David Ornstein has claimed on the Ornstein and Chapman podcast that Daniel Levy doesn’t want to pay compensation in Tottenham Hotspur’s search for a new manager.
Tottenham parted company with Jose Mourinho last week, and have put Ryan Mason in temporary charge until the end of the season now.
The Daily Mail report that Spurs are looking to make a quick appointment, but their task of doing so is not an easy one.
Tottenham have been linked with Julian Nagelsmann and Brendan Rodgers already, but their task of landing either looks impossible already.
And from Ornstein’s latest update it seems that Levy may not have wanted to pay the sort of fee required to land either of the pair anyway.
The journalist suggest that Levy is ideally looking for a manager who he can land on a free, rather than one that he has to pay for.
“From what we hear it doesn’t sound like Daniel Levy wants to pay compensation for a manager,” Ornstein said.
“Given the point about having to pay off previous managers, and you’re going to have to pay this new manager a really high salary.
“Ideally you take somebody who is available in the summer and can slot in.
“I’m sure there are names that haven’t been mentioned who will be considered by Daniel Levy as well.”
At the moment Erik ten Hag is the favourite to land the Tottenham job.
Ten Hag has just a year left on his contract at Ajax, so any compensation that Tottenham would have to pay for him would likely be minimal and could fit in with Levy’s plans.
Spurs’ other option would be to appoint a manager who is out of work, but there are very few elite levels names not contracted to clubs currently.
Massimiliano Allegri would fit that billing, but he doesn’t have the best command of English, which could stand against him.
Tottenham desperately need to get their next managerial appointment right, as their time under Jose Mourinho has seen them fall away from the real elite at the top of the Premier League.
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