No way, Jose

Tottenham Hotspur have fired Jose Mourinho as manager after only 17 months in charge, and just as hewas preparing to coach the English Premier League club in the

League Cup final against Manchester City. Mourinho was hired in November

2019 to replace Mauricio

Pochettino, who unexpectedly led the

London club to the

Champions League final before the team collapsed the following season. But Mourinho has failed to get Tottenham back into the Champions League and has overseen another collapse this season. Spurs were first in December but a run of poor results has seen the club fall to seventh place. Tottenham, who haven’t won a trophy since the 2008 League Cup, said youth coach Ryan Mason had been put in charge of training.