Antonio Conte: Nagelsmann, Pochettino, Enrique - who should be Tottenham's long-term successor?

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Roberto de Zerbi, Mauricio Pochettino and Luis Enrique

It's official, Antonio Conte's turbulent reign arsenic Tottenham manager is over.

The Italian has left the relation by communal consent aft being appointed successful November 2021, with his adjunct Cristian Stellini stepping up arsenic caput manager for the remainder of the season.

But what adjacent for Spurs arsenic they look to extremity a trophy drought that dates backmost to 2008?

We look astatine immoderate of the names already being linked with the relation this summertime and privation you to person your accidental connected who you deliberation Spurs should name connected a imperishable ground next.

Luis Enrique

Age: 52 Nationality: Spanish Club: Unattached

An out-of-work manager and reportedly funny successful the vacancy astatine Tottenham.

Enrique near his relation arsenic Spain brag aft being knocked retired of the World Cup by Morocco successful the past 16 successful December, having antecedently guided his state to the Euro 2020 semi-finals.

His astir palmy play arsenic manager astatine nine level came with Barcelona. Between 2014 and 2017 helium won the Champions League and guided them to 2 La Liga titles, 3 Copa del Reys, the Super Cup, the Club World Cup and Spanish Super Cup.

Thomas Frank

Age: 49 Nationality: Danish Club: Brentford

Thomas Frank took Brentford into the Premier League for the archetypal clip successful their past and helped them to a creditable 13th-place decorativeness past season.

The Dane has worked wonders connected an an highly constricted fund and the resources and fanbase of Tottenham could beryllium appealing if they were to travel calling.

This play helium has taken the Bees to the verge of a European place, with the nine eighth successful the Premier League.

Oliver Glasner

Age: 48 Nationality: Austrian Club: Eintracht Frankfurt

The Eintracht Frankfurt brag is 1 of the lesser-known managers being linked with replacing Conte.

Glasner, whose declaration expires successful 2024, took Frankfurt to an awesome Europa League triumph past play successful their archetypal European last since 1980.

He antecedently led Wolfsburg into the Champions League, having already impressed astatine Austrian broadside LASK.

Ryan Mason

Age: 31 Nationality: English Club: Tottenham

Former Spurs midfielder Mason has antecedently had a spell arsenic interim brag astatine the club.

Mason retired from playing successful 2018 aft suffering a fractured skull portion playing for Hull City and subsequently moved into coaching. He was a subordinate of Conte's coaching unit and volition beryllium Stellini's adjunct until the extremity of the season.

He was the club's interim brag successful 2021 aft the sacking of Jose Mourinho and could fancy the occupation connected a much imperishable basis.

Julian Nagelsmann

Age: 35 Nationality: German Club: Unattached

Has Nagelsmann's sacking from Bayern Munich presented Tottenham with an opportunity? The German was replaced by Thomas Tuchel connected Friday, contempt having won the Bundesliga successful his archetypal play successful complaint and losing conscionable 3 games successful the league this play to way Dortmund by a point.

The erstwhile RB Leipzig brag had besides guided Bayern to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with 8 wins from 8 and 7 cleanable sheets.

Mauricio Pochettino

Age: 50 Nationality: Argentine Club: Unattached

Pochettino is simply a wide favourite with many, having managed Tottenham betwixt 2014-19 aft starring Southampton to an eighth-placed Premier League decorativeness successful his archetypal afloat play successful charge.

He came agonisingly adjacent to ending Spurs' agelong hold for silverware - taking them to Premier League runners-up successful 2016-17 and the Champions League last 2 years later, which they mislaid to Liverpool.

Pochettino was dismissed months aboriginal and went connected to negociate Ligue 1 giants Paris St-Germain, claiming the league rubric and cupful successful France earlier leaving past summer.

Marco Silva

Age: 45 Nationality: Portuguese Club: Fulham

Could Silva beryllium tempted distant from Fulham?

The Cottagers brag guided them to automatic promotion backmost into the Premier League successful May and this play has overseen a beardown run that sees them ninth successful the table.

Silva archetypal came to England to negociate Hull City successful January 2017 and has besides had spells successful complaint astatine Everton, Sporting Lisbon and Olympiakos.

Cristian Stellini

Age: 48 Nationality: Italian Club: Tottenham

Stellin was Conte's adjunct manager astatine Spurs and volition measurement up arsenic interim brag until the extremity of the season.

Conte appointed Stellini astatine Tottenham successful September 2021, but the Italian besides worked nether him astatine Juventus successful 2012 and astatine Inter Milan successful 2019.

Could helium beryllium offered the imperishable occupation if results spell his way?

Roberto de Zerbi

Age: 43 Nationality: Italian Club: Brighton

De Zerbi has impressed hugely since being appointed Brighton manager successful September.

The erstwhile Shakhtar Donetsk brag succeeded Graham Potter astatine the Seagulls and has taken them to seventh successful the Premier League and pushing for European qualification.

De Zerbi, who near Shakhtar successful July due to the fact that of the warfare successful Ukraine, signed a four-year declaration astatine Amex Stadium and has antecedently impressed during 3 years successful complaint astatine Italian nine Sassuolo.

Zinedine Zidane

Age: 50 Nationality: French Club: Unattached

Zidane is different high-profile manager retired of work, though whether helium is looking for different occupation astatine the infinitesimal is different matter.

A World Cup and European Championship victor with France arsenic a player, helium won the Champions League 3 times and La Liga doubly arsenic Real Madrid boss. Would undoubtedly beryllium a connection appointment.

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