Tottenham Hotspur appoint Nuno Espirito Santo as the new manager
As confirmed by the club’s official website, Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Nuno Espirito Santo as the new manager, with the 47-year-old replacing compatriot Jose Mourinho.
Tottenham had been without a manager since late April when Mourinho was sacked. Ryan Mason saw the season through as Daniel Levy & co. searched for a permanent replacement for the Portuguese.
And after a two-month period filled with ups and downs, Tottenham have finally announced that it will Nuno, who will take over the reins at the club. The 47-year-old was available after he quit the managerial position at Wolves at the end of the 2020/21 campaign. Upon being named the new Spurs’ boss, the Portuguese tactician said:
“When you have a squad with quality and talent, we want to make the fans proud and enjoy. 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.”
💬 “Enormous pleasure. An honour.”
Nuno’s first interview as Spurs’ boss 👇#WelcomeNuno pic.twitter.com/intXEydugM
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) June 30, 2021
Chairman Daniel Levy welcomed the new manager, stating that he and director Fabio Paratici believe that Nuno is the right man for the job.
“I’ve spoken already about the need to revert back to our core DNA of playing attacking, entertaining football and Fabio 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.”
There had been negative reactions among fans prior to the appointment. However, upon the announcement, a large section of them expressed their support to Nuno. Here are some of the reactions from the Spurs’ supporters after this huge development.
Fan Reactions
Welcome the right Portuguese gaffer🙏🏻🙏🏻
— Stephen Marcos (@Stephe_Marcos) June 30, 2021
He may not be who we wanted, but let’s back him all the way 🇵🇹🇵🇹
— mitchell (@thfcmitchell) June 30, 2021
Back him.
— Fin🏴 (@thfcfinlay2) June 30, 2021
Wtf wasn’t expecting this so soon but welcome nuno
— Dylan🇮🇪 (@THFC_fan7) June 30, 2021
Back the manager. It’s time to go improve the squad. Get on board or gtfo pic.twitter.com/UJ3JzYANA4
— When We Were THFC Ⓥ (@AryehLender) June 30, 2021
— Sam (@thfcsam14) June 30, 2021
We finally have a manager. Now sign some players, back him 100% and let’s move to a positive season!
Regardless of people’s opinions on him, we all must back him 100%. Welcome to Tottenham Nuno!
— Sean. 🇵🇸 (@SeanDavies93) June 30, 2021
This is a good appointment btw took championship wolves to back to back 7th in prem and made some impressive signing like jota and Raul, not the most high profile but I am confident #coys
— Christian🇹🇷🏴 (@ThfcChristian) June 30, 2021
It’s time to back him @SpursOfficial and the fans to get fully behind him
— Rich Johnston (@Rich_M_Johnston) June 30, 2021
NUNO HAD A DREAM
— Luka ⚜️ (@Lukathfc) June 30, 2021
