A 2-2 draw on Friday against Everton left Tottenham,who were Champions League finalists in 2019,in seventh place in the Premier League and unlikely to reach the top four. Earlier this month they crashed out of the Europa League to Dinamo Zagreb.
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Mourinho,58,took charge in November 2019,17 months ago,replacing Mauricio Pochettino,who has led Paris Saint-Germain to the Champions League semi-finals this season.
Ryan Mason,29,a former player and the club’s academy coach who had to retire after suffering a fractured skull while playing for Hull in 2017,will take training this week. He and ex-Charlton and Huddersfield boss Chris Powell will co-manage the team through to the end of the campaign in June,according to reports.
After finishing sixth last season,Mourinho has suffered 10 league defeats in a single campaign for the first time in his managerial career. And no other Premier League side has lost more points from winning positions this season than Spurs,who have dropped 20.
The early bookmakers’ favourite to replace Mourinho is Julian Nagelsmann,the 33-year-old manager of German club RB Leipzig,while Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard,manager of Glasgow Rangers,are also considered contenders.
with Reuters
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