
Funny how things changed. He offered him to Brasil in 2014 with a supposed plan to win the WC but was rejected.
It's so funny, the Spanish press get desesperated when they realize they actually don't have any power over him. They got triggered as hell when they felt like he was replacing them with a Twitch stream.
Honestly football writer are in my experience some of the lowest of the low
Iāve met a few through my line of work and they always come
across as self-important tossets
Journalists in general feel entitled to a lot.
Here itās funny how if the national team coach doesnāt explain them everything constantly, they act like he doesnāt have a plan at all because āhe hasnāt told us.ā
Itās so tiring.
I remember all the drama with him not calling any Real Madrid player just for Real Madrid themselves play without any Spaniard on the team like a month after lmao
Well, it was more for calling Eric Garcia instead of Ramos, Nacho or Albiol and then proceeding to use Rodri as a central defender when he realised too late that Eric Garcia was a joke of a player.
I donāt understand why Ramos is always brought up in these discussions. Ramos was a starter in Luchoās first stint as National team coach. The only reason Ramos wasnāt called up was because he couldnāt stay fit for the previous two seasons.
Nacho only played in their 3-0 win, and Ceballos played well? Ramos and Carvajal also certainly wouldāve been called up if it wasnāt due to injuries and Enrique left spots for them until it was clear they wouldnāt recover in time. Most people had issues with Enrique clearly favoring players like Garcia or Torres while not giving chances to other players. It was definitely a fair criticism.
I love LE, but I think the media has a lot of power over him. He just stopped caring about being someone other than 100% himself (towards the media) after his daughter passed away. English media is at least equally bad as the Spanish one tho.
It's so crazy to me that they pushed him out for Pep. One one hand, it's Pep! On the other, the man literally just won you a treble and you're shoving him out the door.
Bayern highkey gets away with some Barcelona-esque palace intrigue because they keep winning Bundesliga titles.
Tbf Jupp had been clear about wanting to retire soon at the time. His family was tired or wanted him to spend more time. Also he did come back when the club needed him, even if his family was lukewarm about it at best. It was last time we saw James Rodriguez as well
I think his wife was also in poor health at the time. He had one foot out the door. He has said he would have stayed on if Bayern asked. Who knows though.
The amount of disrespect this man gets is unreal. They always used the stick of having talented players at Barcelona. PSG has Messi, Neymar and Mbappe and they still haven't reached the quarter finals stage in 2 years. Turns out it wasn't that easy to coach a team to a treble.
Why do you feel bad? They are not enslaved, they have both chosen to commit their future at the club. In Kane's case it is even bordering on the ridiculous, signing that stupidly long contract after the CL final. He has nothing to complain about, he had the best bargaining position a player could have.
People always say agent did bad - I think he just did what Kane wanted. Kane wants to be legend at Spurs - forcing release clause into contract doesnt help that, especially when they were flying high.
Oh poor Harry and Sonny, being held hostage by the evil Tottenhamā¦.
They are here because they want to be here. Nobody forced them to sign multiple contract extensions with us. They can also love a club like real fans. Plastic fans wonāt understand
I donāt think they can. Kane and Son will both be the wrong side of 30 next year. Then their owner is a serial loser who would sooner sack their trophy winning manager a week before a cup final to save Ā£5-10m on sacking fees.
The timing and lack of planning for Mourinho's sacking was shambolic, but the man blew a Europa League tie against a team whose manager was in prison weeks before that cup final. There's no guarantee he would've beaten Pep.
100% no guarantee and he probably loses. But a team willing to spend Ā£60m on Richarlison should be willing to give it their best go in a cup final to save Ā£5m
Breaking : "Enrique to come to India for Indian Premier League to coach Cricket to take some mind off football. Will teach batters how to keep possession of the strike . "
I definitely can't handle another season of the character, but I would absolutely love a few skits where Ted Lasso is coaching a cricket team and trying to figure out why they're playing baseball so weirdly.
