There are others I'd want more, but considering what will have to be done over the next two years I could live with Mason on a two year contract. If he does well, great, if not he could see Spurs through a transition while preparing for a long term career as manager. Mason is plugged in well enough to the organization that he would understand what was wanted and help develop the younger players. Not my first choice, but unless we get someone they can seriously commit to for three or four seasons why not just leave the caretaker in the role of transition master.
I was into the idea of creating that club culture and identity. But really Mason needed almost miracle results for it to work in this current environment.
If they threw him in now with fans already in a mutiny, it would be like throwing him to the lions. He’s better off protecting his own career and using these 6 games as a platform to land a gig in the Championship.
I do think Levy isn’t keen on Nagelsmann because he sees him as a big name with big standards and he’s never really been prepared to step outside the comfort zone to reach the next level.
Like with Poch and then Conte last summer, when they’ve asked him to dig deep and bring in players for the next level, he’s bottled it every time.
Levy is scared Nagelsmann will ask him to do that again.