Chapter 1: What has led Tottenham Hotspur to the brink of relegation?
Three managers, 15 defeats and just seven wins. It's been a season to forget for Tottenham Hotspur. Yes, in the next hour, Jamie O'Hara, Michael Bridge and Kaveh Solakol will go inside Spurs and will try and answer one simple question. Could one of England's big six clubs really start next season in the Championship? All the best, television series. Season three is better than season two. Yeah!
It was a hard decision from the Tottenham Hotspur board, but they have made that decision, and it will be a new head coach.
Chapter 2: Who is Tottenham's new head coach and what is his vision?
Another new era for Spurs. They've got the person they've wanted, and that person is Thomas Frank. Oh, beautiful drop on the shoulder from Kudas. And what a magnificent goal! The goal! His first ever Premier League goal! Chaucer, Eberich, Eze, Dominic Hatrick. Swept in by Scholes and it's bouncing around, it's in!
Thomas Frank watches on bewildered and Callum Wilson does what Callum Wilson does.
Thomas Frank has been sacked as Tottenham Hotspur head coach. Agreement reached for Igor Tudor to become the Tottenham Hotspur interim head coach.
Bukayo Saka, Eze!
Chapter 3: What challenges does Roberto De Zerbi face in his new role?
He claims Derby Day again!
In by Williams, a one-ee! Forrest saw away from trouble and plunged Spurs right into the mile. Igor Tudor has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect. A deal has been agreed for Roberto Di Zerbi to become the new Tottenham head coach. Yes, Ange Postacoglu famously said, season three is better than series two.
Well, there's a new main character for the final seven episodes, Roberto de Zerbi. Now, we've heard from him today, and despite the impending threat of relegation, he insists that he's in it for the long haul.
I know it's a tough moment for Tottenham but I know very well it's a tough moment, it's a difficult moment for everyone of Tottenham. I think we have the right qualities to come out from this moment. We have to play with courage, we have to play with
with the qualities of the players because if I accepted this challenge it's because I have a bigger confidence in the players and the style of the history of Tottenham football is a very clear style of play. I think it's not the right moment to speak about my philosophy of football. I'm here now maybe at the end of the season because we have to win the game. I love keeping the ball.
I love the ball possession. I love create chance and chance to score. But in the same time, I love 11 defenders when we have not the ball. I think in this moment, we have no time to work too much in more principle, but we have to
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Chapter 4: How are Tottenham's financials impacting their current situation?
to know what we have to do on the pitch. We have to have a good organization on the pitch with the ball, without the ball. We have to consider the qualities of the players. We are lucky, I am lucky because I have big players with big talent. And my work is to help the players to show their qualities.
For me, Tottenham, especially in this moment, is maybe the most important challenge in my career. I signed five years of contract because for me it's a big challenge and I will be the coach of Tottenham next season. no matter what.
So that is the new Spurs head coach's first interview and Kaveh Solokol. I gather you've got some exclusive news about his first day in the role. Yeah, we've managed to get some insight into what happened at Tottenham's training ground today. Our understanding is that De Zerbi made a very good first impression. He met staff at the training ground for the first time.
He took time to talk to as many people as possible. And he wanted everybody to know that it was a real honour for him to become the head coach of such a big club. The one key message... that he delivered to everybody he spoke to was that he is totally committed to Tottenham Hotspur and leaving the club in the event of them getting relegated this summer has not even crossed his mind.
If they do go down, he plans to rebuild and get the club back up as soon as possible. OK. Any idea of his plans for tomorrow?
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Chapter 5: What would relegation mean for Tottenham's finances?
Well, he's going to be working with the squad for the first time tomorrow. All the players who've been on international duty are coming back. I think it's a bonus that they don't have a game this weekend because it gives him more time to work with the players before the really big game away at Sunderland a week on Sunday. He is convinced. that in the squad there is the quality to stay up.
And I think he sees his key tasks as lifting the mood, working on the players' confidence, telling them that they need to believe in themselves, that they can stay up, and telling them that they need to fight even harder than they've been fighting to make sure they stay up. He's going to be delivering... clear messages and instructions.
He, I think, believes that there have been too many changes at the club this season, and the players have been confused, there's uncertainty, there's a lack of structure. And that is why he plans to tell the players tomorrow, going forward, there's one coach, there's one vision, and there's one mission, and that is to keep Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
Jamie, are you liking what you're hearing? Yeah, for me, I think it's a fantastic appointment. I think he's the real deal. I really do. You know, watching him at Brighton, the way he played the game, his teams played, I thought he was absolutely fantastic. Obviously, he'd done a good job at Marseille as well. And, you know, for me, just listening to that interview...
I think he knows, he's a realist. He knows what's at stake. He knows he needs to keep this club up.
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Chapter 6: What recruitment strategy is Tottenham employing to avoid relegation?
