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| Tim Sherwood sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager | Tim Sherwood sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager |
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| Tim Sherwood has been sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager. | Tim Sherwood has been sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager. |
| Daniel Levy, the club's chairman, met Sherwood on Tuesday and, as widely expected, told him his contract was being terminated despite Spurs' sixth-placed finish. Southampton's Mauricio Pochettino is Tottenham's No1 target to replace him. | |
| Sherwood was given an 18-month deal when he succeeded André Villas-Boas last December but he has had to contend with regular questions about whether he will stay the duration, as the club have monitored Holland's Louis van Gaal, Pochettino and Frank de Boer of Ajax. | Sherwood was given an 18-month deal when he succeeded André Villas-Boas last December but he has had to contend with regular questions about whether he will stay the duration, as the club have monitored Holland's Louis van Gaal, Pochettino and Frank de Boer of Ajax. |
| Van Gaal is now bound for Manchester United, while De Boer, having said that Tottenham had sounded out the Ajax director of football, Marc Overmars, about his availability, is open to meeting Levy. Pochettino, though, has emerged as the frontrunner for the White Hart Lane job. | |
| Pochettino is worried that Southampton will lose the midfielder Adam Lallana and the left-back Luke Shaw to Liverpool and Manchester United respectively and he has long maintained that he will assess his options in the summer, when his contract at the club will have one year to run. | Pochettino is worried that Southampton will lose the midfielder Adam Lallana and the left-back Luke Shaw to Liverpool and Manchester United respectively and he has long maintained that he will assess his options in the summer, when his contract at the club will have one year to run. |
| A statement from Levy on Tottenham's website confirmed Sherwood's departure on Tuesday. | A statement from Levy on Tottenham's website confirmed Sherwood's departure on Tuesday. |
| "We appointed Tim mid-season as someone who knew both the players and the club," he said. | "We appointed Tim mid-season as someone who knew both the players and the club," he said. |
| "We agreed an 18-month contract with a break clause at the end of the season and we have now exercised that option. | "We agreed an 18-month contract with a break clause at the end of the season and we have now exercised that option. |
| "Since appointing Tim as assistant first team coach in 2008 and then as technical co-ordinator in 2010 and head of football development in 2012, we have been supportive of him during football management changes throughout that period. On behalf of the club, I should like to state our thanks for all his efforts during his years with us. We wish him great success in his managerial career. | "Since appointing Tim as assistant first team coach in 2008 and then as technical co-ordinator in 2010 and head of football development in 2012, we have been supportive of him during football management changes throughout that period. On behalf of the club, I should like to state our thanks for all his efforts during his years with us. We wish him great success in his managerial career. |
| "Moving forward, now the season is over, we shall embark on the process of finding a new head coach. We have a talented squad and exciting young players coming through. We need to build on this season, develop our potential and inspire the kind of performances that we associate with our great club." | "Moving forward, now the season is over, we shall embark on the process of finding a new head coach. We have a talented squad and exciting young players coming through. We need to build on this season, develop our potential and inspire the kind of performances that we associate with our great club." |