Tottenham name Nuno Espirito as new boss
LONDON: Totenham on Wednesday announced they had appointed former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo as their new manager, ending their long search for a replacement for Jose Mourinho.
Spurs have been without a permanent boss since Mourinho was sacked in April, with former player Ryan Mason taking charge for the rest of last season.
Nuno, 47, has signed a two-year deal at the north London club ater former boss Mauricio Pochetino, Antonio Conte, Paulo Fonseca and Gennaro Gatuso were all inked with the job.
The Portuguese coach will take the start of pre-season training on Monday, when players not involved in international football this summer will return to Hotspur Way.
“When you have a squad with quality and talent, we want to make the fans proud and enjoy,” he said in a statement on the club’s website.
“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.”
Nuno guided Wolves from the Championship into the Premier League in 2018 and secured consecutive seventh-place finishes in their first two seasons back in the top-flight before a 13th-place finish last season.
“First of all, I’d like to welcome Nuno to the club,” said Spurs chairman Daniel Levy. “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 atacking, entertaining football and ( managing director of football) Fabio Paratici 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.”
PARATICI FACTOR: Paratici, who officially starts his job at Spurs on Thursday ater leaving Juventus, has been heavily involved in the recruitment process.
“The brief for this appointment has always been clear -- we wanted a head coach that can instil all the values that are important to this football club,” said Paratici.