Silva maybe go?

[Angus Telford]

I remember us losing our top players to West Ham not that long ago (Diop, Boa).

Think those days of frankly mediocre, non-CL clubs like them and Spurs poaching our players/staff are long gone, for now at least.

I do slightly worry that Silva will see our relatively frugal approach to transfer business as a lack of ambition, holding him back, but if we release the purse strings a bit, I can't see him going.

Don't get me wrong, if an elite club comes in for him, he'll be gone in the time it takes to write his signature, but I don't see him making a lateral move just for a pay rise

[hopper]

Sadly I think Matt Law and John Percy have reputations as being quite reliable, so there may be something in this. As others have said if we qualify for Europe I could see him staying, if we don't then I can see it happening.

Seeing Marco at another PL club would be very tough. Loved his time here so much.

[BestOfBrede]

Sadly I think Matt Law and John Percy have reputations as being quite reliable, so there may be something in this. As others have said if we qualify for Europe I could see him staying, if we don't then I can see it happening.

Seeing Marco at another PL club would be very tough. Loved his time here so much.

"Loved his time here so much"

Don't you mean, Loving his time here? He ain't gorn nowhere's yet!

[hopper]

Sadly I think Matt Law and John Percy have reputations as being quite reliable, so there may be something in this. As others have said if we qualify for Europe I could see him staying, if we don't then I can see it happening.

Seeing Marco at another PL club would be very tough. Loved his time here so much.

"Loved his time here so much"

Don't you mean, Loving his time here? He ain't gorn nowhere's yet!

Ha, as in I have loved his time here so much so far! Not saying my goodbyes just yet 😂

[Lighthouse]

Silva has been at Fulham for some time now. If he goes he goes and if he doesn't he doesn't. Football is and has always been like that. Our club has always been like that. We lose our best players and have lost managers to England and bigger clubs.

So this is hardly wonderful journalism. We move on whatever happens. Hopefully he will want to continue to build what is after all his long term project. But if he sees he has reached the best he can do here. He will move on. Although I don't think Spurs are close to being a side he could do much with.

[hopper]

Silva has been at Fulham for some time now. If he goes he goes and if he doesn't he doesn't. Football is and has always been like that. Our club has always been like that. We lose our best players and have lost managers to England and bigger clubs.

So this is hardly wonderful journalism. We move on whatever happens. Hopefully he will want to continue to build what is after all his long term project. But if he sees he has reached the best he can do here. He will move on. Although I don't think Spurs are close to being a side he could do much with.

Thing is it's a squad with many talented players - but they're just not performing, and many are regressing. We'd love to have Kulusevkski, Maddison, Romero, Bergvall, Son to name a few. Despite the poisoned chalice tag, a good manager would always back themselves to be able to improve the players.

[Somerset Fulham]

Whatever mess that Spurs are in and have been for years, they have huge infrastructure, players that need improving (which is Marco's thing), are bigger worldwide and they have a bigger history than us.

I would be very surprised if (hypothetically) he turned them down to stay with us.

[blingo]

Why would anyone currently want the Spurs job, this is lazy clickbait journalism at its best

So many top managers took the job at that cess pit and all have failed miserably

The place is cursed as is Manchester Utd.

I don't understand why these two teams are even in  a conversation anymore,

You've actually written something that makes sense. Well done Piri.

[Arthur]

That headline is meant to try to destabilise two sides that the media don't want in Europe.

Why would the English media not want ourselves and Bournemouth in Europe at the end of this season? Even if both did implode somewhat, it is Brentford and Palace who would leapfrog us in the table - not Manchester United or Tottenham.

I don't usually comment quite so harshly on others' opinions but I really think this is nonsense.

[love4ffc]

I personally don't think Spurs would be a good move but never say never. 

[Carborundum]

I'm not sure Spurs are quite the mess they are made out to be, certainly compared to Manchester United.  The stadium build is behind them and from what I saw on Sunday, their brightest players are also their youngest. 

In a week that's seen Newcastle lift a trophy, imagining Spurs can be improved significantly doesn't seen too far-fetched.

So there will probably be quite a few high profile gaffers fancying it.  That may be the key reason Silva doesn't go there.

Silva's been superb for us.  One day he will depart, that's just the way of things.  For now though there's plenty to play for and we get to live in the moment.

