Martin Jol (again)

[Joe King]

SSN and ITV

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Anyone else hear one day on Soccer Saturday, they were talking about Spurs and John Gregory was saying that Levy doesnt run the club at all his wife picks the players

[kurtangle01]

Ramos is a major coup for them, eh?

[AFII]

Martin Jol’s reign as Tottenham Hotspur manager looked to have ended last night after he accepted a £4 million compensation package to leave the club. An announcement is expected this morning. Juande Ramos, the Seville coach, has accepted the job but may not be in place until the start of next season.

Tottenham are putting heavy pressure on the Spaniard to move to White Hart Lane sooner, but Clive Allen and Gustavo Poyet, the former Spurs player who is No 2 to Dennis Wise at Leeds United, will be in charge when Blackburn Rovers visit on Sunday.

Jol selected his final team for last night’s Uefa Cup tie against Getafe. The Dutchman appeared buoyant as he left the tunnel for the dugout before kick-off and gave no hint of the drama that was unfolding.

Even by the turbulent standards of Tottenham – four permanent managers in little more than six years – the latest episode has been chaotic. Jol’s position has been untenable since senior Tottenham officials made an embarrassingly public approach for Ramos in August.

Ramos said that he will remain at the Spanish club until the end of his contract in the summer, but Tottenham have been pursuing him since. They are likely to have offered him considerably more than the £2 million a season that Jol has been earning.

Allen, the reserve-team coach, is expected to take temporary charge until Ramos arrives. Ramos will be charged with turning around Tottenham’s fortunes, which presently have them in the relegation zone. Expectations of challenging for a place in the Champions League have been crushed by a series of poor results and performances. Jol’s decision to leave Dimitar Berbatov out of the starting XI for the 3-1 defeat by Newcastle United on Monday did not help.

Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, made it plain to Jol that only qualification for the Champions League would be good enough to prolong his tenure, given that more than £35 million has been invested in players this summer. Jol has led Tottenham to fifth place for the past two seasons, but a fractious relationship with some players and the board has left him isolated at the club.

He became embroiled in a battle with Levy and Damien Comolli, the sporting director, in the summer – and lost. Paul Kemsley, the Tottenham vice-chairman at the time, had wanted to remove Jol in the summer to replace him with Harry Redknapp, the Portsmouth manager, but the idea was overruled.

Ramos has an uncomfortable relationship with Ramón RodrÍguez, the Seville sporting director, but he has assurances, it is thought, from Tottenham about the role of Comolli.

Jol, who has a little less than three years to run on his contract, agreed the compensation package in August, as revealed first by The Times. Jol has said that he would like to manage a top club in the Netherlands, but so far, none have made contact. Jol took over at Tottenham when Jacques Santini was dismissed almost two years ago.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle2741595.ece

[Joe King]

Jol for Leicester?

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Ramos is a major coup for them, eh?

Massive, if Rafa ever went which i hope he wont for a very long time i would want Ramos great manager has done wonders for Sevilla and Sevilla wasnt just a one year wonder he's improved year after year

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Jol for Leicester?

Cant see it, Jol likes the big time and wont head for the Championship after his time in the Prem

Feel sad for him

[Chris]

Ramos is a major coup for them, eh?

Could well be, though the difference in budgets between Spurs and Sevilla i'm guessing is huge so no surprise, he's probably getting his pay trebled or better. Seems to have taken them as far as he can aswell, they're never going to win La Liga after ****ing up last season so time for a new challenge it seems.

[dww]

Cant see it, Jol likes the big time and wont head for the Championship after his time in the Prem

Feel sad for him

My money would be on Ajax.

He has certainly been treated shoddily.

[Shaggy]

Just watched it unfold (or not) on ITV....anbeeleebable.

ITV's reporter said he asked Clive Allen what he knew about Jol's supposed 'resignation' and he looked stunned and seemingly knew nothing about it!

Total mystery. Jol didn't appear for an interview and instead headed straight for the boardroom.

What a shambles. I don't rate Jol but he's been shat on from a great height by Tottenham. They've handled this appallingly. An appalling episode with a suitably appalling end.

[AFII]

I think it's says it all when the Chairman smiles after a defeat.

[spud_gun]

£4 million pay off

Still you can't help but laugh at Spurs. Mid table club who got ideas way above their station. Top four indeed. Silly ****ers.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

My money would be on Ajax.

He has certainly been treated shoddily.

Yup me too.

He's been treated like **** with the board meeting Ramos that was a big mistake, and one Jol never recovered from

[thesilverfoxlfc]

I think it's says it all when the Chairman smiles after a defeat.

He looks a clueless ****

Sugar must still have a massive influence in that club...??

[Chris]

And if Berbatov thinks Ferguson, Benitez or anyone will be impressed by his attitude he's clearly an idiot.