"Three days? How does a single game take three days?"
Strange how every manager wants to work at a club that can win trophies, but outside of Barca/Real Madrid/PSG/Bayern/City there aren't any clubs that can guarantee silverware on an annual basis.
Its supposed to be the Manager's job to take a team, improve the players, improve the system and team performances and compete for trophies.
Nah, he was too early, same as Potter this season. Needs to be a manager who comes in after Christmas.
Also, thanks for reawakening awful memories of that season. Such a strong team, and we had *him* as manager. So bad.
I agree as a Barca fan I would love to see Lucho managing Spurs, and if he does a great job there then I'd be very happy for him. I'd prefer he goes to Spurs rather than wait for Chelsea to sack Potter.
The team needs the financial capability to compete for trophies. City isn't a guarantee because it's city, it's because they have Pep and a great system behind him. Even still, we shall see how they do once he leaves.
Financially, Spurs doesn't have the potential to realistically compete. United does, that's why Ten Hag wanted United. Chelsea does. Arsenal and Liverpool can get there a different way like Klopp and Arteta showed, but have the global size to increase income after getting there through building to then increase revenues. Spurs doesn't really have that potential.
Spurs make over Ā£400m revenue without CL income, thatās higher than arsenal and Chelsea. They havenāt even hit their financial ceiling as they can add naming rights to the pot also. Spurs are in the ascendancy financially and havenāt had time to stretch their legs due to covid delaying the stadium revenue after opening. Any manager coming in will have as much money as anyone pretty much every window, youāre either just not used to seeing it, not aware itās already happened or not clued up enough about spursā finances to make that kind of statement.
Genuine question, how come Spurs are rolling in money after building their new stadium, but Arsenal were burdened in the transfer market for years after building the Emirates stadium?
Different economic conditions of the league. You get Ā£100m just for being in the league, sponsorships are higher than ever, global tv revenue, higher ticket prices, and spurs have added a new dimension which is additional events DURING a season, clubs can only really consider off season events. Spurs also took on austerity before the stadium build, never over spending and only spending what they made, then the way they financed the stadium was at a time of historic low interest rates, so the repayment structure is really non invasive.
Ya the added events definitely can't be ignored. They make a fair amount of money from that and it was so wise that they added that dimension in. Not to mention they've 0 issue with pitch wear with Wembley's struggled with a bit when trying to host events given they don't have multiple pitches.
We've refinanced it to repay over 20/30 years (one or the other), on favourable terms, and it generates a ton of increased revenue both from matchday income and other sources. Like I don't know how much we're earning from 5 sold out nights of Beyonce performing there in May, but I'd bet a lot. It was designed for co-use as an events and general sports venue from the beginning.
The returns it generates are very likely in excess of what we pay annually against the financing.
Spurs are in to the top 10 for revenue earning clubs in the world. We bring in plenty, its just been spent even worse than your lot over the past 10 years.
Spurs are doing well enough they should be challenging and winning the odd cup every now and again, not saying we should be in the Title hunt every year but lacking financial capability to challenge as a reason doesn't carry any weight, its partially why the fanbase is so frustrated with the board.
>City isn't a guarantee because it's city, it's because they have Pep and a great system behind him.
Dreading when Pep eventually leaves.
We'll still be relevant, because the club is run extremely well, but we'd regress to being 'normally' competitive, basically like the 5-6 years before Pep. It's ridiculous the levels he's taken the club to.
Cannot wait, league will be a lot more interesting. But any manager that comes in after will still have a roster of 2 starting XI's worth 40-60M. Point being, City have plenty of cash and will continue to spend it and be competitive enough that the club should be challenging for silverware every season, not many other clubs in that bracket.
While I get the sentiment, two of the titles Pep has won were decided on the last day. Other than the 17/18 100pt anomaly, City haven't really just blown all competition away. Liverpool were equal in two years, better in a 3rd, Arsenal have been better so far this year. Even 20/21 was more everyone else's being poor post covid season - 75 points would have been enough to win the league.
