TOTTENHAM were in “very close” talks with Thomas Tuchel over a deal to make him the club’s new manager, according to reports.
Spurs are on the brink of sacking Antonio Conte after his rant about the club last week.
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ReutersHe is reportedly going to replace Julian Nagelsmann at Bayern Munich[/caption]
And according to Kicker reporter Georg Holzner, the former PSG and Chelsea boss was at the top of their list.
However, Spurs appear to have missed out on the German manager as he is now close to replacing Julian Nagelsmann at Bayern Munich.
Holzner tweeted: “After Kicker – Information should be signed by Thomas Tuchel tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
“Tuchel was recently in very close talks with Tottenham, he could well imagine the project.
“But now Bavaria is acting. #fcbayern .”
Nagelsmann is set to be sacked, with the Bundesliga side second in the league.
Bayern are still in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and domestic cup, however.
But it does not appear to be enough to save Nagelsmann’s job as Borussia Dortmund lead their rivals by a point at the top of the table.
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However, Spurs fans have not been disheartened by news the club are unlikely to appoint Tuchel as Conte‘s replacement as they now have their eyes on Nagelsmann to be the Italian’s successor.
On fan tweeted: “Just do it”.
A second wrote: “Give him £20m a year, I don’t care just get him to North London ASAP.”
A third commented: “Yes, yes and yes again.”
Another said: “Yep. Could def get behind a Nagelsmann project.”
Meanwhile, one added: “If I was Levy I’d be flying to Germany tonight and get the deal done.”
Other names that have been touted as replacements for Conte include Vincent Kompany, Marco Silva and Oliver Glasner.