Tottenham push to appoint Roberto De Zerbi | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur are pushing to appoint Roberto De Zerbi as their third head coach this season, with a long-term deal on the table. According to NY Times, the Italian has been offered a significant package that would place him among the Premier League’s highest earners.

No agreement is in place, but De Zerbi has emerged as Spurs’ clear first choice to replace Igor Tudor, who left by mutual consent on Sunday.

De Zerbi, out of work since leaving Marseille in February after less than two years, is interested in the job yet would prefer to start in the summer, provided Spurs stay in the Premier League.

Three Spurs supporter groups have urged the club not to hire him, citing his backing for Mason Greenwood, whom he coached at Marseille. In November 2025, De Zerbi called Greenwood a good person and said he was saddened by what had happened to him in England.

Greenwood was arrested in early 2022 and later charged, allegations he denied, before the Crown Prosecution Service discontinued the case in early February 2023.

Tudor failed to win any of his five Premier League matches across 44 days in charge after a February appointment until season’s end. He had replaced Thomas Frank, who had only joined in the summer.

If hired, De Zerbi would be tasked with saving Spurs from a first relegation to the second tier since 1977. They sit 17th, one point above the drop, and could be in the bottom three before visiting Sunderland on 12 April.

Spurs want a new coach in for the majority of the squad’s return to the training centre after international duty, giving around 10 days with the players before the Stadium of Light trip. Bruno Saltor is overseeing sessions in the interim.

At Marseille, he departed with a 57 per cent win rate, 12 points off Paris Saint-Germain after a 5-0 defeat, and out of the Champions League league phase.

Source: NY Times