Tottenham are flirting with disaster – and somehow, the noise around their next manager is even more chaotic than their form on the pitch, writes Rant Sport’s Nicole Powell.
This is a club sitting on the edge of relegation, sacking yet another manager after a miserable run, and desperately searching for direction.
Sky Sports pundit Tim Sherwood has now joined the debate, and while some of his points land, others only highlight just how confused Spurs have become.
Spurs are broken, and everyone knows it
Let’s not sugar-coat it: Tottenham Hotspur are a mess.
The brief and disastrous reign of Igor Tudor ended with the club hovering just above the relegation zone after a winless spell, underlining how badly things have spiralled.
This isn’t bad luck. It’s years of poor decisions, short-term thinking, and a complete lack of identity.
And now, instead of clarity, Spurs are stuck in another identity crisis.
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Sherwood’s Roberto De Zerbi claim – Right idea, wrong timing
Sherwood has argued that De Zerbi would be a better fit than Mauricio Pochettino.
“Oh, because he has so little time, for anyone going in there, you have to put a question mark on it, because there are only seven games left,” Sherwood said to Sky Sports on De Zerbi.
“I like him, I really do, I like his personality, I said many months ago that he would be the man to come into Tottenham, I would have picked him over Mauricio Pochettino for the long-term.”
Sherwood added: “He plays that style which Tottenham want, he opens up the pitch, but not now. That style is not what they need now. They need a safe pair of hands; this is far from a safe pair of hands, by the way.”
“I still like him, I love his personality and the way his teams play, but they can be open and get hammered – you can’t get hammered now.”
On style alone, you can see his point.
De Zerbi’s attacking football and clear philosophy are exactly what Spurs fans crave after months of chaos.
Even the club hierarchy reportedly sees him as a key target because of his progressive approach.
But here’s the problem: this is not the moment for philosophy. This is a relegation fight.
De Zerbi reportedly prefers to wait until the summer, which tells you everything.
Spurs need someone ready to walk into a crisis now, not someone weighing up the project from a distance.
Sherwood is right about the type of manager. He’s wrong about the timing.
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The Pochettino argument still makes more sense
For all the talk of moving forward, there’s a reason Pochettino keeps coming up.
As a Chelsea fan, I won’t even pretend to think it’s a good idea for anyone to hire him, but he understands the club, and he understands the league.
Yes, a romantic return isn’t always the answer. But when you’re one bad week away from the drop, familiarity isn’t a weakness – it’s a lifeline.
The reality is Spurs don’t need reinvention right now.
They need stability, organisation, and someone who can stop the bleeding immediately.
This is bigger than one manager
Sherwood’s comments, whether you agree or not, expose the real issue: Tottenham don’t actually know what they want.
Are they rebuilding? Are they surviving? Are they chasing identity or just clinging to Premier League status?
Until that question is answered, it won’t matter if it’s De Zerbi, Pochettino, or anyone else.
Because right now, Spurs aren’t choosing a manager – they’re playing a guessing game, and they might just lose.
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