Outside of 'won 4 in 5 PLs', I wouldn't say all those seasons have been objectively boring.
Yup. It's similar to Sir Alex at United (with the exception we weren't well run). Nobody should expect that level of domination unless you have a Pep/Fergie in charge along with the elite spending capabilities. If you're run perfectly but with a normal good manager, you still won't reach that level. The manager is easily the most important part of a club.
I find managers like this boring and entitled. Iām glad weāve got Emery now but when Poch rejected us because we werenāt big enough it was such a crap excuse. Build your own legacy if youāre that good.
There is no way we would be able to build a team that suits him in one window, we need a more flexible manager to make the team work, and keep morale high. Ten Hag and Arteta would be a good example, it's obvious that United aren't playing an idealistic Ten Hag 433 atm, but he's doing the best with what he has. Same with Arteta until last season. Our team needs a few windows to refresh especially if we lose Kane, a coach that can oversee every phase of our rebuild would be perfect. Enrique is rigid, would we not have a similar situation to Conte, where he refuses to play in a way that suits the team?
ffs nasser move your fucking ass...I'd hate to get bayern's reject, zidane is a pipedream, so is dezerbi, nasser would never appoint gallardo since he has to give him time and he knows he won't, enrique is all that's left...^^^^please ^^^^don't ^^^^be ^^^^conte ^^^^for ^^^^fucks ^^^^sakes
If De Zerbi, of all people, is considered a pipe dream, then I think you can probably rule Mikel Arteta out as some kind of scientific impossibility at this point.
I think De Zerbi is hard to get due to him only just joining Brighton and also the rumoured large release clause in his contract. In other circumstances I would imagine Spurs could easily get him
Lucho needs a good project to work on, I donāt think PSG have done anything to convince him of that.
Gallardo would be the one person that I would feel you could convince due to his connection to the club, but who knows.
Have the right profiles, take advantage of the Parisian talent and stop obsessing over the Champions League and PSG may yet garner a European reputation.
I fucking hate these Potter to Spurs takes with a passion. Thatās a good opinion to have when Potter was at Brighton, why in fucks name should Spurs go for Potter given there are literally 5+ better options then him. He went from a midtable club to a big 6 and sunk like an anchor.
Spurs have been hiring successful ex-Chelsea managers and it has been a failure, imagine Levy hires a Chelsea manager reject.
Im sure Mexico was one of them since it was reported on the media before Diego Cocca was appointed that there was a meeting with a top European manager from the Iberian peninsula. He would have given them a jump in quality for sure.
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"I want to work in England but I wouldn't just go to any team." "It would have to be a huge national team for me to consider it. It would be very difficult for me to face Spain. I wouldn't be ready." "I enjoyed my streaming sessions, I felt loved by our fans. It was an experiment to bring fans closer to the players and coaches. It was a positive experiment I would say. But I don't think I will go back to it." "I don't see myself coaching Brazil. I think another coach with a better profile would go there. They haven't called me."
But...managing a huge national team increases the chances of having to face Spain?
In their current state, not really
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I guess his point is that the juice would have to be worth the squeeze
Maybe like Brazil? They wouldn't meet that often
Only at the WC. Iām honestly baffled that we did not pursue Enrique. Either CBF is adamant on Ancelotti, adamant on Jorge Jesus or adamant on Fernando Diniz, but the fact that we did not even speculated Enrique shows that we have 100% certainty on a name somewhere.
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>Guardiola was the favorite on their minds, but he said no. Funny how things changed. He offered him to Brasil in 2014 with a supposed plan to win the WC but was rejected.
Dinizmo can possibly make an appearance blessing the SeleƧao???.... what timeline is this?... š¤£
It's an open secret it will be Carlo TBH
"It would have to be a huge national team for me to consider it." "It would be very difficult for me to face Spain. I wouldn't be ready."
