this is so far the most reasonable outcome based on all the bits of info.I can see him at Spurs.
Maybe just in caretaker role until end of the season but he's already in London, knows Premier league inside out and well Spurs need to keep playing in CL to help finances with stadium move.
Actually think with Spurs squad it could work with them grinding out wins.
I do think they'll pick up though and Poch will stay until end of the season.
If you think there is just one way around, I think you’re wrong. Both are important, and what I intended to reference.Nah I think you're getting it the wrong way around.
All managers have their strengths and weaknesses, and clubs need to hire the manager with the right strengths to coach the squad of players they have assembled.
The club should continue to add excellent players to that group, and it that manager is no longer a good fit they should be ready to move on.
If you think there is just one way around, I think you’re wrong. Both are important, and what I intended to reference.
Someone thought Mourinho was a good fit to the Woodward/Van Gaal picked squad, I don’t. And when new players where brought in, surprisingly few of them seemed to fit the classical Mourinho success mold. Ibra, yes, and surely Matic, but Mkhitarian, Pogba, Lindelöf/Bailly, Fred? Either Mourinho was coaxed into trying to prove he could win it in a new way, or he was being compromised by Woodward+Scouting staff. Neither the players at the club nor the players brought fitted the strengths/weaknesses of the manager brought, which is prepairing for failure in my view.
I didn’t even want Mourinho, and was relieved when he left, but I do understand why he would rate himself (2nd with United) higher than himself (winners with Chelsea).
He already worked under Woodward who's literarly the best CEO of football. I could only imagine how these two worked togetherMourinho working under Levi
Trying to sign the players Mourinho would want on Spurs' rigid wage structureHe already worked under Woodward who's literarly the best CEO of football. I could only imagine how these two worked together
A stable club's wage structure is linked to its income. You might have noticed that it has been significantly increased in recent months, so I wouldn't judge today's situation on a very old premise.Trying to sign the players Mourinho would want on Spurs' rigid wage structure
Money being made available would cause a a war.
I agree that if the players can be excited and bought into the notion that Jose can give them a good chance of winning silverware, then it’s a win for levy. He gets to keep this group of players together at the current wage structure for another cycle and motivated for another run at silverware.The Spurs squad is the perfect squad for Mourinho, him coming in would convince those in the last year of their contract to possibly sign a new contract, Mourinho would have Dier and Sissoko sitting, with 3 behind Kane of Son,Ndombele and Lamela or Moura behind or alternatively play a midfield three.if he can get into the head of Aurier, then all that squad would need is a full back or two, come summer and centre backs in a two seasons, Mourinho could afford to get rid of Dele Ali, if Erikssen was to sign a new contract, considering Le Celso is still injured.
As for Mourinho's time here he actually done pretty well, although not asethetically pleasing, at times,when you consider that Pogba was out for most of the 2017/2018 season, and then when he came back, in December, started playing up, can only play in a left of a three.
Spurs would take winningtwo cups, a second place finish and another final after two years.
That bolded bit is spot on. It seemed weird at the time, and is even more so in retrospect. In addition to the reasons you give, I believe that he was also stuck in the past to such an extent that he could only work with players he’d been familiar with earlier in his career, and that pool of players was getting smaller (and older) all the time.If you think there is just one way around, I think you’re wrong. Both are important, and what I intended to reference.
Someone thought Mourinho was a good fit to the Woodward/Van Gaal picked squad, I don’t. And when new players where brought in, surprisingly few of them seemed to fit the classical Mourinho success mold. Ibra, yes, and surely Matic, but Mkhitarian, Pogba, Lindelöf/Bailly, Fred? Either Mourinho was coaxed into trying to prove he could win it in a new way, or he was being compromised by Woodward+Scouting staff. Neither the players at the club nor the players brought fitted the strengths/weaknesses of the manager brought, which is prepairing for failure in my view.
I didn’t even want Mourinho, and was relieved when he left, but I do understand why he would rate himself (2nd with United) higher than himself (winners with Chelsea).
I agree with this. I'm quite skeptical about who decided on most of the players bought in recent years. Interesting this bit about Fred in the Woodward article in The Athletic. Van Gaal has talked about this, Jose has hinted at this and if Ole has a brain he will have demanded at least one midfielder and an attacking option this summer, just to be let down.If you think there is just one way around, I think you’re wrong. Both are important, and what I intended to reference.
