Ranking Daniel Levy’s worst appointments in Tottenham

It would be just to say that Daniel Levy made questionable and unpopular decisions during his mixed mandate as president of Tottenham Hotspur.

During the 25 years, Levy was at the helm, Tottenham won only two major trophies, partly due to strange people from Levy, who worked with 14 permanent managers during his mandate as president.

Of course, the 63 -year -old man deserves the merit of having supervised the transition to a new impressive stadium, but football is ultimately a business company, and the former president could not reach the expected level of success.

At Football Fancast, we have now classified the five worst nominations made during his stay at the helm.

5

Other Boas Villas

Villas-Boas made his name as a fascinating young manager during a very impressive spell with FC Porto, leading the Portuguese side to the title in an undefeated season, but he could not make his mark in Chelsea, which lasts a little more than eight months.

As such, he was always going to be a bet to appoint the young coach in time, and some blunders on the transfer market meant that he did not last long at the helm.

After the sale of Gareth Bale, Roberto Soldado, Paulinho and Vlad Chiriches did not have the desired impact, and the trio did not last long in northern London.

While the Villas-Boas era was not so bad overall, having missed narrow only the qualification of the Champions League in its first season, the humiliating 5-0 defeat against Liverpool and 6-0 defeat against Manchester City during his second campaign means that he enters this list in fifth.

4

Jacques Santini

In all honesty, the appointment of Santini was perfectly logical at the time. The Frenchman arrived in White Hart Lane at the back of a very impressive spell with Lyon, during which he received the prize for “best French coach” in 2002.

The former boss of Lyon also took a promising start to the Spurs, making an undefeated start for the Premier League campaign. However, Santini had to make this list simply because of the duration of his mandate.

Santini lasted only 13 games before resigning, quoting personal problems like the reason for his release, although he has since been emerged that broken promises behind the scenes may have played a role, with the former boss of Tottenham saying: “They promised me a large apartment on the beach and I found myself 200m from the sea with a view of my neighbors.”

3

Juande Ramos

It may seem strange to appoint one of the only two spurs managers to win a trophy at the time of Levy on this list, but the terrible start Ramos made in the 2008-09 season meant that there was no way that he could not be included.

After winning the League Cup in 2008, the Spanish manager failed to start in the next campaign, only resuming two points among the first eight games, which left Tottenham Rock at the bottom of the Premier League table.

Consequently, the reign of Ramos probably remembers more for this disastrous beginning than the success of the previous campaign, and his management career slowly decreased after his departure from N17.

The Spaniard returned to his native country after leaving Tottenham, landing the work of Real Madrid, but his visit to the Bernabeu was short -lived, being dismissed after about seven months in charge, before having another unsuccessful spell with Cska Moscow.

2

Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho is widely considered as one of the biggest managers of all time for a good reason, having been extremely successful during his stay in Chelsea, Inter Milan, FC Porto and Real Madrid.

However, the emblematic manager was clearly in decline before Levy appointed him, having been dismissed by Manchester United after winning only seven of the first 17 games of the 2018-19 season.

Having won 26 trophies throughout his career as a manager, it is clear that Mourinho as a born bouncer, who could end the drought of the Tottenham Trophy, but the time of the decision to dismiss him is the main reason why it is included on the list.

With the former FC Porto boss, we almost expect football not great to watch, but he will win silverware. However, Levy made the bizarre call to press the trigger a few days before the Spurs were ready to play Manchester City during the EFL Cup final.

Tottenham was left to the sponsorship of the decision, continuing to lose the 1-0 match under the head of Ryan Mason, with Levy later, it was admitted that it was a mistake to name Mourinho first, saying: “The strategy was to call on a trophy manager and we did it twice. You have to learn errors.”

1

Nuno Espirito Santo

Like the majority of the names of this list, Nuno is in no way a bad manager, after having proven himself at Nottingham Forest, leading the delicate trees to the Europa League after finishing 7th in the Premier League last season.

However, the 51 -year -old man felt condemned from the start, with Spurs well known for having approaches for a number of other managers before having to “settle” to the former boss of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The Portuguese manager actually started the season very well, winning his first three games, but the results were quickly down, and he did not last long, Levy finally rejected the now boss forest in early November.

Jamie Carragher continued by suggesting that Nuno’s game style meant that the appointment was simply going to work, saying:

“I can never justify a manager by losing his job after 10 Premier League games, it doesn’t seem good, but I don’t think Nuno at Spurs never feels good either.

“I don’t think it’s a bad dismissal, I think it was a bad meeting at the start. Nuno’s football style was disagreed not only with the” Way Tottenham “but also the” upper track “.

With Levy now disappeared, Tottenham fans hope that this is the start of a new exciting era for the club.