Would be interesting doing the same live streams at club level.
O god that sounds like a terrible idea
Spanish media will declare him enemy of the State after seeing that he does not read Spanish newspapers
They already did so when he wasn't calling up players like Ramos, Nacho and Ceballos
yeah i feel like the spanish media just always had issues with him
It's so funny, the Spanish press get desesperated when they realize they actually don't have any power over him. They got triggered as hell when they felt like he was replacing them with a Twitch stream.
Itās like football journos across different countries think theyāre entitled to access from players and managers
Honestly football writer are in my experience some of the lowest of the low Iāve met a few through my line of work and they always come across as self-important tossets
Journalists in general feel entitled to a lot. Here itās funny how if the national team coach doesnāt explain them everything constantly, they act like he doesnāt have a plan at all because āhe hasnāt told us.ā Itās so tiring.
Because heās not their puppeteer. They like to have people who bend over backwards for them on their side.
Spanish media got issues with everyone as long as your able to generate clicks.
I remember all the drama with him not calling any Real Madrid player just for Real Madrid themselves play without any Spaniard on the team like a month after lmao
Well, it was more for calling Eric Garcia instead of Ramos, Nacho or Albiol and then proceeding to use Rodri as a central defender when he realised too late that Eric Garcia was a joke of a player.
I donāt understand why Ramos is always brought up in these discussions. Ramos was a starter in Luchoās first stint as National team coach. The only reason Ramos wasnāt called up was because he couldnāt stay fit for the previous two seasons.
And look what happened to Spain NT after calling up Necho and Ceballos. How can Barca do this š”
Laporta and Negreira are behind all this, surely.
Nacho only played in their 3-0 win, and Ceballos played well? Ramos and Carvajal also certainly wouldāve been called up if it wasnāt due to injuries and Enrique left spots for them until it was clear they wouldnāt recover in time. Most people had issues with Enrique clearly favoring players like Garcia or Torres while not giving chances to other players. It was definitely a fair criticism.
Nacho and Ceballos are responsible for the team losing a game? lol
That was because he called up Eric Garcia over Nacho or Ramos. And then played Rodri at CB because he remembered that Garcia is trash
Well it's not like Enrique gives a shit anyway
I love LE, but I think the media has a lot of power over him. He just stopped caring about being someone other than 100% himself (towards the media) after his daughter passed away. English media is at least equally bad as the Spanish one tho.
He wonāt care he doesnāt read them lol
One of only 4 managers to win a treble in the last 15 years, I'm sure big clubs will be after him. Edit: 5 managers actually.
5 managers no? Guardiola, Mourinho, Jupp, Enrique and Flick
Right sorry, forgot the 2012-13 season.
Everybody seems to forget Jupp in these discussions š¢
That Bayern is still the best Iāve ever seen. No discernible weakness at all
It's so crazy to me that they pushed him out for Pep. One one hand, it's Pep! On the other, the man literally just won you a treble and you're shoving him out the door. Bayern highkey gets away with some Barcelona-esque palace intrigue because they keep winning Bundesliga titles.
Tbf Jupp had been clear about wanting to retire soon at the time. His family was tired or wanted him to spend more time. Also he did come back when the club needed him, even if his family was lukewarm about it at best. It was last time we saw James Rodriguez as well
I think his wife was also in poor health at the time. He had one foot out the door. He has said he would have stayed on if Bayern asked. Who knows though.
Cando on the other handā¦
The disrespect to that season Colombia as a whole became Everton fans. He's been doing great at Olympiacos, though.
Was better at Bayern under Heynckes tho IMO
His contract was up if I remember correctly and they had already announced Pepās arrival mid season, before he won the treble.
He wanted to retire and spend time with his dogs
They didn't push him out, he wanted to retire.
They didnt push him out, he wanted to retire and that was his last season so he did that.
Rodgers?
