DAVID MOYES - ex Boss

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/19/tottenham-andre-villas-boas

André Villas-Boas is understood to be Tottenham's first choice to succeed Harry Redknapp as manager. Photograph: Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

Tottenham Hotspur have held direct negotiations with André Villas-Boas and they are poised to offer him the manager's job. Tottenham officials met Villas‑Boas's agent in London last Friday and Saturday to explain what they were looking for in the successor to Harry Redknapp, who they sacked last Wednesday. But they have since accelerated the process by speaking directly to Villas-Boas.

The 34-year-old Portuguese, who was dismissed by Chelsea in March, was initially unsure whether he was the Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy's first choice for the vacancy. He felt that Levy had other candidates in mind, which was true, with Everton's David Moyes numbering among them. But it has become clear that Villas‑Boas is the man that Levy wants to lead Tottenham into a new era.

The sacking of Redknapp represented a gamble, as he had led the club to fourth-, fifth- and fourth-placed finishes in the Premier League in the past three seasons, only missing out on Champions League qualification last month when Chelsea beat Bayern Munich in the final of the competition.

Villas-Boas knows that Levy's minimum requirement is to qualify for Europe's elite tournament. The chairman also wants to be challenging for the league title in the near future. Redknapp often said he thought "there was a championship in this club". It is a demanding brief and the jury remains out in some quarters over Villas‑Boas. He has plenty to prove after his ill-fated Chelsea tenure, when he failed to impose his will on the squad's strong personalities. It hurt his reputation that, after his dismissal, the team recovered to win the Champions League and FA Cup under Roberto Di Matteo. But Levy has come to view Villas-Boas as the dynamic young coach to drive the club forward.

Villas-Boas and his representative have sought assurances about the future of Tottenham's best players, chief among them the midfielder Luka Modric, who has exited Euro 2012 with Croatia and is determined to be granted a big transfer this summer. Villas‑Boas tried to sign Modric when he was at Chelsea last summer, only for Levy to block the £40m proposal.

It is unclear whether Levy will be able to hold on to Modric for another season, although he is empowered to hold the player to his contract, which has four years to run. He is adamant he would not sell Modric to Chelsea or Manchester United but he may be more receptive to a bid from Real Madrid, particularly if the sum on offer was upwards of £40m.

Tottenham's new manager, though, will be granted a large transfer kitty to reshape the squad in his image, and it stands to be even larger if Modric were to leave. The priority area is centre-forward. The club are struggling to satisfy Emmanuel Adebayor's wage demands to make his loan move from Manchester City permanent; they have not taken up the option on Louis Saha. Jermain Defoe is the only established striker.

Levy is keen to find a more senior role within the set-up for Tim Sherwood, the youth development squad coach. Sherwood survived the cull of Redknapp's backroom staff, which accounted for Kevin Bond, Joe Jordan and Clive Allen, because Levy considers him to be an asset to the club.

Andre Villas-Boas is confident he will be named the new Tottenham manager, although the club may not announce their successor to Harry Redknapp for another week.

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Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini has welcomed the prospect of Villas-Boas taking over at White Hart Lane.

Full story: Daily Mail


C'mon Levy, do the deal!

Andre Villas-Boas is in a three-way fight for the Spurs job along with former Schalke coach Ralf Rangnick and Laurent Blanc, who managed France at Euro 2012.

Full story: Sunday Telegraph

Tottenham will hope to talk to Blanc about the vacant manager's post at White Hart Lane this week after France's exit from Euro 2012 to Spain.

Full story: Mail on Sunday

Bale has signed a new 4 year deal with Spuds, which must indicate that they are about to appoint a new manager.

Tonteau wrote:Actually I thought up an ideal scenario the other night. Moyes wants more money at EFC. So we let him go to spurs for £6million or so and we promote Round as caretaker manager. Once at spurs Moyes sells us pienaar for £2.5 - £3 million and then resigns from his post spurs after a month or two (citing problems with Levy) and comes back to Everton with a few quid left to spend in January right in time for our post christmas soar up the table.

It's almost too perfect.

Champ manager style

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Bale has signed a new 4 year deal with Spuds, which must indicate that they are about to appoint a new manager.

it'll be AVB

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4402766/Andre-Villas-Boas-will-take-an-11m-hit-to-become-Spurs-boss.html

Hopefully today will be 'AVB Day' for Spurs.

Former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas will be unveiled as Tottenham boss on Tuesday.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Mr_Ben wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4402766/Andre-Villas-Boas-will-take-an-11m-hit-to-become-Spurs-boss.html

How will he lose £11m? He will presumably be on a healthy salary at Spurs? Anyway, it's a good thing that he would rather try to restart his managerial career than sit on a regular income for doing nothing.

