Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 5:12 PM• Yanick Vos

Nuno Espírito Santo must fear his sacking as manager of Tottenham Hotspur. After the 0-3 defeat to Manchester United, the club management met to discuss the position of the trainer, transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano reports. The Italian journalist reports that the coach can be fired, but that no decision has been made yet. According to Romano, it could take hours before a decision is made about Espírito Santo’s future.

Due to disappointing performances, Espírito Santo has been under pressure for some time the Spurs. On Saturday, Manchester United proved too strong 0-3 with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Edinson Cavani and Marcus Rashford. The marked defeat caused great dissatisfaction among the home crowd. As a result of the defeat, chairman Daniel Levy and technical director Fabio Paratici have convened the board to discuss whether or not to fire the trainer, English media reported.

Espírito Santo was only appointed last summer after coming over from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Under his leadership, the English top club is in a disappointing eighth place in the Premier League with fifteen points from ten games. The gap on league-leader Chelsea has risen to ten points after Saturday’s defeat. In the group stage of the Conference League, Espírito Santo’s team is in third place with four points. A week and a half ago, Vitesse was still too strong 1-0. The Arnhem team will visit London next Thursday.