Huge Marco Silva next Tottenham manager claim as agreement 'very close'

Huge Marco Silva next Tottenham manager claim as agreement 'very close' Newspoint | 07/06/2025 22:39:15

Tottenham are in the market for a new manager after chairman made the ruthless decision to on Friday evening.

Little more than two weeks on from ' incredible triumph in Bilbao, Spain, Postecoglou was sent packing and attention immediately turns to who will take over in N17.

Thomas Frank is the overwhelming favourite, with reportedly in talks with the Brentford boss even before the news of the Australian's sacking on Friday night.

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But there are more names in the frame to replace Postecoglou, and reports in Portugal actually suggest another boss is "very close" to taking over - .

has been the Fulham manager for the past four seasons, turning the Whites into an established Premier League club. Prior to that he enjoyed spells at Everton, Watford and Hull in England.

The Portuguese has been linked with a number of bigger jobs in the past few years, given his work at Craven Cottage and could now be on track to take over in north London.

Record in Portugal, via , state: " is set to swap Fulham for Tottenham. Marco Silva is very close to taking over as coach.

"Record knows that the agreement between the parties is close to being reached and everything suggests that the Portuguese coach will succeed Ange Postecoglou, who was fired yesterday.

"Everything points to Marco Silva being the chosen one."

Postecoglou prioritised the Europa League this season when there was no chance of finishing in the European places in the Premier League nor getting relegated from the top flight.

And it is clear in the Tottenham statement that .

The Spurs statement read: "It is crucial that we are able to compete on multiple fronts and believe a change of approach will give us the strongest chance for the coming season and beyond. This has been one of the toughest decisions we have had to make and is not a decision that we have taken lightly, nor one we have rushed to conclude. We have made what we believe is the right decision to give us the best chance of success going forward, not the easy decision."