It meant that, when he got the job as caretaker manager once Villas-Boas was sacked, we’d worked together for long enough that he knew and trusted me enough to be one of his assistants alongside Les (below). He got Tim Sherwood to watch me coach and then Tim, who held a role as technical co-ordinator at the time, took me on as his assistant. So, I considered my options – but Les Ferdinand persuaded me to stay. It was almost £100m – loads of money in those days – and it blocked the pathway to the first team for a lot of the young players who had been introduced to the senior squad during Harry Redknapp’s tenure. That’s what Daniel Levy wanted.īut a year later, after Gareth Bale was sold to Real Madrid, a lot of money came in and Franco Baldini, who was technical director and in charge of transfers, spent the lot. When Villas-Boas took over in the summer of 2012, we were expecting to work more closely with him, providing a link between the academy and the first team – a path to promote players. I had been there since 2005 and worked largely with the academy. I had explored different avenues away from Tottenham on two or three occasions by the time André Villas-Boas got sacked just before Christmas in 2013. Assistant Manager, Tottenham Hotspur, 2013-2014
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