Barry Horne's Equaliser wrote:

Mr_Ben wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4402766/Andre-Villas-Boas-will-take-an-11m-hit-to-become-Spurs-boss.html

How will he lose £11m? He will presumably be on a healthy salary at Spurs? Anyway, it's a good thing that he would rather try to restart his managerial career than sit on a regular income for doing nothing.

His compensation becomes nil if he takes a EPL job in certain time frame.

Mr_Ben wrote:

Barry Horne's Equaliser wrote:

Mr_Ben wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4402766/Andre-Villas-Boas-will-take-an-11m-hit-to-become-Spurs-boss.html

How will he lose £11m? He will presumably be on a healthy salary at Spurs? Anyway, it's a good thing that he would rather try to restart his managerial career than sit on a regular income for doing nothing.

His compensation becomes nil if he takes a EPL job in certain time frame.

Yes, I understand that, but all that means is that Chelsea won't be paying him £11m. He won't be losing £11m, because Spurs will be paying him instead. It's a totally misleading story.

I presume it was 11mill for free to buy out teh contract, based on him not competing in the EPL (or maybe a G18 team?) versus manage Stoke and you can keep the dosh.

Done!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18610066

Now Moyes can concentrate on spending our vast transfer budget

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Done!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18610066

Now Moyes can concentrate on spending our vast transfer budget

And Pieman can get busy undermining AVB..

Bluejags wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Done!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18610066

Now Moyes can concentrate on spending our vast transfer budget

And Pieman can get busy undermining AVB..

Fucking Kenwright's fault. He could have got £30m for Moyes off spuds. Sack the board etc

Was listening back to a few Newstalk Off the Ball football show podcasts while out walking today and show contributor Graeme Hunter landed with an interesting nugget about David Moyes. Hunter is a man deeply in love with himself but has great contacts in the game, especially in Spain. He claims that before last season, one of the presidents going for election at Athletic Bilbao wanted David Moyes as manager if he won. Fortunately (or unfortunately for some on TW), he lost and the other guy hired Bielsa who went on to have a great season, just coming up short at the finish. He also states that Moyes was quite receptive to the more, eager to test himself on the continent. The question is where would we be now if Moyes had left last year? How many players would have followed him out the door, if Bill hired an underwhelming replacement. I look at Villa now and see that as our future without Moyes and it scares me!

Moyes on contract talks (or lack of):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2210171/David-Moyes-fully-committed-Everton.html#ixzz27o2Xdlbw

This...

'We talk on the phone every day so it’s nothing that needs to be resolved by any big talks.
'We have a good relationship and when it comes to that that’s the way we will deal with it.’

... is why the club is considered such a close knit unit!

Bluejags wrote:Was listening back to a few Newstalk Off the Ball football show podcasts while out walking today and show contributor Graeme Hunter landed with an interesting nugget about David Moyes. Hunter is a man deeply in love with himself but has great contacts in the game, especially in Spain. He claims that before last season, one of the presidents going for election at Athletic Bilbao wanted David Moyes as manager if he won. Fortunately (or unfortunately for some on TW), he lost and the other guy hired Bielsa who went on to have a great season, just coming up short at the finish. He also states that Moyes was quite receptive to the more, eager to test himself on the continent. The question is where would we be now if Moyes had left last year? How many players would have followed him out the door, if Bill hired an underwhelming replacement. I look at Villa now and see that as our future without Moyes and it scares me!

Round? With an appointment of a general manager? Just a thought and an avenue we have not considered before.

Probably going to get manager of the month for September now. We're fucked

Bluejags wrote:Probably going to get manager of the month for September now. We're fucked

I hope he gets it EVERY month from now on. That way we know we are doing great!

On a more serious note, the game today would have been a potential banana skin a couple of years ago. Not today. Even though I am not 100% happy with the defending, one could say the same about other teams as well.

And no injuries.

Why hasn't Moyes been offered a new contract ?.. and if he has, why hasn't he signed it ??

I'm seriously worried this is going to be his last season with us

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:Why hasn't Moyes been offered a new contract ?.. and if he has, why hasn't he signed it ??

I'm seriously worried this is going to be his last season with us

It sure does make you wonder doesn't it. At the same time, he has finally put together a great team, so why move on then?

It'll be interesting to see what happens when it comes to his contract.

i think he will wait and see what assurances there are for financial backing before he commits, i think he knows that he can take a team to europa/ champs league ith a few more quality add ons, but will wait and see what sort of money will be made available to him

INWT
COYB

get digging bill,