“Tottenham Dismisses Interim Coach and Appoints Ryan Mason as Replacement”

Tottenham dismissed their interim coach, the Italian, Cristian Stellini, on Monday, a day after the win against Newcastle (6-1), and chose Englishman Ryan Mason as his replacement.

Stellini had succeeded his compatriot Antonio Conte, of whom he was deputy, at the end of March.

The ‘Spurs’ are fifth in the table, six points behind Newcastle and Manchester United, who mark the qualifying places for the next Champions League.

That loss was deemed “totally unacceptable” by Spurs president Daniel Levy.

The team’s new coach, Ryan Mason, is a former Tottenham player and England international, who had to hang up his boots in 2018 at just 26 years old due to a head injury.

Mason had already served as interim coach at the end of the 2020-2021 season after the dismissal of José Mourinho.

Tottenham will host Manchester United on Thursday.

“Cristian will leave his position together with the whole of his coaching staff. Cristian was appointed at a difficult moment in our season, and I want to thank him for the professionalism that he and his technical team have shown in a difficult context, ”said Daniel Levy, Tottenham president, in a statement announcing his dismissal. .

Stellini’s brief stint on the Tottenham bench ends with just one win.

Under the leadership of Conte, signed from Chelsea in November 2021, Tottenham finished fourth in the league last season and had started the current year on the right foot, losing only one of their first ten games.

But the situation changed diametrically, with the London team adding only two victories in the following 22 Premier League games, and being eliminated in the Champions League by AC Milan in the round of 16.

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