And replaced him with the 'Special one'
It's absolutely baffling. I can't think of a single thing that Levy could come up with to justify this appointment.
Poch had a tough start to this season, no disputing that, but considering how far he's taken Spurs in the past 5 1/2 years, I'd have thought he'd earned a little patience. Seems not. He's a massive loss to them though, and that will become apparent when he inevitably goes to United and takes them back to the top 4, possibly a title again.
Mourinho will bleed Spurs dry for cash bringing in a horde of mediocre players, play dour, negative, park the bus football, never give a youngster a chance and basically undo all the progress Poch made over half a decade in a season or less.
The biggest winners could well be United... Poch will be manager there by Christmas, I'm sure, and he'll no doubt want a 'spring clean' and get the egos and bad attitudes out the door... Who better than Jose, with his penchant for signing his past players from previous clubs to spunk hundreds of millions on players proven not to cut it in the Premier League? That'll be a big cash injection for Poch to sign some real stars... The likes of Eriksson (who's already hankering for a move to a 'big' club), maybe even Kane and Alli will probably follow Poch when the egos start rocking up in Jose's Spurs squad.
Jose's got so predictable... And Levy seems to be the only person in the country to have no idea what he's let himself in for. Jose will bloat the wage bill, play crap football and end up sacked within 18 months, then ride off into the sunset with another monster payoff. Can't say I blame Jose for that, to be fair... If my boss offered me tens of millions to bugger off, I'd take it as well... but Levy will have a lot of anger pointed his way when things go the way they always do with toxic Jose.