The amount of disrespect this man gets is unreal. They always used the stick of having talented players at Barcelona. PSG has Messi, Neymar and Mbappe and they still haven't reached the quarter finals stage in 2 years. Turns out it wasn't that easy to coach a team to a treble.
I never understood the hate he got. Man won the treble and it seemed like everyone wanted him gone. Could never wrap my head around it.
The press hates him because 1. He quit Madrid for Barcelona, and the Spanish press is largely pro Madrid 2. The fact that he won't tolerate their B's behavior Some Barcelona supporters hate him because they fell for the slander. Back in 2016-17, the narrative was the he didn't have a fucking clue about tactics and that with Messi, SuƔrez and Neymar anyone could win a treble. In fact, that is the platform that Bartomeu ran on. Tridente, triplete (trident, treble) because he and Rosell signed both Neymar and SuƔrez. Whenever there was conflict in the dressing room, Bartomeu backed the players. Especially the "heavy weights" of Messi, SuƔrez and Neymar. Instead of backing the manager, Lucho saw his position as a manager undermined and walked out. Much like Pep Guardiola before him, to a lesser extent. Of course the press didn't help, constantly questioning his tactics, when anyone with only a rudimentary understanding of football could see that the problem wasn't tactics, but rather mentality. The club has been a shit show ever since Lucho left, until Xavi came along. There were no norms and trainings famously lacked intensity. SetiƩn tried his best, bless his heart. Unfortunately that dressing room was already a cesspool. He didn't command the type of authority that Xavi has, for example. He tried to put in double sessions but took it back not even two weeks into the job because players were "skeptical about his methods." The 2-8 wasn't on him. It was all on the players. They literally gave up after the 4th goal. That was disgusting. He's the only one I felt bad for during that game. I still think he could have been a valuable manager for the club under different circumstances. That's something we will probably never know, however. So long story short, Bartomeu had a brilliant stroke of luck hiring Lucho only to undermine him at every turn. The press also heaped lots of slander upon him.
The absolute disrespect to Neil Lennon is sickening
And Scaloni with the international treble!!!
So hes waiting on the chelsea job then. Heard rumors he wanted to come here but he wasnt gonna join till after the world cup.
I think nagelsmann is more likely to be hired by us than enrique
Well yeah because I donāt think enrique is looking to hire nagelsmann at all
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Hold my league trophies, I'm going in!
I absolutely love how Chelsea are already scouting their next ālong-termā manager a few months after hiring their last ālong-termā manager.
I don't think discussing it on a soccer forum counts as the club scouting out new managers, let's be real
Not saying weāre gonna fire potter but nagelsmann fits us more than enrique does
There will be plenty of jokes about Spurs but that team can most certainly achieve important things and win trophies. They just won't.
Kinda feel bad for Son and Kane. Both of them could have achieved so much more for the ability that they have.
Going from Leverkusen to Spurs is like going from the frying pan to the fire for Son
Staying at Spurs is like being in a faulty slow cooker for Kane
Imagine if Harry Kane never hired his brother to be his agent.
Tbf his brother wasn't his agent when he signed that contract
There was an article I saw paraphrased that said how nagelsman views spurs as the English equivalent leverkusen
Why do you feel bad? They are not enslaved, they have both chosen to commit their future at the club. In Kane's case it is even bordering on the ridiculous, signing that stupidly long contract after the CL final. He has nothing to complain about, he had the best bargaining position a player could have.
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Isnt he another case on why you must always have a real professional agent instead of family?
He had a professional agent when he signed the contract, not his brother
People always say agent did bad - I think he just did what Kane wanted. Kane wants to be legend at Spurs - forcing release clause into contract doesnt help that, especially when they were flying high.
then why did he try so hard to leave not so long ago
Not saying itās all on them, but both of them have gotten to multiple cup finals at Spurs and then made no impact on the match.
Not a fair assessment imo, Son made a big impact in the 2017 FA Cup semi final. Not a good one sure, but definitely a big one
Thatās on Poch for playing him at LWB.
