Tottenham fire interim coach after Newcastle thrashing

Tottenham fired interim manager Christian Stellini on Monday after chairman Daniel Levy branded Sunday’s 6-1 defeat at Newcastle “wholly unacceptable”.

Stellini, who was only put in charge last month after his former boss Antonio Conte left the club, would be replaced by Ryan Mason with immediate effect.

Conte’s long-term assistant won only one of his four games in charge, dealing what appears a fatal blow to spurs’ chances of champion’s league football next season.

Tottenham still sit fifth in the premier league but are six points adrift of the top four and have played at least one game more than the sides directly above them.

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Mason, who also took charge towards the end of the 2020/21 season, will be in the dugout for Thursday’s clash at home to Manchester united.

After finishing fourth under Conte last season, hopes were high that Tottenham could go even better this campaign as the former Chelsea boss was armed with over £100 million ($124 million) of new signings.

But after just one defeat in their opening 10 league games, spurs have lost 10 of their last 22.