Despite winning his last game, Nuno Espirito Santo remains under pressure at Tottenham Hotspur.
The Portuguese stopped the rot of three successive defeats – including losing 3-1 at Arsenal – just before the international break by overseeing a 2-1 home win over Aston Villa.
Even still, losing again at Newcastle United on Sunday would put the former Wolves boss back to square one at Tottenham.
But one man who definitely doesn’t want anything to do with the Lilywhites job is a certain Thierry Henry.
The iconic former Arsenal striker was asked about potentially managing Tottenham one day.
He said at the Prime Video Presents Sport 2021, via The Sun: “That would never happen in a million years.”
Mutual
Well the feeling is probably mutual, because most Tottenham fans wouldn’t want the 44-year-old either.
But they do want – and need – an upgrade on Nuno because although it’s early days, the North Londoners look like they’re going nowhere fast under him.
Despite winning his first three Premier League games, those victories sort of papered over the cracks that Crystal Palace, Chelsea and the Gunners exposed, with all of those side scoring three goals.
As for Henry, well he was a magnificent player and one of the best in Europe during his pomp.
But as a manager, he is lacking.
He is on Roberto Martinez’s coaching staff with the Belgium national team but underwhelming spells in the hot seat at Monaco and Montreal have indicated that the legendary marksman has a lot to learn about the other side of football, about life in the dugout.
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