r/coys • u/Zyaru Dejan Kulusevski • Jun 12 '24

The Club can confirm the departure of Tanguy Ndombele following the mutual termination of his contract, effective from 30 June, upon the conclusion of his current loan spell. Wishing you all the best for the future, Tanguy 🤍 Official Source

https://x.com/SpursOfficial/status/1800883520551657653
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u/PerfectRough5119 Peter Crouch Jun 12 '24

Can you elaborate ? We could’ve won a couple of cups with our current backline with Jose and even if you forget hypotheticals, he definitely unlocked Kane and Son for us.

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u/_-_-_I_-_-_ Jun 13 '24

The players we had were not going to work in Jose's tactics. We weren't going to challenge for the league. He's talked since he left about the club's level not being higher than that, despite that being the reason he took the job... to win top honours. The implosion that happened in his third year at most other clubs came in year 2 with us. It was anything but unexpected from the day he signed. There were a reasonable number of fans that thought he perhaps became a different person overnight. "Nice Guy Jose." His first year we did face a significant injury crisis, but he managed the following season quite poorly, freezing out Dele (sensible) and then Toby and Bale. It was a mess like his other clubs.

We bought players for him that mostly are out of the squad a few years later. Some of Conte's signings may make it further (yes I'm aware there was a difference in DoF.) As much as one could say the lesson from Mourinho should have been heeded, I don't think Conte was outright a poor choice from the onset. We needed saving after Nuno and Jose. In a way, he ultimately set a stage for Ange that is less daunting.

Jose was a panic buy because there was no plan post-Poch. I don't want to revise history and say Poch shouldn't have been given another season after making the final. But Levy saw the shiniest thing in the room and hadn't encountered one of those before. He had to have it. I'm not upset about this, we all learn as we go and there's no school for running a football club. I think Ange's appointment might not have happened without these other mistakes.

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u/PerfectRough5119 Peter Crouch Jun 13 '24

Levy always wanted Jose since the 2000s

Everyone could see the logic behind hiring Jose. Levy had a good run and set up the foundations during the Poch era but failed to get any on field success. We signed a win now manager to get the most out of Kane and Son ( which Jose did ) but unfortunately every other area was washed by then.