Baldini resignation rejected

[L-man]

If this is true, what the actual fuck is going on. Personally I've kept out of Spurs Chat this last week as it's just bollocks and I wasn't too fussed about AVB going and the Sherwood thing. Was happy to see what happened over the next few weeks or so.

But this irks me, literally like no one at the club has an idea what is going on?

I don't think the actual story is up yet, but I'll edit this post when it is.

Tottenham Hotspur rejected Franco Baldini's offer of resignation following departure of Andre Villas-Boas
Franco Baldini offered to resign on the same day that Andre Villas-Boas was sacked


Franco Baldini, Tottenham Hotspur’s technical director, offered to resign on the same day that Andre Villas-Boas was sacked as the club’s head coach.

The offer was immediately rejected by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, who has tasked Baldini with hiring Villas-Boas’s replacement from a shortlist of candidates the Italian was asked to draw up this month.

However, there remains the strong possibility that Tim Sherwood, Spurs’ interim head coach, will be given an extended run of games in charge beyond the busy Christmas period which starts today with the trip to Southampton.

Sherwood, 44, has no managerial experience but has asked to be considered for the role on a full-time basis and if he does well could be given until the end of the season to prove himself. The former midfielder is highly regarded by Levy.

Baldini’s shortlist is believed to include the Basle coach Murat Yakin. The former Swiss defender would also have to learn English if he is considered.
Possible candidates for the role also include former Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo along with former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, now in charge of Galatasaray.

Baldini’s offer to resign comes just six months after the former England general manager was appointed as technical director, on Villas-Boas’s initial recommendation, and given the job of overseeing Spurs’ transfer business.

In a frantic summer of activity Spurs sold Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for £85  million, selling three other players including Scott Parker, and brought in seven players for £107 million.

So far the Spurs team have struggled to gel, which contributed to Villas-Boas’s departure, although it is understood the key factor was not results but the disintegration of his already strained relationship with Levy.

After his brief time at Chelsea and now Spurs the 36-year-old Villas-Boas does not want to work in England again and will eventually look for a job overseas with offers expected from Portugal, Spain, Italy and Brazil.

It is also understood that Villas-Boas did not receive a lump-sum pay-off after agreeing to leave last Monday and is being paid his salary on a monthly basis by Tottenham.

One result of his sacking is a slight thaw in his relationship with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who spoke to him after he left White Hart Lane.

“We spoke a couple of days ago,” Mourinho said. “I didn’t speak about the case. I just said, ‘Come on, the world didn’t finish, let’s go, tomorrow is another day and another job will come, so, Happy Christmas.’ ”

 

[marvel]

Check the article in tomorrow's Telegraph from Jason Burt:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcClhwICIAA0-hK.jpg:large

What a mess we are in.

 

[AW?]

WTF?

 

[Blackcanary]

I'm so glad that i'm already drunk this evening.

Oh Spurs, what a pickle. I'm assuming that Baldini, bought in at the specific behest of Andre, feels rather like a spare part now.

 

[yankspurs]

I pray he sticks with us. Franco Baldini is the only reason I have some confidence in our front office.

 

[marvel]

The common denominator in all of this is Daniel Levy.

 

[riggi]

This is all karma for the 'lets all laugh at' threads.

 

[marvel]

Full article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...following-departure-of-Andre-Villas-Boas.html

 

[Blackcanary]

Di Matteo? Get to fuck Daniel! No!

Also, a much unexpected 'aw' at Mourinho giving AVB a pep call. Maybe he's mellowing.

 

[Blake Griffin]

shame.

 

[beats1]

That article says Baldini's top 3 candidates are Yakin(doesnt speak english), Di Matteo(shocking at WBA) and Mancini.

Now if that was true, I would accept the resignation but I doubt any of that is true

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Di Matteo.

Fuck.

 

[punky]

Why a mess? Baldini offered it (presumably thinks he is complicit in AVB's downfall) and Levy rejected it. Everyone goes back to work.

And why should we get so wound up about what AVB's mate and PR representative says anyway?

 

[yankspurs]

That article says Baldini's top 3 candidates are Yakin(doesnt speak english), Di Matteo(shocking at WBA) and Mancini.

Now if that was true, I would accept the resignation but I doubt any of that is true

I'll take Mancini in a heartbeat. Give me the italian stallion, Franco and Daniel.

 

[haxman]

This season couldn't have gone much more the opposite of how I/we thought and hoped it would.

 

[Francis Gibbs]

That article says Baldini's top 3 candidates are Yakin(doesnt speak english), Di Matteo(shocking at WBA) and Mancini.

Now if that was true, I would accept the resignation but I doubt any of that is true

can't say I fancy any of them, but that said all preferred to Sherwood.

 

[Ribble]

Also, a much unexpected 'aw' at Mourinho giving AVB a pep call. Maybe he's mellowing.

After the game v Chelsea they seemed to be talking for a while, it'd be nice if they'd buried the hatchet given they had such a long working relationship.

 

[Kendall]

Sounds like more Burty bullshit to me. Trying to unsteady the ship. I don't believe for a second Baldini would've offered to quit after such a smooth summer (for him).

 

[yankspurs]

All this started as soon as we sold Dempsey.He basically carried us last season and then we threw him out like yesterdays garbage.I say this is karma for what we did to Dempsey

As much as we dont like to admit it, Clint was actually a key player for us last season and did very well. Scored key goals for us and probably would have scored more this season. THe thing about him is that he has a nose for the goal and is always in the box. Those are some characteristics we really could use right now.

 

[jonathanhotspur]

Well what it says there is that he offered his resignation last Monday and Levy rejected it. So there doesn't seem to be a problem.