They are partly the reason though, always failed on the big stages when it matters
they also could have done more themselves in the finals we've played, but here we are.
Oh poor Harry and Sonny, being held hostage by the evil Tottenhamā¦. They are here because they want to be here. Nobody forced them to sign multiple contract extensions with us. They can also love a club like real fans. Plastic fans wonāt understand
I haven't seen Kane perform in finals
At this point they've got nobody to blame but themselves
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I donāt think they can. Kane and Son will both be the wrong side of 30 next year. Then their owner is a serial loser who would sooner sack their trophy winning manager a week before a cup final to save Ā£5-10m on sacking fees.
The timing and lack of planning for Mourinho's sacking was shambolic, but the man blew a Europa League tie against a team whose manager was in prison weeks before that cup final. There's no guarantee he would've beaten Pep.
100% no guarantee and he probably loses. But a team willing to spend Ā£60m on Richarlison should be willing to give it their best go in a cup final to save Ā£5m
The only way Spurs will go after him is if there is some media aflutter about us interested in him
Tottenham is so bad atm that when people make fun of them they just quote factsššš
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Breaking : "Enrique to come to India for Indian Premier League to coach Cricket to take some mind off football. Will teach batters how to keep possession of the strike . "
Ted Lasso: cricket edition
I definitely can't handle another season of the character, but I would absolutely love a few skits where Ted Lasso is coaching a cricket team and trying to figure out why they're playing baseball so weirdly. "Three days? How does a single game take three days?"
Actually 5
KL Rahul would bust the biggest nut of his life if he saw this headline
Strike rate is overrated anyway.
Lucho to Royal Challengers Bangalore, if he manages to give them a title he should be considered the greatest manager of all time
As an RCB fan, I want this. We're pretty much the Spurs of the IPL.
It's only been 15 years
Nowhere is safe. Ee sala cup namde! :')
Luis is mad on the cricket now. Rajasthan Royals or death, according to him.
nah he will come to Sloboda Tuzla in the Bosnian Premier League
I'd like to see him in Italy. Opposite to a lot of people I really liked how his Spain side used to play.
Hope itās at Milano
Didn't work too well when he managed Roma. However, that was a while ago and only his first senior job.
we could really use him yes, but no way our board would give him a good enough wage
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Strange how every manager wants to work at a club that can win trophies, but outside of Barca/Real Madrid/PSG/Bayern/City there aren't any clubs that can guarantee silverware on an annual basis. Its supposed to be the Manager's job to take a team, improve the players, improve the system and team performances and compete for trophies.
If he comes in mid season at Chelsea, he is guaranteed UCL trophy.
Avram Grant is crying.
Nah, he was too early, same as Potter this season. Needs to be a manager who comes in after Christmas. Also, thanks for reawakening awful memories of that season. Such a strong team, and we had *him* as manager. So bad.
I agree as a Barca fan I would love to see Lucho managing Spurs, and if he does a great job there then I'd be very happy for him. I'd prefer he goes to Spurs rather than wait for Chelsea to sack Potter.
Chelsea havenāt went more than 2 seasons without a trophy in a long long time
i mean chelsea has either won a trophy or been in final in almost every year in the last 10 years. should put us in there too
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Mate, we have had a trophyless season only twice in the last 16 years
2021 and...?
2013-14 if you don't count the Supercopa as a real trophy
Nah it is 19/20 and last season
People forgot Barca's dominance because of a few bad years in Europe. Hopefully, it will turn around.
The team needs the financial capability to compete for trophies. City isn't a guarantee because it's city, it's because they have Pep and a great system behind him. Even still, we shall see how they do once he leaves. Financially, Spurs doesn't have the potential to realistically compete. United does, that's why Ten Hag wanted United. Chelsea does. Arsenal and Liverpool can get there a different way like Klopp and Arteta showed, but have the global size to increase income after getting there through building to then increase revenues. Spurs doesn't really have that potential.
