列維失去魔法, 九位人選拒絕了熱刺主教練的崗位

列維

一頓騷操作之後，終於把自己要作死了。連續接觸了9位主帥人選，全部都拒絕了

熱刺

邀請。看來，他要自己上陣指揮了。

在格雷厄姆·波特拒絕熱刺主帥後，拒絕列維邀請入主白鹿巷的主

教練

人選已經達到9人。

托特納姆熱刺尋找主帥，就是一場災難。布萊頓的主帥的格雷厄姆·波特拒絕列維，他堅稱，到熱刺並不是一個好的選擇。至此，格雷厄姆·波特成為最新一個拒絕以色列商人的主教練。

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熱刺老闆列維認為，經過兩個月的物色，他認為終於物色到一個新主帥。但收到拒絕後，讓列維在選帥上，陷入了深深的尷尬中。自從4月份解僱了穆里尼奧之後，列維一直在尋求任命一位繼任者。

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起初，列維比較中意的是朱利安·納格斯曼和布倫丹·羅傑斯。

納格斯曼給萊比錫留下了深刻的印象，在2020年3月，德國的RB萊比錫隊以4：0的總比分將熱刺踢出了冠軍聯賽。

不幸的是，列維並沒有意識到，納格斯曼說他在合適的時候，會到更大的俱樂部去。他的意思是指拜仁慕尼黑，熱刺並不在他的法眼裡。

接著又準備引誘萊斯特城的羅傑斯。在列維猶豫是否答應提供6-7千萬英鎊轉會支出後，羅傑斯公開表態，自己將留在狐狸隊。列維因為自己的吝嗇，失去了最合適的教練。

接下來是阿賈克斯的執行長埃裡克·滕·哈格，他在約翰·克魯伊夫球場的出色表現讓他看起來是一個完美的人選，而且更便宜。但阿賈克斯很快就擊退了列維的突襲，與他們的教練，簽訂了一份長期合同。

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當托特納姆的尋找之旅一再失敗時，前主帥波切蒂諾在巴黎聖日耳曼因聯賽和歐冠的失利，帥位不穩，他本人也有興趣再回到熱刺。由於本賽季的糟糕表現，熱刺在英超聯賽中排名第七，而他又無恥地參與了歐洲超級聯賽，這些訊息讓波切蒂諾猶豫是否要回到熱刺。在這時，大巴黎觸發了一年的合同延期條款，斷了波波迴歸之路。

如果今年夏天，巴黎聖日耳曼試圖說服前皇馬主席齊達內或現任法國教練德尚，在歐洲盃結束後能夠執教巴黎，波波迴歸之路還是存在。但是可能性很低。

列維不得不考慮其他的選擇，下一個目標是前切爾西主教練安東尼奧·孔蒂。

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談判開始後不久，還是因為俱樂部對轉會資金的支援力度問題，無法達成一致，無法滿足雄心勃勃的孔蒂，雙方互相指責，談判再次破裂。

列維轉而選擇了保羅豐塞卡，後者在羅馬被穆里尼奧取代。幾周前，他透露他已經不在競選中名單了，加圖索成為新目標。開始的也快，結束的也快。托特納姆對這位前義大利人的興趣只持續了12個小時——第二天早上，在支持者強烈反對下，這位候選人在推特上發表的有關種族和同性婚姻的言論後，熱刺把他拋棄了。

事情從糟糕變成了鬧劇 塞維利亞聲稱他們的主教練朱倫·洛普特吉拒絕了熱刺一份“令人眼花繚亂”的報價。

就在列維認為情況不會再糟的時候，波特成了第九個拒絕他們的人。

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據說，前狼隊主教練努諾·埃斯皮裡託·桑託現在也在熱刺的選帥名單上，但托特納姆高認為，他務實的球風和不同意出賣年輕天才，他將被排除在外。

在經歷了九次失敗之後，熱刺主教練這個空缺成了燙手山芋。

原文：

NO LEVY MAGIC Inside Tottenham’s disastrous manager hunt as Brighton’s Graham Potter becomes NINTH boss to say no

GRAHAM POTTER’S Spurs snub takes the number of candidates who have said no to their vacant manager’s to NINE。

Tottenham’s calamitous search for a new gaffer hit a new low when the boss of struggling Brighton turned it down， insisting he did not believe it would be a good career move for him。

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy thought that after two months searching for a new manager he had finally landed the one in Potter.

But this latest snub leaves the North Londoners still in limbo after a string of rejections from the great and not-so-good across Europe。

Levy has been looking to appoint a permanent successor to Jose Mourinho since sacking the Special One in April.

The first two names at the top of his list were Julian Nagelsmann and Brendan Rodgers。

Nagelsmann had impressed Levy when the German’s RB Leipzig team dumped Tottenham out of the Champions League last 16 4-0 on aggregate in March 2020。

Unfortunately Levy did not realise when Nagelsmann said he was quitting Leipzig for bigger things he meant Bayern Munich。

The Spurs supremo then tried to lure Brendan Rodgers from Leicester City， having previously failed to land him from Swansea nine years ago。

But after initially remaining coy about Tottenham’s advances， Rodgers announced he would be staying with the Foxes after Levy baulked at the £60-70million it would have cost to prise the Northern Irishman out of the King Power。

Next up was Ajax chief Erik ten Hag， who seemed the perfect - and much cheaper choice - following the outstanding job he has done at the Johan Cruyff ArenA。

But the Dutch giants quickly saw off any swoop by tying down their coach on a long-term deal。

As Tottenham’s hunt hit another cul-de-sac a chink of light appeared from across the Channel where former boss Mauricio Pochettino， whose position at Paris Saint-Germain was under threat after less than five months due to their flops in Lique 1 and Champions League， let it be known he would be interested in returning to N17。

With Levy under fire from Spurs fans due to their sorry season - which saw them finish seventh in the Premier League - and his shameful involvement in the botched European Super League bid， this news promised to dig the chairman out of a hole。

But Poch’s emotional return had to be put on hold after the moneybags French club triggered a one-year extension to his contract。

A return could still happen this summer IF PSG manage to persuade either former Real Madrid chief Zinedine Zidane or current France coach Didier Deschamps to join them after the Euros。

But Levy was forced to look at other options with ex-Chelsea manager Antonio Conte the next to be sounded out about the Spurs vacancy。

Talks broke down with both parties blaming the other and Levy moved on to Paulo Fonseca - the man replaced by Mourinho at Roma。

He seemed nailed on for the job until one balmy evening a few weeks ago when it was revealed he was no longer in the running and Gennaro Gattuso was the new name in the frame。

But as swiftly as it had started， Tottenham’s interest in the former Italian lasted just 12 hours - a record even for this managerial search - as they ditched him the following morning after a supporters backlash against comments the candidate had made about race and same-sex marriage in some historical tweets。

Things went from bad to farce when Seville claimed their manager Julen Loptegui had rejected a “dizzying” offer to take over at Spurs。

Now just when Levy thought things could not get any worse， Potter became the ninth boss to turn them down。

Ex-Wolves chief Nuno Espirito Santo is now said to be in the frame - despite Tottenham chiefs emphatically ruling him out in private last month due to his pragmatic playing style and reluctance to blood young talent。

After nine knock-backs, a no-no from Nuno would surely make the vacancy unTENable.