David Ornstein says club now believe their ‘brilliant’ manager won’t take the Tottenham job

Charles Jones

Tue 15 April 2025 11:45, UK

Tottenham Hotspur may soon be in the market for a new manager.

Indeed, Ange Postecoglou could be sacked in the near future after a run of terrible results this🌳 season.

Spurs have a few options in mind to replace Postecoglou should the Au♚stralian lose his job.

Thomas Frank has been linked to Spurs, while Marco Silva has been linked to Tottenham too.

Andoni Iraola is Tottenham’s top target though,✅ but, according to David Ornstein, this move may not happen.

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Bournemouth believe Andoni Iraola is set to stay

Speaking to NBC, David 𝓡Ornstein shared an update on Andoni Iraola’s𒐪 situation at Bournemouth.

Iraola has been strongly linked to Tottenham in recent times, and Marco Senesei has ൲even admitted Iraola could leave, labelling him as ‘brilliant’ in the process.

However, according to Ornstein, the feeling within Bournemouth is that the manager will stay another year and potentially sign a new🅰 contract.

“Their manager Andoni Iraola is attracting significant admirers of his own, but the feeling at Bournemouth is that he’s going to stay and go into the f👍inal year of his contract, maybe sign a new one, see how it goes, a move for him can wait.”

Andoni Iraola compared to Marco Silva and Thomas Frank

Spurs may not be able to g🐷et Iraola, and that may force them to look at plan B or plan C, also known as Marco Silva and Thomas Frankꦗ.

All three managers arꦚe now experienced at Premier Leagu༺e level, and when you look at the stats, it’s clear to see why Iraola is Spurs’ preferred choice.

	Marco Silva	Andoni Iraola	Thomas Frank
Games	203	70	146
Wins	73	26	50
Draws	43	18	37
Losses	87	26	59
Win percentage	36%	37%	34%
Goals for	280	106	214
Goals against	310	107	215
Goals per game	1.38	1.51	1.47
Goals against per game	1.53	1.51	1.47

Premier League stats

Iraola has the highest win percentage of any of these managers, while his 🥀team also scores more goals per game.

Of course, there isn’t much in it, and Silva or Frank would be fantastic alternatives, but, at the same time, you can see that Iraola may𝓡 just be that slight level above t꧑he Fulham and Brentford bosses – as the Premier League table also shows.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
8	B’mouthBournemouth	32	13	9	10	52	40	12	48
9	FulhamFulham	32	13	9	10	47	43	4	48
10	BrightonBrighton	32	12	12	8	51	49	2	48
11	BrentfordBrentford	32	12	7	13	52	48	4	43
12	Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace	31	11	10	10	41	40	1	43
13	EvertonEverton	32	8	14	10	34	38	-4	38