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Italian De Zerbi was appointed Spurs boss at the end of March 2026 with the club in crisis.
He arrived as the club’s third manager of the campaign and, with seven games remaining, Tottenham were just one point clear of the drop zone.
After securing safety, albeit after a few scares, the club spent more than £300m on summer signings for the first time in their history as they backed
Despite the late elation sparked by Solanke’s 92nd-minute equaliser, Tottenham remain in the relegation zone with just three points from their opening six matches.
It is just the fourth time the club have failed to win each of their opening six games of a league season, after 2008-09, 1955-56 and 1912-13.
Spurs have often looked lively in attack this season, but they have lacked conviction in front of goal and
German newspaper Der Spiegel had previously accused City of paying a “significant portion” of Mancini’s compensation “by way of a fictitious consultancy contract”.
It alleged that Mancini was paid more by City for his role as a consultant to Abu Dhabi club Al Jazira than he was getting from his role as City manager, excluding bonuses and incentives.
On Friday it emerged that an independent panel had found City guilty
Rosanna Pedrollo spent half a century working for Brescia, first joining the club’s administration department in 1968 – she met De Zerbi’s father, Alfredo, in the early 1980s through his work coordinating the supporters’ clubs.
“He was always around in those days,” Pedrollo tells BBC Sport. “He organised the away trips, knew which players were going to visit which supporters’ clubs and when. He took care of everything.
“Alfredo was
“Honestly, I spoke with another team [also],” Tonali revealed, but in the end the decision to join Spurs was an easy one.
“When you speak with a team, the first impression is a big thing and my impression was very positive.
“When you are happy after a 10-minute chat, it’s everything, everything is perfect.
“I spoke with my wife – this was the first thing. We wanted to change our
Captain Cristian Romero is among those likely to leave the club.
Romero was criticised for his decision to fly back to Argentina while injured before the final game of the season – a match for which he did ultimately return.
De Zerbi said it was wrong to criticise Romero for his initial decision, saying he had shown “unbelievable behaviour” during the Italian’s time at the club, but accepted it was
Bergvall, who joined Spurs from Swedish club Djurgarden in 2024, played limited minutes at the end of last season under De Zerbi.
The 20-year-old started the Italian’s first game in charge – a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland – and, after that, made four appearances as a substitute.
Spurs have since signed midfielders Sandro Tonali – in a £100m deal from Newcastle United – and Mateus Fernandes for £85m from West
Continuity has been key to Brighton’s successful transition to Hurzeler’s methods, whose own ideas of football aren’t that different from his predecessor, as he revealed earlier in the season.
“He brought this current energy to the players,” said Hurzeler, when talking about De Zerbi.
“So I don’t have to make a complete turnaround of the players because they were familiar with this.”
The young German’s arrival has seen him implement
Brighton have identified 31-year-old St Pauli boss Fabian Hurzeler as the leading contender to replace Roberto de Zerbi as manager.
The clubs are in talks and Brighton have already secured a work permit for him.
No agreement has yet been reached.
US-born Hurzeler guided St Pauli to the German second division title last season, and a return to the Bundesliga after 13 years.
If he is appointed he would be
In an era of over-spending, Brighton are viewed as the gold standard for how to run a club properly.
They do owe Bloom £373m and paid their owner £36m out of a club record £122.8m profit announced last month. But Barber points out a large part of that debt was because of construction of the Amex Stadium.
The stadium’s capacity can be increased beyond its current 31,876, but “by hundreds