Tabloid Talk/BS

Source: The Guardian

Jose Mourinho has become a target for Tottenham Hotspur after parting
company with Chelsea in the early hours of yesterday morning. Spurs are believed
to be preparing a financially attractive offer that would allow the 44-year-old
Portuguese to remain in London, a city where he has recently declared himself
and his family "settled".After a poor start to the Premier League season that
included a 3-1 defeat at home to Arsenal on Saturday, Tottenham's current
manager, Martin Jol, must prevail against Bolton Wanderers on Sunday to buy
himself time at White Hart Lane. But whatever the impending results, Tottenham's
chairman, Daniel Levy, would install Mourinho in a heartbeat.Mourinho will have
no shortage of offers after becoming overnight one of the most sought-after
commodities in European football. When his relationship with Chelsea began to
break down in January, Real Madrid - currently Spain's league leaders -
approached him to succeed Fabio Capello.However, he set a spring 2007 deadline
to make the move and passed up the opportunity when that elapsed. Nevertheless
the stock of the man who steered Porto to an unlikely Champions League triumph
in 2004 remains high in Madrid, whose manager, Bernd Schuster, yesterday
admitted to difficulties in "having to adapt to Real Madrid, because it really
is a different world".Barcelona's Frank Rijkaard has been harassed after taking
only five points from the club's first three matches of the Spanish league
season. Leaks to the Catalan media from club directors, who expected a bigger
impact from their £16m summer signing from Arsenal, Thierry Henry, have raised
the pressure. Rijkaard has privately questioned whether he needs the stress of
managing a club at which perennial triumph is an expectation and it may not be
long before he leaves. That might open the door for a return to Camp Nou for
Mourinho, who worked there with Bobby Robson and Louis van Gaal.Reports in
Portugal suggested Mourinho and his tight-knit backroom staff would take up a
role with the national federation, but he is understood not to be immediately
interested. Portugal lie third in qualifying Group A for Euro 2008 but their
plans were disrupted when the coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, received a four-match
touchline and dressing-room ban after the 1-1 draw with Serbia. The Brazilian
was also fined £8,479 for an attack on Serbia's Ivica Dragutinovic after the
defender was sent off. Scolari has previously stated he will quit Portugal after
Euro 2008 and last night the Portuguese were holding talks about his future.

- Guardian

"Not really concerned about this news. If we get Jose, congrats, he's a good coach/manager. Too bad I still like Martin Jol and want him to finish the season at least. We shall see if cooler heads prevail. Come On You Spurs!" ~me