Tottenham are closing in on a money-spinning deal to land Roberto De Zerbi, with the North Londoners ready to make the Italian the second-highest paid supervisor within the Premier League.
De Zerbi is the Spurs’ No 1 goal as they appear to keep away from relegation catastrophe amid a torrid season wherein Tudor and Thomas Frank have been dismissed as head coach.
Former Brighton boss De Zerbi has been obtainable since his exit from Marseille in February and was understood to have been reluctant to take the Spurs job instantly, preferring to hitch the membership in the summertime.
Nonetheless, Each day Mail Sport understands that whereas De Zerbi does not see taking up now as supreme, he has been given the assurances that he will probably be backed by the board.
The five-year deal on the desk features a launch clause within the occasion of relegation and would put him behind solely Man Metropolis’s Pep Guardiola because the highest-paid supervisor within the Premier League.
Tottenham danger upsetting their fanbase ought to they appoint De Zerbi, with supporters launching a ‘No To De Zerbi’ marketing campaign on Friday night time owing to his backing of former Man United star Mason Greenwood.
Tottenham are closing in on a money-spinning deal to land Roberto De Zerbi, with the membership tabling a suggestion that may put him behind solely Pep Guardiola within the best-paid managers listing
De Zerbi’s hyperlinks to Mason Greenwood – who he calls a ‘good man’ – have upset Tottenham followers
De Zerbi introduced Greenwood to Marseille, prompting backlash from the French fanbase owing to the 24-year-old’s arrest on suspicion of rape, assault and coercive and controlling behaviour in 2024. The CPS later dropped the fees in opposition to him.
In his capability as head coach, De Zerbi defended his participant within the wake of his transfer to the French Riviera, with an perspective which the supporters teams have described as ‘downplaying the seriousness of violence in opposition to girls and women’.
Selecting De Zerbi, Girls of the Lane mentioned of their assertion, ‘raises severe questions on judgement and management.’
‘Golf equipment sign their values by the selections they make,’ the assertion learn. ‘Who they appoint issues. The supervisor units the tone, each day, for what is anticipated, what’s tolerated, and the way persons are handled.
‘At a time when Spurs must rebuild, that tradition issues as a lot as something on the pitch.
‘For a lot of in our neighborhood, that is troublesome to reconcile with the membership’s said commitments to respect, security and inclusion. This isn’t an appointment Tottenham Hotspur ought to make. It introduces pointless cultural danger with no clear, confirmed observe document to justify it.’
Proud Lilywhites added that the membership has the duty to ‘form how folks really feel, who feels welcome, and what behaviour is seen as acceptable’ with the supervisor taking part in ‘an enormous position’ in that tradition.
‘When somebody in that place publicly defends a participant like Mason Greenwood, and frames it in a method that downplays the seriousness of what occurred, it issues, not simply in isolation however in what it alerts,’ the assertion continued. ‘We’re pleased with the progress that is been made in making soccer extra inclusive and welcoming.
‘That progress issues, and it can’t be compromised or handled as secondary. We aren’t asking for perfection. We’re asking for accountability, transparency, and management that displays the values this membership claims to face for.
‘All collectively, at all times. That has to imply one thing. No to De Zerbi.’
Spurs Attain’s assertion added: ‘Feedback beforehand attributed to Roberto De Zerbi, together with public remarks defending and contextualising Mason Greenwood following severe allegations have been broadly criticised for showing to minimise the gravity of violence in opposition to girls.
‘No matter intent, framing of this nature dangers normalising dangerous attitudes, diminishing the experiences of survivors, and sending a deeply regarding message about what’s tolerated throughout the sport.’
Spurs are on the hunt for a brand new head coach following the sacking of Igor Tudor on Sunday
De Zerbi stoked controversy in November 2025 as Greenwood ready for his first match on English soil since leaving Man United as a loanee two seasons earlier by saying that his participant was a ‘good man’ who had paid a ‘heavy worth’ for the home abuse allegations.
‘He is a very good man, he paid a heavy worth for what occurred, a really heavy worth,’ De Zerbi mentioned. ‘He has discovered the appropriate setting for him.
‘We’ve got lent him a hand and given him affection. He is a bit of bit introverted however I do know him and his household. It saddens me what occurred in his life, as a result of I do know a very completely different individual than the one who was described in England.’
