Jose Mourinho named new
Tottenham manager succeeding
Mauricio Pochettino
20 Nov
Tottenham will be the third
Premier League club managed by
Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho has been appointed Tottenham manager, succeeding Mauricio Pochettino who was sacked on Tuesday.
Former Chelsea and Manchester
United boss Mourinho has signed a contract until the end of the
2022-23 season.
"The quality in both the squad and the academy excites me," said the 56-year-old Portuguese. "Working with these players is what has attracted me."
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy said:
"In Jose we have one of the most
successful managers in football."
Tottenham reached the Champions League final last season under Pochettino but lost to Liverpool in Madrid.
The Argentine, who was appointed in May 2014, failed to win a trophy in his time in charge of the north London club with Spurs' last silverware being the League Cup in 2008.
Levy added: "He (Mourinho) has a
wealth of experience, can inspire
teams and is a great tactician.
"He has won honours at every club he has coached. We believe he will bring energy and belief to the dressing room."
Mourinho still lives in London and
won three Premier League titles
and one FA Cup in two spells at
Chelsea, while he won the Europa
League and Carabao Cup with
Manchester United.
He has also previously managed
Portuguese side Porto - where he
won the Champions League -
Italian club Inter Milan, with whom he claimed a league, cup and Champions League Treble, and Spanish team Real Madrid, who he led to the La Liga title.
Mourinho has been out of work
since being sacked as Manchester
United manager in December 2018.
He takes over a Spurs side that are
14th in the Premier League and
without a win in their last five
games.
Mourinho has turned down a
number of job opportunities,
including in China, Spain and
Portugal, since leaving Old Trafford.
Analysis
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
Spurs have never hired a manager
as expensive or demanding as
Mourinho, nor spent the kind of
money on players that he became
accustomed to at clubs such as Real Madrid and Manchester United. But Spurs have come a long way in recent years under Pochettino.
They have a new £1bn stadium and training ground, and spent four successive seasons in the
Champions League.
They now have a European
pedigree, and a hugely talented
squad.
Mourinho has been out of the game for almost a year but retained a home in London.
His tribulations at Manchester
United saw him lose his 'Special
One' status, but his many
achievements in the game still
command widespread respect.

one reason Mourinho took the man u job was to pay Chelsea back d reason Mourinho took the Tottenham job was to pay man u back. Tottenham is not d right team for Mourinho bcuz they don't love to spend.man u vs Tottenham December 7 man u fans uttooh

Big mistake by Spurs