In a near-exact repeat of 2021, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy faces a monumental managerial decision this summer. On April 19, 2021 it was announced that Jose Mourinho had been sacked by Spurs with Ryan Mason to take temporary charge, and 706 days later Antonio Conte departed the club by mutual consent with Cristian Stellini and Mason running first-team duties until the end of the season.
It is extremely fair to say that Levy got his Mourinho replacement very wrong. In fact the entire search for the former Chelsea manager's successor was a complete shambles, from a failed attempt to bring Conte to the club to the fan backlash unleashed when it looked as though Gennaro Gattuso was to take over. Eventually Nuno Espirito Santo came in.
However, no less than three months into the 2021/22 season the ex-Wolves head coach was sacked after a 3-0 defeat to Manchester United. Conte then came in as his replacement and spent 16 months in north London before he ultimately suffered the same fate after a clear breakdown in the relationship between the Italian and Levy.
