Spurs look absolutely adamant in trying to bring Brendan Rodgers in as their next manager and according to Football Insider, the North London side are more than willing to break the bank.
The report claims: “Tottenham will offer to triple Brendan Rodgers’ wages to try and lure him from Leicester City at the end of the season, Football Insider understands.
“The Foxes manager publicly distanced himself from the Spurs job and it has been widely reported that their pursuit of him is over as a result.
“A Tottenham source has told Football Insider the club are willing to triple Rodgers’ salary to £15million-a-year including bonuses as they look to “offer him the earth” to replace Jose Mourinho. The Portugese’s salary was worth a basic £12.5m-a-year plus top-up-bonuses that potentially increased the package to £15m.”
Brendan Rodgers has done some really great work at Leicester City ever since he took over in 2019. And recently, he had even publicly ruled out a move to Tottenham Hotspur in the immediate future.
The Foxes boss had said: “Tottenham is a fantastic club, it’s one of the big clubs in this country, it’s a huge club. My focus is purely here.
“I’m at a world-class training facility, the project we’re in here, we still want to develop, we still have a lot of work to do here.
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“I have a great connection with the players and the board, and we have plans to keep progressing.”
It’s pretty clear that Brendan Rodgers happens to be the first-choice manager to replace Jose Mourinho at Spurs which is why Daniel Levy is ready to spend so much money on him.
Also, not a lot of big-name managers are available in the market right now so if Rodgers does not take up the job then the North London club might have to gamble with someone relatively inexperienced.
Spurs look all set to miss out on Champions League football next season while Leicester City should be able to secure a top-four finish in the Premier League. So despite so much money on the table, we are sure Brendan Rodgers will be more inclined towards managing a side that can rub shoulders with the European elites.