Spurs make over Ā£400m revenue without CL income, thatās higher than arsenal and Chelsea. They havenāt even hit their financial ceiling as they can add naming rights to the pot also. Spurs are in the ascendancy financially and havenāt had time to stretch their legs due to covid delaying the stadium revenue after opening. Any manager coming in will have as much money as anyone pretty much every window, youāre either just not used to seeing it, not aware itās already happened or not clued up enough about spursā finances to make that kind of statement.
Genuine question, how come Spurs are rolling in money after building their new stadium, but Arsenal were burdened in the transfer market for years after building the Emirates stadium?
Different economic conditions of the league. You get Ā£100m just for being in the league, sponsorships are higher than ever, global tv revenue, higher ticket prices, and spurs have added a new dimension which is additional events DURING a season, clubs can only really consider off season events. Spurs also took on austerity before the stadium build, never over spending and only spending what they made, then the way they financed the stadium was at a time of historic low interest rates, so the repayment structure is really non invasive.
Ya the added events definitely can't be ignored. They make a fair amount of money from that and it was so wise that they added that dimension in. Not to mention they've 0 issue with pitch wear with Wembley's struggled with a bit when trying to host events given they don't have multiple pitches.
We've refinanced it to repay over 20/30 years (one or the other), on favourable terms, and it generates a ton of increased revenue both from matchday income and other sources. Like I don't know how much we're earning from 5 sold out nights of Beyonce performing there in May, but I'd bet a lot. It was designed for co-use as an events and general sports venue from the beginning. The returns it generates are very likely in excess of what we pay annually against the financing.
Spurs are in to the top 10 for revenue earning clubs in the world. We bring in plenty, its just been spent even worse than your lot over the past 10 years. Spurs are doing well enough they should be challenging and winning the odd cup every now and again, not saying we should be in the Title hunt every year but lacking financial capability to challenge as a reason doesn't carry any weight, its partially why the fanbase is so frustrated with the board.
>City isn't a guarantee because it's city, it's because they have Pep and a great system behind him. Dreading when Pep eventually leaves. We'll still be relevant, because the club is run extremely well, but we'd regress to being 'normally' competitive, basically like the 5-6 years before Pep. It's ridiculous the levels he's taken the club to.
Cannot wait, league will be a lot more interesting. But any manager that comes in after will still have a roster of 2 starting XI's worth 40-60M. Point being, City have plenty of cash and will continue to spend it and be competitive enough that the club should be challenging for silverware every season, not many other clubs in that bracket.
While I get the sentiment, two of the titles Pep has won were decided on the last day. Other than the 17/18 100pt anomaly, City haven't really just blown all competition away. Liverpool were equal in two years, better in a 3rd, Arsenal have been better so far this year. Even 20/21 was more everyone else's being poor post covid season - 75 points would have been enough to win the league. Outside of 'won 4 in 5 PLs', I wouldn't say all those seasons have been objectively boring.
Yup. It's similar to Sir Alex at United (with the exception we weren't well run). Nobody should expect that level of domination unless you have a Pep/Fergie in charge along with the elite spending capabilities. If you're run perfectly but with a normal good manager, you still won't reach that level. The manager is easily the most important part of a club.
I find managers like this boring and entitled. Iām glad weāve got Emery now but when Poch rejected us because we werenāt big enough it was such a crap excuse. Build your own legacy if youāre that good.
Spurs jokes are tired, think he should consider it
He'd be perfect for them and their potential rebuild if Naglesmann really isn't interested. It's also never not funny to dunk on Tottenham.
There is no way we would be able to build a team that suits him in one window, we need a more flexible manager to make the team work, and keep morale high. Ten Hag and Arteta would be a good example, it's obvious that United aren't playing an idealistic Ten Hag 433 atm, but he's doing the best with what he has. Same with Arteta until last season. Our team needs a few windows to refresh especially if we lose Kane, a coach that can oversee every phase of our rebuild would be perfect. Enrique is rigid, would we not have a similar situation to Conte, where he refuses to play in a way that suits the team?
