Which managers have rejected Tottenham's advances?

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By now, it’s fair to say that don’t have the best luck – or negotiation skills – when it comes to their managerial hunts.The north London side were dealt a massive blow in their search to replace Antonio Conte on Thursday, after top target .The Feyenoord boss came out and for links to Spurs but, ultimately, wanted to stay with the Eredivisie champions. It’s a decision that will hurt Daniel Levy – and has – but this feeling of rejection is certainly not one that they’re unfamiliar with. And so, here, Mail Sport takes a look at the long list of managers that have snubbed the opportunity to manage Spurs since Jose Mourinho’s departure in April 2021.  Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has whittled through a long list of managerial candidates  Julian NagelsmannTottenham’s pursuit of German coach Julian Nagelsmann stretches back as far as April 2019, when the club were searching for Jose Mourinho’s replacement. Nagelsmann was with Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig at the time, which is where he made a name for himself and became one of the most exciting managerial prospects. Spurs, meanwhile, were assessing their options and chairman Levy turned his attention to the up-and-comer in Germany, who had over joining the club during negotiations earlier in the season.However, everything changed when Hansi Flick was dismissed from his role as Bayern Munich manager – which came two days before Mourinho’s departure.after the Bundesliga giants agreed a world-record £21.7million compensation package with RB Leipzig – which Spurs would likely not have done.Fast forward to 2023 and Nagelsmann had returned to Tottenham’s managerial shortlist, in the wake of . After Chelsea failed to convince the 35-year-old to take up their vacant role, Spurs held talks with Nagelsmann – who was dismissed as Bayern manager in March. However, it was indicated to Mail Sport that by the direction the club intended to head this summer and decided to withdraw.  German coach Julian Nagelsmann was on Spurs’ radar in 2021 before joining Bayern Munich  Brendan Rodgers After Nagelsmann came Rodgers.

The Northern Irish manager was at Leicester – who he only ended up leaving this season – when . Their interest in Rodgers came off the back of Nagelsmann’s move to Bayern, with Levy seeing the Foxes boss as the next-best alternative. Rodgers described the north Londoners as one of Britain’s biggest clubs but .Speaking at the time, he said: pasti slotqq – https://www.play56.net/home.php?mod=space&uid=759079 ‘I’m very, very happy here.

I have a huge respect here for the players, the board and I really feel that I want to continue my work here.’I’ve got a set of players that give me their heart and soul every single day and also I can see a future here in terms of the development of the squad.’Tottenham is a great club, one of the biggest clubs in Britain but for me I’m just in a really, really happy place in my life.’  Levy has long-been an admirer of recently sacked Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers (pictured)  Erik ten Hag Yes, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was another coach who once turned down the opportunity to manage Tottenham. As Spurs scrambled to replace Mourinho – with Nagelsmann and Rodgers ruled out – The club had supposedly scheduled a ‘direct meeting’ with the Dutchman, in the hopes of persuading him to join the club, but were met with a different reality.That same month ten Hag signed a contract extension with Eredivisie giants Ajax and put an end to rumours over a potential move to Spurs.  after signing, Ten Hag acknowledged the strong links to Spurs but insisted – https://sportsrants.com/?s=insisted that Ajax is where his ‘head and heart are at’.’I don’t want to rule out that that could have happened, but I know what I have here,’ he said .

‘I know who I am working with, I know what the ideas are, I know what goals we have. I’m happy here. That’s where my head and heart are at.’In a thinly veiled dig at the rumours linking him with Spurs, Ajax tweeted: ‘His home?
Amsterdam’ upon announcing ten Hag’s contract extension. Erik ten Hag – who is now coach of Manchester United – snubbed Spurs after agreeing a contract extension with Dutch giants Ajax in 2021  Antonio ConteFor those living under a rock – or those uninterested in Tottenham’s never-ending manager merry-go-round – Antonio Conte actually was the most recent permanent Spurs boss. The Italian coach spent 18 months in charge in North London before his dramatic exit in March, .His relationship with the Spurs board was clearly fractured and perhaps it stemmed from the difficult negotiations that took place in 2021, when they first went in for him.Conte had just left Inter Milan on his own accord – after winning the Serie A title – and was the leading candidate to take over at Spurs. The club held talks with the Italian over taking the vacant managerial role but discussions broke down after a number of snags in the deal emerged