Hello.
This, if true is extraordinary. From a chap on Facebook in this Tottenham group you can view here. Fingers and everything else crossed, eh?
- Tim Sherwood will be appointed as Director of Football at White Hart Lane next week. This is a promotion from the position of academy director- This evolution has been on the cards for 18 months.
- Levy decided to bite the bullet last week, sticking to his original plan which had been drawn up in expectation of HR leaving to take on England and make the change largely in light of Sherwood’s outstanding work with the youths.
- Andre Villas Boas will join on a 2 year contract worth less than 1m euro per year with another 2.5m payable per season in bonuses. This information is direct from the inside WHL.
- Sherwood has known AVD for 5 years having met the Portuguese when both were enrolled on a course aimed at furnishing them with their UEFA Licenses, they have a similar philosophy and the duo will be charged with promoting youth ahead of experience, much like Roman Abramovich tasked AVB with at Chelsea last season.
- AVB was hung out to dry by Chelsea last season, he was under instruction to dispense with the old boys at the bridge and he was given no support in doing this, it was his opinion that such drastic changes would necessitate acceptance of a short period without any remarkable success and a season of aclimatisation would be required.
- Abramovich at first accepted this but was pressured by the media to get rid and he buckled. Bare in mind that CFC paid 12m for AVB and at the time he was considered the continent’s finest young coach. We are getting a great deal here, I am fully committed to Levy’s vision.
- Levy flies back in to the UK on Monday after spending Sunday in Holland where I imagine he is trying to tie up the deals for Vertonghen and also investigate the procedures that will follow on from any possible transfer of Klass Jan Huntelaar.
- Ajax retain a stake in the striker despite the fact that his move to Schalke was his third full term contract and third club since leaving Amsterdam, the Dutch side are due 20% of any future transfers that Huntelaar is involved with and Levy will be sure to try and use this in negotiations for Vertonghen.
- As I said, done deal not News International bullshit.
Sorry not sure AVB is the right man for us. Your right HH about his coaching skills, but its his man management skill that is worrying me. He did not come across to well with the media, and his explanation’s of what went wrong in a game were just as bad as Harry’s excuses. I might be wrong, but he does not strike me as a leader/motivator of men. Lets hope whoever we get works in our favour, otherwise we will become a laughing stock, suppose in Levy we trust.
Having read all comments ‘Harry hotspurs’ replies are bang on – I agree avb was hung out to dry, not just by the Chelsea board but the players also ! I think we need to forget avb being a Chelsea manager and think what he and Tim could do for spurs long term , and that’s what we need, long term stability. We have no choice no but to support the team and pray Mr Levy makes the right decisions
Long term is the key here. It isn’t going to be a bed of roses and give us instant success, but as a long term project could serve us well.
i have to say I like the sound of this, i’m warming to the idea of AVB and building a team for the future, everyone thought arry was a gonna so it makes sense levy having a plan for as and when. I can see avb and vertonghen in monday, i feel huntellar is speculative but you never know, it would be amazing if true and a real statement. Weve got some great young players mixed in with some experience cull the deadwood and we’re rolling, wonder when the first glimpses of the home kit will be ive seen the away and keepers which look fairly realistic tbf better than some of the usual shit photoshops, but i like hard facts, still this rumour lark is a bit of a larf too, i wonder if other clubs have this much to talk about all the time ah to be a tottenham fan COYS
I would sooner it worked the reverse way; hire a European known old hand as DoF, someone like Hiddinck or Advocaat and give the first team coach job to Sherwood.
Me too as I backed him @ 18-1
No Crouching. No Orchestrating. No getting on Bruxie’s nerves.
Stick those three clauses in his contract and I’m willing to be converted.
I was disappointed when he left Chelscum as he was causing their march to oblivion.
If he’d stayed … we’d be in the UCL now.
Hah.
No Crouching.
See what I did there?
You forgot “No running to the manager for a group hug whenever we score a goal”.
Yep.
Clause inserted!
There’s no gaurantee that’s the case, AVB’s points ratio was 1.7 and would have left them exactly where they ended points wise and ultimately final position too which could have left them with the same last chance to qualify and win CL final all could have happened