Tottenham Hotspur Appoint Nuno Espirito Santo As New Manager

What has been said?

Nuno told the Tottenham club website: “When you have a squad with quality and talent, we want to make the fans proud and enjoy. It’s an enormous pleasure and honour (to be here), there’s joy and I’m happy and looking forward to starting work.

“We don’t have any days to lose and we must start working immediately as pre-season starts in a few days.”

Speaking on the appointment, chairman Daniel Levy said: “First of all, I’d like to welcome Nuno to the Club.

“We should like to thank our supporters for all their patience throughout this process.

“I’ve spoken already about the need to revert back to our core DNA of playing attacking, entertaining football and Fabio and I believe Nuno is the man who can take our talented group of players, embrace our young players coming through and build something special.”

Who else was considered?

Tottenham held discussions with a number of potential managers after sacking Mourinho. The club were in talks with Conte, Pochettino and Flick.

Spurs were also close to hiring Fonseca, only for talks to collapse at a late stage due to their interest in Gattuso. But Spurs then u-turned once again after their supporters made their opposition to the Italian known.

What did Nuno achieve at Wolves?

The 47-year-old Portuguese, who took charge of Wolves in 2017, won the Championship title in his first season. He then finished seventh with Wolves in consecutive campaigns in the Premier League.

Last season, however, was more disappointing as Wolves struggled with injuries and consistency — finishing 13th in Nuno’s fourth and final year at the club.