Tottenham, Real compete for coach Nagelsmann
According to Sky Sports, Chairman Daniel Levy admired Nagelsmann many years ago and once planned to invite the young German coach when Tottenham sacked Jose Mourinho in April 2021. But at that time, Nagelsmann was leading RB Leipzig and reached an agreement to go to Bayern in the summer of the same year.
Nagelsmann was sacked by Bayern on March 24, plus Tottenham let Antonio Conte quit his job just two days later, opening the opportunity for Levy to recruit the young German military leader.
Nagelsmann himself is also more or less sympathetic and has been following Tottenham for a long time. In 2019, the 36-year-old coach admitted "likes to watch Tottenham games under Pochettino". Nagelsmann added: "Pochettino is a good coach and it's great to watch Tottenham as a spectator." The German military leader also revealed that he regularly followed Mourinho's press conferences at Tottenham. "I love Mourinho's press conferences," he said.
However, the source of Sky Sports also revealed that Nagelsmann needed some time to think after ending his job at Bayern early. This is considered the reason why Tottenham decided to use Conte's assistant Cristian Stellini as an interim coach until the season, instead of immediately appointing a new leader.
Real won La Liga and the Champions League last season with coach Carlo Ancelotti, but are on a decline this season. They are almost out of hope in La Liga, when they are 12 points behind the top of the table Barca after 26 rounds, and will meet Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. At the same time, there are many rumors that Ancelotti will leave Real in the summer of 2023 to take over Brazil - the team has not had a head coach since Tite left after the defeat in the 2022 World Cup.
Real also probed Nagelsmann in 2018, after they sacked Julen Lopetegui. Real president Florentino Perez highly appreciated Nagelsmann's ability and modern football thinking that this young coach applied to Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig and Real Madrid from the past five years.
Nagelsmann resonated at RB Leipzig with the record as the youngest coach to win a knockout round, when he defeated Mourinho's own Tottenham with a score of 4-0 after two matches in the 1/8 round of the Champions League 2019-2020. . But he did not meet the professional requirements and lost control of the dressing room at Bayern, and was sacked on March 25.
In case of difficulties with Nagelsmann, Tottenham can turn to backup plans including Marco Silva (incumbent coach of Fulham), Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton), Sergio Conceicao (Porto), Thomas Frank (Brentford) and even Pochettino - Coach is free after being sacked by PSG. Former Man City player Vincent Kompany is also a potential candidate thanks to his record of leading Burnley to the top of the English First Division with 83 points from 24 wins, 11 draws and only 23 games, 13 points more than second place Sheffield United.
