Jose Mourinho is reportedly set to take a job elsewhere amid links to Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.
This claim was made by Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas on Thursday morning after confirming the former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss had turned down an approach from the French side to replace Sylvinho.
Furthermore, RMC claim that the Portuguese boss has made it clear that his desire is to secure a move back to the English Premier League, with his family currently settled in London.
Now the question is could 'the special one' replace Mauricio Pochettino?
Well, our Spurs writer Alasdair Gold gave his thoughts on the topic during an Q&A session with fans on Thursday where he said not to expect Mourinho at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a number of reasons
"It just wouldn't make sense for me," he said. "Cue Jose being announced. No, seriously, other than it being a brand profile boost thing it makes no sense on so many levels.
"First off all indications are that Daniel Levy is going to back Mauricio Pochettino to push Spurs through this rocky period after what he’s done for the club since arriving in May 2014.
"Mourinho means expense. His salary alone would be enormous while he would require a massive injection of transfer money in January to start turning the squad into one he would feel he could win the league with.
"The Portuguese manager left Manchester United last season following a long period of wrangling over not having enough spent on the team, a period which saw United far outspend Spurs.
"Only a couple of months ago he said about his next destination: "If it is a club without ambition I wouldn’t go. That is my second item. My first item is structural empathy. I want to work with people that I love. People I want to work with, that I am happy to work with, with whom I share the same ideas."
"Pochettino and Mourinho are friends. The latter will be well aware of the struggles the Argentine has had in getting Spurs to improve the squad available to him. Pochettino and Levy are closer than any other manager has been with the Tottenham chairman yet they often fail to share the same ideas, but Pochettino’s own admission.
"There’s no chance that the free-spending Mourinho will fit snugly into an employee role under a chairman like Levy who keeps such tight control on the finances. Spurs have tried before to bring in Mourinho but that was a different version of him.
"You would have to rediscover the Porto Mourinho to fit into Tottenham’s system and 15 years on, it’s unclear whether than Mourinho still exists.
"With Aulas' comments about Mourinho being on the verge of his next job, it just doesn’t add up to put Spurs in that scenario."
