Tottenham will NOT appoint Julian Nagelsmann as their new manager this summer.
Nagelsmann, 35, has been linked with the permanent Spurs job following the dismissal of Antonio Conte in March. However, Mirror Football understands Tottenham are not pursuing a move for Nagelsmann and the German will not become their new boss at the end of the season.
He was sacked from his role at Bayern Munich in March despite winning 60 of his 84 matches in charge. Nagelsmann won the Bundesliga and the DFL-Supercup in his first full season at Bayern, but the club decided to replace him with Thomas Tuchel on the eve of their Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City.
Meanwhile, Nagelsmann was also tipped to replace Graham Potter at Chelsea but ex-Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino is reportedly set to take the reigns at Stamford Bridge. Frank Lampard is the interim boss until the end of the campaign, when the Argentine is expected to take over ahead of the 2023/24 season.
As for Tottenham, Ryan Mason will remain as caretaker manager until the end of the season after replacing Cristian Stellini, who was sacked following the 6-1 defeat at Newcastle. Mason has also suggested he would be up for the gig full time, having guided Spurs to the first victory of his second caretaker spell against Crystal Palace last time out.
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Speaking last month, Mason said: "I feel comfortable, I feel ready. I don't doubt that. You have to be ready and I am ready. Honestly, for me I feel ready. I know I am ready. If that situation happens, it obviously means we've done a good job.
"That's fast-forwarding four or five weeks. The immediate thought is the game on Thursday and the game on Sunday. We've got a big week and a big five weeks before anyone in here starts thinking about that situation."
However, Tottenham have also been considering other options, including the likes of former Barcelona and Spain boss, Luis Enrique, Sporting's Ruben Amorim, ex-Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool legend Xabi Alonso - currently in charge of Bayer Leverkusen in Germany.
But Spurs' immediate attention will be on Saturday's game at Aston Villa - a crucial game in the race for the European places. Tottenham sit sixth, six points behind fourth-place Manchester United. "It is tough because we are in a results business," Mason said on Friday afternoon. "I do understand and recognise that.
"I am not naïve enough to think otherwise but at the same time I think in the summer I am pretty sure we will look at work we've done and feel like we've done a good job in terms of the culture we've tried to set.
"The environment we've tried to set and what we've tried to create at the football club. We hope and expect that going forward that will continue."
