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De Zerbi has just seven games to try and save Tottenham, who have not experienced life outside the top flight since 1978.<\/p>\n
Reports suggested the former Brighton and Marseille boss had not keen to join Spurs before the end of the season, but was convinced by a lucrative five-year deal that put him among the highest paid coaches in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
And he dismissed any suggestion of a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave if Spurs did go down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI signed five years of (a) contract because for me it is a big challenge,\u201d De Zerbi told an interview with the club\u2019s in-house media channel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be the coach of Tottenham a next season no matter what. <\/p>\n
\u201cTottenham, especially in this moment, is maybe the most important challenge in my career. I\u2019m ready to start this challenge.\u201d <\/p>\n
Marseille’s Italian coach Roberto De Zerbi looks on from the technical area during a French Cup round of 32 football match.Source: AFP<\/p>\n
De Zerbi established a positive reputation for himself in England during a two-year spell as Brighton boss between 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n
His time at Marseille also started well, with the club finishing second to Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 last season to qualify for the Champions League.<\/p>\n
But he left the French club in February after failing to make it out of the Champions League league phase and following a humiliating 5-0 defeat by PSG.<\/p>\n
His appointment has not been universally welcomed by the Tottenham fanbase. Some fan groups have raised objections to his support for Mason Greenwood during his time at Marseille.<\/p>\n
Roberto De Zerbi with Mason Greenwood at Marseille.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Former England international Greenwood was suspended by Manchester United in January 2022 following allegations of attempted rape and sexual assault.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors dropped charges against Greenwood in February 2023, who always denied the allegations, and he joined Marseille not long after De Zerbi in July 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never wanted to downplay the issue of violence against women or violence against anyone in general,\u201d De Zerbi added, speaking in his native Italian.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who know me well know that I\u2019m not the kind of person who compromises to win one more match, or to win one more title.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry if I\u2019ve offended anyone with this topic. I have a daughter and I\u2019m very sensitive to these things. I hope that as time passes, people will get to know me better and understand that I didn\u2019t mean to take a stance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi confirmed he will remain at the club next season even if they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-581373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}