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The Tottenham players knew the Portuguese manager was fifth-choice at best and never bought into his methodsThe end was very quick but it had been coming for a long time, maybe even since the day Nuno Espírito Santo was appointed as Tottenham manager. It was clear to everyone that he was fifth-choice at best, hired after attempts to lure Antonio Conte, Mauricio Pochettino, Paulo Fonseca and Gennaro Gattuso failed.“It’s an enormous pleasure and honour to be here,” Nuno said on 30 June, when his appointment was announced, adding: “There’s joy and I’m happy and looking forward to starting work.” But in the next four months there was very little joy or happiness. After a promising start – albeit through some fairly lacklustre football – with three wins in three league games, it imploded faster than anyone could have predicted. Continue reading...