BREAKING NEWS: Fulham manager Marco Silva tipped to replace Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham
BREAKING NEWS: Fulham manager Marco Silva tipped to replace Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham
Louis Saha has tipped a Premier League manager to replace Ange Postecoglou if he does lose his job at Tottenham.
The 59-year-old Australian is still clinging on despite Spurs being knocked out of both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup in the space of four days.
Tottenham’s dismal Premier League form – they are just 14th in the table with only eight wins from 24 games – would be enough for many owners to pull the plug on their manager.
But the Spurs hierarchy have decided to stick by Postecoglou, who essentially promised to win a trophy this season before Tottenham were eliminated from both domestic cup competitions.
The north London club still have aspirations of winning the Europa League but it is hard to imagine such an outcome given Tottenham’s form and current injury crisis.
If Spurs do sack Postecoglou, former Premier League striker Saha believes Tottenham will try to poach Marco Silva from Fulham, though he hopes the Portuguese boss remains at Craven Cottage.
Silva, 47, has spent five successful seasons at Fulham, taking the west London club not just back into the Premier League but into the top-half of the table.
Saha, who played for both Fulham and Tottenham, believes Silva can ‘build something special’ at Craven Cottage but fears he could be tempted by an offer from Spurs.
‘Marco Silva has been brilliant for Fulham, and he’s one of those managers that has improved in the Premier League,’ the ex-France international told Paddy Power.
‘He wasn’t getting results like this at his previous clubs, but he’s kept his style and managed to bring in players at Fulham and make them better, which is a huge achievement for him.
‘I can see the attraction of him joining a bigger club like Tottenham if they do replace their manager, but I do wish the best for Marco because he’s done well.
‘I don’t want him to go because I like Fulham playing the way they play. He can bring them into Europe and onto a bigger stage – he can build something special.
‘The atmosphere around the club is brilliant, and they can still improve by bringing in some world-class players and building even bigger.’
Following back-to-back cup defeats – to Liverpool and Aston Villa – Tottenham will be desperate to get back to winning ways on Sunday when they play host to Manchester United.
‘We have a couple of weeks now where we don’t have midweek games,’ Postecoglou said after his side’s FA Cup exit.
‘This group has done an unbelievable job for two and a half months. I can’t praise them enough, playing twice a week since November. They’ll get the chance to reset now and finish the season strong.
‘Europe is still very important to us, we’re still in a great spot there, and we’ll hope to get some players back over the next two weeks.
‘We’ll get players back which will help. We had 11 first-team players out today. Take that out of any team for one game and they would struggle – we’ve been doing that for two and a half months.
‘The players are going out there and giving everything they can. It would be a lot better if they had some help.’
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