It’s not been a happy September for Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino at all. Following a 2-1 turnaround loss to Inter Milan in their midweek Champions League game, the Lilywhites registered their first three back-to-back losses under the Argentine’s stewardship and the club’s worst run since early 2014.
Pochettino’s frustration boiled over in a fiery post-match press-conference at the San Siro amid the odds being absolutely lacerated for him to be the first Premier League manager to leave his post.
Of the 32 managers to take the reins at Spurs, the average tenure is 127 games per spell.
Mauricio Pochettino has now reached 200 games. A tepid summer that brought no new signings and an out-of-form Harry Kane leaves Pochettino at a loss for options. In February this year, a decade was marked since Spurs last won a trophy, maybe it’s time for a shake-up.
The Sportsman has a ponder over who could replace poor Poch.
Domenico Tedesco (Schalke)
A manager who fits the Spurs ideal with being only just 33 years age, following the trend set by Pochettino (and to a lesser-extent Tim Sherwood and André Villas-Boas).
Tedesco has worked absolute wonders with Die Königsblauen, finishing second in last year’s German top tier, and attracting interest in Tedesco from not only within the Bundesliga but around the continent. Though he’s suffered a torrid start to 18/19, his contract does expire with the club at the end of the season, which could may verywell see him become the first Italian to manage at Spurs.
Eddie Howe (Bournemouth)
Few expected the Cherries to start the season so strongly, but in Josh King, Ryan Fraser, and Callum Wilson, Howe currently has an attacking line-up to currently rival the best of them. Heavily linked with a move to Arsenal following Arsene Wenger’s resignation, this could be seen as a major coup to procure the young English manager whose compliments directed towards him continually snowball.
Slaviša Jokanović (Fulham)
Though tiptoeing with trepidation with his first steps into the Premier League, Spurs would want him to reproduce the dazzling football he implemented in the Fulham’s successful promotion push from the Championship last season. He could also persuade long-term Spurs target Ryan Sessegnon to swap West London for North.
Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid)
Though the Argentine’s main ambition is said to be managing at former club Inter Milan, a manager of Simone’s prestige should be welcomed with open arms in North London should he decide to end his seven-year association with Atlético Madrid. A loss to Monaco could have dented his credibility slightly but his Atlético side turned it around at the Stade Louis this week. The Spurs style may change considerably with the patented one-goal winning margin and irk the supporters scintillated by Pochettino’s previous free-flowing incessant football, but the Spurs defence is not dissimilar to the one he currently operates at Los Rojiblancos, with a solid back-four line. Proven in winning silverware and competing against the elite.
Jorge Jesus (Al-Hilal)
The epitome of a Marmite manager, the four-time Primeira Liga winner and Whitney Houston stalker has only recently signed a mega-money move to be coach of Saudi side Al-Hilal after a tumultuous time at Sporting CP, the club he swapped fierce rivals Benfica for back in 2015.
AVB won the Primeira Liga with Porto and seemed to satisfy the Spurs hierarchy after a failed period as head honcho at Chelsea. If those credentials are worth their salt, then Jesus completely emulates them. A move that would certainly revive outside interest in Spurs, and always seems to be a deal which happens on Football Manager as well.
Best remembered by most Lilywhites fans for his touchline-barny with then-manager Sherwood in Spurs' Europa League match against Benfica in 2014.
