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Report: Leeds have interviewed Nuno Espirito Santo

Giuseppe Labellarte

Tue 14 February 2023 20:45, UK

Leeds United have reportedly held an interview with Nuno Espirito Santo over the vacant Whites manager’s job.

This is according to , who have also claimed Leಌeds could pay a lower compensation than pr🍸eviously reported.

Leeds remain in pursuit of a new man꧂a✃ger after sacking Jesse Marsch over a week ago.

Plenty of names have been doing the rou💮nds, but so fa♔r, there hasn’t been a breakthrough.

Indeed, Leeds confirmed on Tuesday that Michael Skubala would remain in charge of the first-team for t💃he time being.

The Times has now shed some light over the Elland Road outfit’s apparent pursuit♎ of Nuno.

As per the report, the Al-Ittihad head coach has had an interview over the Leeds jo🍌b.

However, Nuno is ꦿyet to be offered the role, with Leeds continuing to scour the market for options.

In addition, previous reports suggested tꦅhat the Whites would have had to pay Al-Ittihad £8m i💖n compensation.

The Times have claimed that the fee for the former Tottenham and Wol🥀ves boss is lower – around £5.3m.

‘Fantastic’

Nuno wouldn’t be a bad shout for Leeds.

Admittedly, his Tottenham tenureౠ didn’t last long, but that’s very much a blip on his CV.

It’s worth remembering that Nuno’s Spurs spell got off to a 💜flyer, winning his first three Premier League games without conceding.

He took Tottenham to the top of the fledgling table by th✨e end of August, and w♋on the Manager of the Month award.

In the end, ‘a combination of mixed results, thꦛe style of play and൩ fan reaction’ led to Spurs sacking Nuno ().

‘There is sympathy internally as Nuno did not come in at the easiest time and has had to handle a lot of difficult situations,🃏 including the summer transfer saga involving captain Harry Kane,’ continued the outlet.

And for Nuno to get the Spurs jꦺob in the first place, he did very well at Wolves, getting them back into the Premier League and establishing them in the top flight.

Jose Mourinho Nuno was an “amazing” manager, while Manchester United’s Diogo Dalot deemed him “fantastic” and “outstanding”.

Nuno is not only proven at the highest level, bu🌊t has plenty of Premier League and Championship experience.

The latter might not be nice to thi🍬nk about, but if Leeds were to go down, Nuno knows what it takes to get back up again.