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Next Manager?

Recruitment and transfer activity is Paratici's job and they have been meeting in Italy this week to work through those things. Fonseca is getting a new coaching team, that is another thing that he and Paratici are meant to have finalised this week.
I am hoping for some transfer news not long after he is appointed, if its left late then you know who is still involved in the football side of things still.
 
I am hoping for some transfer news not long after he is appointed, if its left late then you know who is still involved in the football side of things still.

Paratici doesn't officially start until 1 July and I doubt that there will be much transfer activity anywhere until the Euros are over. Hopefully, we are working at moving players on and lining up potential targets, that doesn't require Fonseca to be in London this week.
 
Villa are spending the money they'll get from selling Grealish, they won't be making a big step forward.

Could be the same situtaion we'll be in with Kane, I suppose.

If it is, the only difference is that they are getting on with it early - rather than in a mad panic just before, or during, pre-season.
 
I am hoping for some transfer news not long after he is appointed, if its left late then you know who is still involved in the football side of things still.

Given that he's reportedly been told that Ledley King and Ryan Mason are staying in the coaching set up it already seems pretty clear who is still involved with the football side of things.
 
Mason is back to Academy
King is effectively a trainee that the club is looking to develop

I'm not sure how either of those things are even close to being an issue.

I never understand why a manager/head coach has to have 5 or 6 mates to help him do his job, he must have a plan which he should be able to tell his staff to implement, if someone isn't doing it make a change.
 
I never understand why a manager/head coach has to have 5 or 6 mates to help him do his job, he must have a plan which he should be able to tell his staff to implement, if someone isn't doing it make a change.
I guess there are benefits with time given the time pressure on managers to deliver and maybe a trust issue, if you know someone’s competencies and personality it can save a bit time working with someone new and developing that trust? As in all jobs though I do think it is healthy to have some turnover to keep challenging the status quo, get a fresh view on things and keep people on their toes. You wonder that keeping the same staff and being the continued reason for their well paid employment could create a yes boss culture
 
I never understand why a manager/head coach has to have 5 or 6 mates to help him do his job, he must have a plan which he should be able to tell his staff to implement, if someone isn't doing it make a change.

At the risk of sounding like Scrooge or, worse, Scara, I wonder if football has this right and other industries have it wrong. Come into a business to set up a new function, and part of the job is to bring trusted associates on board to get everything done properly and fast. Join to lead an existing function, and you spend the best part of a year squeeIng out the last chap’s placemen and bringing in your own. It would be healthier if functional leadership teams could be recruited and retained en bloc, and if it was contractually straightforward to chuck out a failed manager’s hires.
 
I never understand why a manager/head coach has to have 5 or 6 mates to help him do his job, he must have a plan which he should be able to tell his staff to implement, if someone isn't doing it make a change.

Fonseca very much relies on the people around him and encourages them to challenge him.
 
I’m not sure.... how many times were we?

There was loads of games we had health leads in that Kane stayed on for 90 minutes or was subbed off with 2 minutes left. People posted about it repeatedly on this forum. End of the day he's been flogged to death over the last few seasons - a great player but he doesn't have the zip or little burst of pace he had say 4 or 5 years back and I think that's down to the way he's been managed.
 
At the risk of sounding like Scrooge or, worse, Scara, I wonder if football has this right and other industries have it wrong. Come into a business to set up a new function, and part of the job is to bring trusted associates on board to get everything done properly and fast. Join to lead an existing function, and you spend the best part of a year squeeIng out the last chap’s placemen and bringing in your own. It would be healthier if functional leadership teams could be recruited and retained en bloc, and if it was contractually straightforward to chuck out a failed manager’s hires.

Executives, or senior leaders typically do bring/hire "their own" people in almost any industry, it's a bit harder with UK/European laws than in US/Canada as example.

Good management advice -> either get people to buy into your vision, or do a clear out and bring in people who are in line with your vision.
 

It's 36 minutes long, so have only fast forwarded to see a few random clips. It's from his time at Shaktar, May 2019, cameras followed him for a week (the week leading up to their CL game against City). Looks like it might be an interesting insight if one has the time to spare.
Just bumping this video up the thread, you should definitely watch it if you want to learn about Fonseca and the different roles of his multiple assistants (and Ukraine and Shakhtar).

Edit - he explains the roles of his backroom assistants at 21:28 onwards
 
Just bumping this video up the thread, you should definitely watch it if you want to learn about Fonseca and the different roles of his multiple assistants (and Ukraine and Shakhtar).

Edit - he explains the roles of his backroom assistants at 21:28 onwards

It's really good, I watched it last week.

I haven't watched this one yet but it is an interview with two of his coaching team at Roma. I believe that Tiago Leal is going to be part of his team with us but Nuno Campos won't.

 
Interesting bits highlighted

Paulo Fonseca latest as Tottenham deal edges closer but he is not expected to travel to UK yet - football.london

Paulo Fonseca is edging closer to becoming Tottenham Hotspur's new head coach but is not expected to arrive in the country for a little while yet.

The new man needs to reshape his coaching set-up after a couple of key departures since his time at Roma came to an end.

Fonseca's assistant manager of 15 years, Nuno Campos, announced this month on Instagram that the two men were amicably heading off on "separate professional paths".

Fitness coach Pedro Moreira, who had worked with Fonseca for more than a decade, also made a similar announcement.

Technical coach Tiago Leal, who - among other duties - works during matches in the stands feeding information down to Fonseca and the dugout about the tactical shape of the team and any problems developing, is expected to make the move to north London.

The make-up of the remainder of the coaching staff is set to include other coaches Fonseca knows well with some new faces focused on the defensive aspect of the game and prepared for the rigours of the Premier League.
 
What's the hold up? Why don't we announce it?


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