Someone thought Mourinho was a good fit to the Woodward/Van Gaal picked squad, I don’t. And when new players where brought in, surprisingly few of them seemed to fit the classical Mourinho success mold. Ibra, yes, and surely Matic, but Mkhitarian, Pogba, Lindelöf/Bailly, Fred? Either Mourinho was coaxed into trying to prove he could win it in a new way, or he was being compromised by Woodward+Scouting staff. Neither the players at the club nor the players brought fitted the strengths/weaknesses of the manager brought, which is prepairing for failure in my view.
I didn’t even want Mourinho, and was relieved when he left, but I do understand why he would rate himself (2nd with United) higher than himself (winners with Chelsea).
Yes, there are some things that seem a bit perplexing. Now, unlike Moyes and Mourinho, Van Gaal got in important people in the scouting department, and many of the buys would seem LVG’esque. Schweinsteiger, Blind, Depay, Shaw, Martial, Schneiderlin sort of (at the time anyway). Maybe even Mata? (Certainly much more of an LVG player than a Moyes player!). Then you have the DiMaria and Falcao who are different.I agree with this. I'm quite skeptical about who decided on most of the players bought in recent years. Interesting this bit about Fred in the Woodward article in The Athletic. Van Gaal has talked about this, Jose has hinted at this and if Ole has a brain he will have demanded at least one midfielder and an attacking option this summer, just to be let down.
You can a lot of things about Jose, but you can never accuse him of choosing the safest option, never. Yes, he is a top manager, one of the best in the world, and so surely he will only choose top teams which has the chance to challenge for titles. But none of his teams were huge favorites to win titles like Pep's teams. His 1st Chelsea team last won the league title 50 years back and he was fighting against the mighty United with SAF in charge and against the rampant Invincible Arsenal with Wenger in charge. Nobody gave that Chelsea team a chance to win title and his team has done it, not just once, but twice in consecutive years and also came 2nd in the 3rd year. And then with Inter he won back to back titles and also most notably won a treble (the first Italian club to do so) including the CL which Inter had last won 45 years back. And then he took charge of Real Madrid and won the league title in the second year against the best Barcelona team (probably the best ever club team) in the history. And in 2014-15 season, he won the title with Chelsea again who were not favorites to win it that year.He is exactly like Pep and will ONLY go for the safest option, which is why he is currently working for Sky. There are probably only 3 or 4 clubs that he thinks are 'worthy' of his services and befitting his status.
I don’t really remember it like that. Chelsea were no underdogs that year if I remember that correctly. United were in a weird transitional period around that time too.You can a lot of things about Jose, but you can never accuse him of choosing the safest option, never. Yes, he is a top manager, one of the best in the world, and so surely he will only choose top teams which has the chance to challenge for titles. But none of his teams were huge favorites to win titles like Pep's teams. His 1st Chelsea team last won the league title 50 years back and he was fighting against the mighty United with SAF in charge and against the rampant Invincible Arsenal with Wenger in charge. Nobody gave that Chelsea team a chance to win title and his team has done it, not just once, but twice in consecutive years and also came 2nd in the 3rd year. And then with Inter he won back to back titles and also most notably won a treble (the first Italian club to do so) including the CL which Inter had last won 45 years back. And then he took charge of Real Madrid and won the league title in the second year against the best Barcelona team (probably the best ever club team) in the history. And in 2014-15 season, he won the title with Chelsea again who were not favorites to win it that year.
So, yeah... he always chooses the very very safest option. And yea, he joined United because it was the safest option as well.
Thing is that, you can dislike his tactics and may be his personality as well even without hiding the facts.
When he joined Chelsea, they just finished 2nd and CL semi finalists, Chelsea was by far the richest club in Europe and could outspend their local rivals ratio 3:1 Yes Chelsea was a huge favourite and safe choice in 2004You can a lot of things about Jose, but you can never accuse him of choosing the safest option, never. Yes, he is a top manager, one of the best in the world, and so surely he will only choose top teams which has the chance to challenge for titles. But none of his teams were huge favorites to win titles like Pep's teams. His 1st Chelsea team last won the league title 50 years back and he was fighting against the mighty United with SAF in charge and against the rampant Invincible Arsenal with Wenger in charge. Nobody gave that Chelsea team a chance to win title and his team has done it, not just once, but twice in consecutive years and also came 2nd in the 3rd year. And then with Inter he won back to back titles and also most notably won a treble (the first Italian club to do so) including the CL which Inter had last won 45 years back. And then he took charge of Real Madrid and won the league title in the second year against the best Barcelona team (probably the best ever club team) in the history. And in 2014-15 season, he won the title with Chelsea again who were not favorites to win it that year.
So, yeah... he always chooses the very very safest option. And yea, he joined United because it was the safest option as well.
Thing is that, you can dislike his tactics and may be his personality as well even without hiding the facts.