Could Jose Mourinho Be Harry Redknapp's Replacement At Tottenham Hotspur

by Bryan Ashlock on Jan 30, 2012 4:00 PM GMT in Tottenham Hotspur Rumours

Speculation continues to mount that Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp will leave Spurs at the end of this season to take the job of England manager after Fabio Capello leaves following Euro 2012. We've certainly discussed it to no end here on the site and in our podcast. We've come up with a number of possible replacements, but one we've never seriously talked about is Jose Mourinho.

The current Real Madrid and former Chelsea manager, Mourinho, seems to be souring on the atmosphere that surrounds Real Madrid. Mourinho has often expressed an interest to returning to England and many now believe that White Hart Lane is the most logical destination for the Portugese tactician.

First things first, we do not definitively know that Harry Redknapp will be leaving to take the England job. The FA may not even consider Redknapp for the position and even if they do there's not necessarily a guarantee that Harry would take the job. Second, the idea of leaving Real Madrid for Tottenham Hotspur, no matter what the atmosphere around the club, is just silly. Third, Mourinho has long been rumored to be the most likely successor to Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, which is a move that makes much more sense.

I, for one, would love to have Mourinho as the next manager of Tottenham Hotspur, but it seems, at least on paper, to be ridiculous. There are a number of other, potentially cheaper, options for Tottenham Hotspur, but if the team really wanted to take the step from top four contender to legitimate title contender year-in and year-out Mourinho would certainly be the man to do that.

What are your thoughts on the possibility of Mourinho moving to Spurs? Is it realistic? Would you want him?

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Mourinho is a winner, no doubt about it.

But his teams have largely been boring. Really really boring. Sure, Real Madrid are relatively exciting, but by and large playing exciting football is not on Jose’s agenda. Spurs entire identity is based on playing football “the right way”. I question whether Jose could subsume his ego and defense-first approach into the ethos of Tottenham. And I’m not sure he can.

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by Lennon's Eyebrow on Jan 30, 2012 4:13 PM GMT reply actions

Fuckin’ run around a bit VS. Tactics. Ding ding

by ndx on Jan 30, 2012 4:15 PM GMT via mobile reply actions

You can't argue with the fact that the "fuckin' run around a bit" tactics have worked remarkably well for us.

Mourinho would be a coup, but I’m not sure he’s right for THIS PARTICULAR Spurs team. He definitely wouldn’t give players like Rafa, Bale, and Modric the fluidity and freedom that they’ve experienced out of Harry.

Mourinho wins, and he’d be a spectacular coup, but I don’t think he’d come to Spurs for this reason alone: the wage structure. The Special One is used to a blank checkbook. He definitely won’t get that from Levy.

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by Uncle Menno on Jan 30, 2012 4:31 PM GMT reply actions

That is my biggest worry

Mourinho would obviously be able to get a few players to take a pay cut based on his name, but that would only go so far. His last 3 jobs, he’s had the ability to sign the best in the world or close to it. Even at Porto he was by far the class of Portgual. How would he handle having to be a bit more frugal?

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by Skipjack on Jan 30, 2012 4:37 PM GMT up reply actions

^this

Absolutely this. Mourinho likes to splash the cash, something Levy does not really do on a regular basis. This to me would seme to be the biggest barrier.

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by Willman on Jan 30, 2012 4:48 PM GMT up reply actions

Also, lets all remember how Mourinho and Abramovich got along

and think of how much fun a Mourinho/Levy relationship would be.

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by Skipjack on Jan 30, 2012 4:51 PM GMT up reply actions

By the way, that is a fantastic photo.

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by Uncle Menno on Jan 30, 2012 4:32 PM GMT reply actions

King for manager!

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by Tottenham Makes Me Cry on Jan 30, 2012 4:41 PM GMT reply actions

Anyone who says Mourinho coaches a “boring” style of soccer is crazy. Just because at Inter their strength was defense, doesn’t mean that his tactics are boring. Considering that Madrid have scored the most goals in the first half of a season ever in soccer history in any league, I’m pretty sure it’s not boring to watch haha. Mou could keep Modric as well as probably snagging a big-name striker to fit right in

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