He's not going to come, people keep saying, oh, he's the right man at the wrong time. That's nonsense. This guy knows, he knows he's got seven games to save Spurs' season. Then he can implement his philosophy and he can work on the training ground over six weeks period to get players exactly how he wants. But he knows as well how to get results in the Premier League.
We should have got him earlier. I think he's the best manager we could have got at this moment in time. We all sit here and talk about how it would have been nice to have Harry Redknapp and a player of people affiliated to the football club. He is the best manager we could have got. He's a fantastic manager. I've heard all players coming out talking about how much they loved him.
All right, he's a fiery character, but he's got the character to get us out of this problem. He knows what he's coming into. He knows the players are there to work with who are good enough to play a style of football. But he's going to get them organised. First seven games, he's got a big job to do. Michael, what did you make of De Zerbi's first interview with the cockerel on his chest?
I found it inspiring. I found it commanding. And I think that's two things maybe Spurs have lacked this season.
Chapter 7: How does the squad's morale affect Tottenham's performance?
For one reason or another, the supporters and majority of the players didn't maybe completely take to Thomas Frank. They didn't really take to Igor Chudy in terms of... I think the issue was there was always that feeling he was an interim. Roberto Di Zerbi's come in and said, I am going to be the head coach next season regardless.
But listening to Roberto Di Zerbi, I think deep down he hasn't got... He looks at it and he thinks, I've got enough here. This will be a Premier League team next season. I think his confidence...
But I think that will give Tottenham fans some real confidence and a bit of hope because when they left the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after that defeat to Nottingham Forest, I heard a few people say, I think that's it. I think that's it. And I have to be honest with you, after everything... We all did. Yeah, but everything what the fans did, pre-match, couldn't have done much more.
They didn't start the game too badly, but their heads dropped the second they conceded that first goal. I don't think we will get that with Roberto de Zerbi. So I go back to the two words, inspiring and commanding. All right. He's inspired by it, but de Zerbi says he's sticking around, Carvey, but his record suggests that that's not how he is. Do you really think he's here for the long term?
Well, he signed a five-year contract. I'm not saying he's definitely going to stay at Tottenham for five years, but I think he is totally committed for the long haul. He's not an interim appointment. He's made it clear, even if we go down, I'm sticking around.
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Chapter 8: Can Tottenham Hotspur stay in the Premier League this season?
And I know Tottenham, if you look at the Premier League table, they're not in a good position. state at the moment but historically they are one of the top 10 richest clubs in the world they've got one of the best stadiums in the world they've got one of the best training grounds in the world they are financially okay not doing very well at the moment but they have a massive revenue
it ticks a lot of boxes for the best managers in the world. And on top of that, it's a challenge. And I don't think, with all due respect to the other jobs he's had, that he has had a job as big as this one. Jamie said the best manager Spurs could have got. Was he the unanimous choice or the only choice? I think he was a unanimous choice of the board. He wasn't the only option.
Of course, Tottenham Hotspur, like every club, will not just zero in on one candidate. They will have looked at who's available. They considered other names as well. People like Marco Silva. I think they considered as well bringing somebody in. For the short term, somebody like Harry Redknapp has been mentioned. That was a consideration.
I'm not saying that it got very far down the line, but it's something that they would have looked at. But as Jamie says, the best person available for the job at the moment is Roberto Di Zerbi. He wasn't sure if he wanted the job. He wanted to take a bit more time out after leaving Marseille. But he's been convinced that this is the right move for him.
And hearing from him today, you get the feeling that he's convinced that he's made the right decision. Carver just mentioned Harry Redknapp there. We were teased with Harry, weren't we? We were also teased with Tim Sherwood and other people affiliated to Spurs. Why didn't they get the job? I think that was really heartening, to be honest with you. It just shows the love...
certain individuals have still got for the football club that they would do that. But I think, ultimately, that Roberto de Serbi was the number one choice. They've got their number one choice. He was the number one choice when Thomas Frank was dismissed in February. But people keep asking, why didn't they do it in February? Roberto de Serbi had just left Marseille.
He wanted to take some time off. Now, the information we had at the time was that time off would be until the summer. But then when you get off the Tottenham job again... Tottenham Hotspur have always attracted top players. They've always attracted big-name managers. Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte. And I'm sure when Igor Tudor got the call, he thought, goodness me, Tottenham.
Then you go into it, wow, I've got a problem here. And I'm sure Roberto Di Zerbi is going to see that with the injuries he's got and the squad he's going to inherit. But he's still got good players. But ultimately... Over the last few years, Roberto Di Zerbi's name has always been mentioned at Tottenham Hotspur. And we've mentioned Marco Silva, for example.
Hypothetically, the Tottenham Hotspur really want to be embroiled with a row with Fulham Football Club right now in April with seven games to go back and forth. I don't think so. Jamie, I watch you religiously on Sky Sports FC and I've heard you say you want someone or you wanted someone who knew the club. Yeah. But doesn't that just reduce your options if you do that?
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