[JimmyConway]

I'm not sure Spurs are quite the mess they are made out to be, certainly compared to Manchester United.  The stadium build is behind them and from what I saw on Sunday, their brightest players are also their youngest. 

In a week that's seen Newcastle lift a trophy, imagining Spurs can be improved significantly doesn't seen too far-fetched.

So there will probably be quite a few high profile gaffers fancying it.  That may be the key reason Silva doesn't go there.

Silva's been superb for us.  One day he will depart, that's just the way of things.  For now though there's plenty to play for and we get to live in the moment.

Seeing a few high profile managers fancying it ! There's the rub that apparently is the road they are not looking to go down as previous experience of high profile managers has left bitter taste and then having to pick up the pieces thereafter!

[BestOfBrede]

On Skysports:

USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino speaks exclusively to Sky Sports News; the ex-Tottenham boss admits he wants to "one day" return to the club as he reveals he has a "very good relationship" with chairman Daniel Levy

May not need to be concerned re Marco after all! (Fingers crossed)

[perry geyton]

Why would anyone currently want the Spurs job, this is lazy clickbait journalism at its best

So many top managers took the job at that cess pit and all have failed miserably

The place is cursed as is Manchester Utd.

I don't understand why these two teams are even in  a conversation anymore,

You've actually written something that makes sense. Well done Piri.

I'm tempted to delete it now if you feel that way Bongo

[btffc]

On Skysports:

USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino speaks exclusively to Sky Sports News; the ex-Tottenham boss admits he wants to "one day" return to the club as he reveals he has a "very good relationship" with chairman Daniel Levy

May not need to be concerned re Marco after all! (Fingers crossed)

He will definitely stay with USA through the World Cup. It's a year away and that's too special of an opportunity.

[Southcoastffc]

"Five months after the Champions League final, on 19 November 2019, Pochettino was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur with the side 14th in the Premier League standings. Chairman Daniel Levy cited the "extremely disappointing" domestic results as the reason behind the dismissal."

Having sacked him because of poor results, why on earth would Levy re-employ him? 

[St Eve]

"Five months after the Champions League final, on 19 November 2019, Pochettino was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur with the side 14th in the Premier League standings. Chairman Daniel Levy cited the "extremely disappointing" domestic results as the reason behind the dismissal."

Having sacked him because of poor results, why on earth would Levy re-employ him? 

I think it's a bit like a penalty shoot out. After 11 you start all over again.

[BestOfBrede]

"Five months after the Champions League final, on 19 November 2019, Pochettino was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur with the side 14th in the Premier League standings. Chairman Daniel Levy cited the "extremely disappointing" domestic results as the reason behind the dismissal."

Having sacked him because of poor results, why on earth would Levy re-employ him? 

Skysports:

The mention of Daniel Levy and the pair's relationship took me by surprise. Six years after leaving Tottenham he still cites the club's chairman as a sounding board. That must be a rarity I say to him, and Pochettino looks at me like I am mad.

"Why?" he says, and I remind him, "Because he sacked you."

He replies: "You're talking about two different sides, professional and personal and I've seen always the appreciation in between both.

"He is always there and he's going to be there. It's another thing to take professional decisions. It's true after nearly six years with all that we lived together, it was tough because of all the ups and downs and emotional things that we lived.

"I've seen always it's difficult in football that that doesn't affect all this type of situation in your relationship. For us, we split very well. One thing was professional, another personal and now, like the day after we left Tottenham, we keep always a very, very good relationship."

[Asotosyios]

I'm not sure who else would offer the autonomy he needs but also his skill set is not at that elite level an Arsenal or Liverpool would come in for him.

Out of curiosity, why do you think that Silva's skill set is not good enough for an "elite" team? Do you rate Arteta and Slot that much more?

[Logicalman]

Why would anyone currently want the Spurs job, this is lazy clickbait journalism at its best

So many top managers took the job at that cess pit and all have failed miserably

The place is cursed as is Manchester Utd.

I don't understand why these two teams are even in  a conversation anymore,

Exactly this.

Where is the substance for anything this journo has to say about this subject, other than the obvious - Spurs are a car crash, repeatedly, and this journo needs to fill column inches with any crap he can dream up? The only thing I think he missed was that Spurs would be in a race with United to sign him (Oops, perhaps I spoiled his next 'Exclusive' for next weeks column!)