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Tottenham decided against appointing Erik ten Hag as manager for two reasons before his move to Man Utd

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Tottenham Hotspur decided against appointing Erik ten Hag as their replacement for Jose Mourinho, a year before he took the job at Manchester United.

The North London club held talks with then-Ajax manager Ten Hag in the summer of 2021 but he failed to convince the Spurs hierarchy in an underwhelming interview.

Source: Sport Bible
 
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TonyK

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Couldn't be bothered to read the article but I read somewhere previously that it was his 'lack of charisma' that failed to convince our board. They got that one spot on. He is like a robot in interviews.
 
Col_M

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TonyK said:
Couldn't be bothered to read the article but I read somewhere previously that it was his 'lack of charisma' that failed to convince our board. They got that one spot on. He is like a robot in interviews.
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that’s a bit unfair. The guy is Dutch and it’s a national characteristic
 
Bluto Blutarsky

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The North London club held talks with then-Ajax manager Ten Hag in the summer of 2021 but he failed to convince the Spurs hierarchy in an underwhelming interview.

They instead decided to hire Nuno Espirito Santo


Just how underwhelming do you need to be for this to be true?
 
Japhet

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Thought we might get him and actually thought he might do a decent job! Jeez, am I glad Levy pulled the plug on it pretty sharpish!
 
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mawspurs said:
Tottenham Hotspur decided against appointing Erik ten Hag as their replacement for Jose Mourinho, a year before he took the job at Manchester United.

The North London club held talks with then-Ajax manager Ten Hag in the summer of 2021 but he failed to convince the Spurs hierarchy in an underwhelming interview.

Source: Sport Bible
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I don't understand. The Spurs board was "allegedly" surprised when he only insisted on bringing 1 of his backroom staff rather than all of them, but when Big Ange said he didn't want any of his to come with him, that was encouraging?! If true, that just adds another reason to love him!
 
taidgh

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Bluto Blutarsky said:
The North London club held talks with then-Ajax manager Ten Hag in the summer of 2021 but he failed to convince the Spurs hierarchy in an underwhelming interview.

They instead decided to hire Nuno Espirito Santo


Just how underwhelming do you need to be for this to be true?
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I know it's half a joke, but Nuno isn't a terrible manager. And he is (slightly) more charismatic than ETH.
 
Dunc2610

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Dave1976 said:
I don't understand. The Spurs board was "allegedly" surprised when he only insisted on bringing 1 of his backroom staff rather than all of them, but when Big Ange said he didn't want any of his to come with him, that was encouraging?! If true, that just adds another reason to love him!
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Didn't he just want to bring in different people, give others a chance rather than bring no one, just not the same ones?
 
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