Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy admits he made a ‘MISTAKE’ hiring Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte

• Daniel Levy reflected on his appointments of the two veteran managers at Spurs 
• The Tottenham chief admitted he made a ‘mistake’ in those decisions
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Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has admitted that he made a ‘mistake’ in appointing Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte at the club.  

The under-fire Spurs chief sat down with Son-Heung Min and Ange Postecoglou at a fans forum on Tuesday to answer questions from supporters.

Levy then gave an interview to Bloomberg where he further discussed some of the key decisions he’s made in recent years. 

Once of those topics was the choice in management, which has drastically changed from the days of Mauricio Pochettino, to Mourinho, to Conte and now Postecoglou.

Levy said: ‘I had a good relationship with both Jose and Antonio. They’re different. As I said to my fan forum last night, I made a mistake. 

Daniel Levy sat down for an interview with Bloomberg, the day after he attended a fans forum 

Levy admitted he made a mistake in hiring Jose Mourinho (L) and Antonio Conte (R)

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‘They’re great managers but they’re just not right for this club. The way they want to win is different to how we need to win. 

‘I think our style of football that our fans crave for is attacking football. If that means winning 4-3 then so be it. Whereas, I think their style of football is… they don’t mind defensive and winning 1-0. 

‘And we were in a situation where we were so desperate to win, I think at that moment in time, when I go back 4-5 years ago, we would’ve taken any way of winning. But we didn’t win. And therefore when you don’t win, you get a very disgruntled fanbase’.

Tottenham reached new heights under Pochettino from 2014-2019, mounting multiple title charges and reaching the Champions League final, but ended that era with nothing to show for it. 

During the fans forum on Tuesday, Levy suggested that – in the wake of Pochettino’s failed reign – some of the Tottenham players had pushed for a ‘win-now’ manager. 

Reflecting on those comments, the Spurs chief said: ‘It wasn’t about the name, it was about, they [the players] wanted to win. Just as I did. 

‘We’d come to close with Mauricio, who was a great manager and did fantastic things for this football club. And we got frustrated and we went through a phase where we said: ‘Let’s try something different’. And it didn’t work’.

During the same interview, Levy admitted that he is open to selling a stake in the north London club.

Tottenham seem to be back on the right track under current manager Ange Postecoglou

The Tottenham chairman also admitted that he is open to selling a stake in the London club

‘If we get the right naming rights partner — and when I say that, I mean somebody who pays the right money in the right sector — then we are willing to consider doing it. But we’re not as tied to doing it now as perhaps we would’ve been when we first looked at building the stadium.

‘We run this club as if it’s a public company. If anyone wants to make a serious proposition to the board of Tottenham we would consider it, along with our advisers, and if we felt it was in the interests of the club we would be open to anything.

‘We’re very much a club that believes in the academy producing players that can become hopefully superstars at Tottenham. We’re not a club that can buy success. That’s the reality and we have to understand that. And we needed a manager who was completely aligned with our philosophy.’

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