Tottenham fires Nuno Espírito Santo: Spurs fans react with glee on Twitter
Nuno Espirito Santo was fired on Monday after just 17 games in charge of Tottenham. The fans couldn’t be happier.
Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo was fired on Monday after just 17 games in charge of the North London club, the team said in a statement.
The final straw for Spurs ownership was a 3-0 defeat this past Saturday to Manchester United. It marked the team’s fifth loss in just 10 Premier League matches.
The team, currently eighth in the Premier League, said in a statement that Nuno and his coaching staff had been “relieved of their duties,” although no successor was announced.
“A further coaching update will follow in due course,” the statement read.
The Associated Press reported that former Juventus and Inter Milan manager Antonio Conte is the frontrunner for the job. If appointed, it would mark a return to London for the former Italy coach following a spell at Chelsea, a club he left in 2018.
Club announcement.
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 1, 2021
Under Nuno, 47, Spurs had scored just nine goals in 10 league matches, a poor start for a club that had ambitions to finish in the top four.
Nuno’s appointment had been deemed farcical by some following the team’s defeat to West Ham, something that eventually became increasingly true following the loss to Man U.
As a result, fans were thrilled to finally see Nuno gone after jeering and heckling the team over the course of the last few matches.
The fans booing Nuno for talking Lucas Moura off was my highlight of the game pic.twitter.com/TqnlHVWdq1
— AU (@_23au) October 30, 2021
Tottenham fans react to the news of the firing of Nuno Espirito Santo
Nuno before the 1st International break and Nuno today. 👀 Poor guy pic.twitter.com/hPI1FMp1so
— Michael Hamilton COYS 🇯🇲 (@NLAHamilton) October 31, 2021
I do feel sorry for Nuno as he's clearly a good bloke and I enjoyed trying to get him to talk about, well anything. However, he was clearly the wrong man at the wrong time. I think I said back when talks were taking place with him that he just didn't fit what Spurs needed.
— Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) November 1, 2021
nuno showing up to training today pic.twitter.com/qDDgF7iP4s
— yoli ☘️ (@yolanieli) October 31, 2021
Nuno sacked by Spurs after just 10 games, getting a £10m pound pay off. If you divide £10m by 10 games, you’ve made… profit. pic.twitter.com/CuDJWGjIPX
— David Brent Music (@DavidBrentMovie) November 1, 2021