Tottenham were eager to get Simone Inzaghi through the door after giving Mauricio Pochettino the boot, it’s claimed. Results earlier in the season had been erratic - despite the Argentine guiding Spurs to the Champions League final just a few months before.
He eventually got given his marching orders in November and Jose Mourinho was ushered in. Inzaghi has impressed during his four-year tenure at Lazio and Italian agent Vincenzo Morabito has suggested Daniel Levy’s preferred option to replace Pochettino was the 44-year-old former striker. “There was a desperate attempt by Tottenham before taking Mourinho,” he told Italian radio.