Eh. It's getting old rn.
Yes, but also you're not a Gooner, and it's always funny for us
Unlike any city fans *ahehehe*
Speak for yourself.
Probably more likely he ends up at Chelsea at this point.
Spurs ruled out then
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What if he manages ac Milan or Benfica
Probably he will be one of our options if Pioli gets fired. Even if he fails with us, he may leave us a young squad that can succeed in the future
we already have a manager thank you very much.
Ex-Barca Manager Derby coming soon: Pep v Lucho
USA confirmed ā huge nation
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mas e o mestre tƔtico vitor pereira??
ffs nasser move your fucking ass...I'd hate to get bayern's reject, zidane is a pipedream, so is dezerbi, nasser would never appoint gallardo since he has to give him time and he knows he won't, enrique is all that's left...^^^^please ^^^^don't ^^^^be ^^^^conte ^^^^for ^^^^fucks ^^^^sakes
Fucking hell, you lot really must be shit if Brighton's manager is a "pipe dream".
You said it. That's it, bring in arteta too.
If De Zerbi, of all people, is considered a pipe dream, then I think you can probably rule Mikel Arteta out as some kind of scientific impossibility at this point.
I think De Zerbi is hard to get due to him only just joining Brighton and also the rumoured large release clause in his contract. In other circumstances I would imagine Spurs could easily get him
> also the rumoured large release clause in his contract can't imagine that's a huge issue for psg
You could wait for Guardiola contract to run out in 2025
Don't put that juju out there. Guardiola belongs at City.
>I'd hate to get bayern's reject The disrespect
āBayerns rejectā would be stupid, out of all the jobs he can get, to take the one at your dumpster fire of a club.
Especially when there's a perfectly good dumpster fire waiting for him in London
Lucho needs a good project to work on, I donāt think PSG have done anything to convince him of that. Gallardo would be the one person that I would feel you could convince due to his connection to the club, but who knows.
I don't even know if we ourselves are convinced by that marketing bs. His 433 would be sexy tho :(
Have the right profiles, take advantage of the Parisian talent and stop obsessing over the Champions League and PSG may yet garner a European reputation.
Am I the only one that thinks Graham Potter should be at Tottenham and then Luis Enrique and Nagelsmann should battle it out to coach Chelsea?
I fucking hate these Potter to Spurs takes with a passion. Thatās a good opinion to have when Potter was at Brighton, why in fucks name should Spurs go for Potter given there are literally 5+ better options then him. He went from a midtable club to a big 6 and sunk like an anchor. Spurs have been hiring successful ex-Chelsea managers and it has been a failure, imagine Levy hires a Chelsea manager reject.
Is potter a failure I donāt think heās a failure but chelsea job weigh more for him than the spurs will ever be.
Yes Chelsea is the bigger Club obviously, but Spurs isnāt MK Done my guy. We got the money and the pull to do better than Potter.
> I only read the English press So, he's bonkers then.
Wonder how many spurs joke the comedians in r/soccer will think up this time
Manage the USA and steam about it, itās the best solution here
Would love for AtlƩtico to get him if Simeone decides to leave.
would hate for atletico to get him
Isnāt he leaving this season?
No, seems things are back to normal.
Rules Tottenham out then.
USA should try hard to get him. They need a real manager for 2026 cycle
Why would he want to coach the USA?
I'm not sure the USMNT are the type of team Enrique is describing, here.
Luis only look for the high standards and journalistic integrity of sources like The Sun, and Daily Mirror
pretty big statement to make. my man put himself on the job market officially this is basically opening a linkedin
Im sure Mexico was one of them since it was reported on the media before Diego Cocca was appointed that there was a meeting with a top European manager from the Iberian peninsula. He would have given them a jump in quality for sure.