{"id":421173,"date":"2026-02-12T04:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421173\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:55:09","slug":"next-tottenham-manager-odds-mauricio-pochettino-and-roberto-de-zerbi-the-early-favourites-ahead-of-xavi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421173\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Tottenham manager odds: Mauricio Pochettino and Roberto De Zerbi the early favourites ahead of Xavi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/newsletter_tottenham_embed_desktop.png\" alt=\"Tottenham Hotspurs Football Newsletter\" width=\"158px\" height=\"158px\" class=\"sc-kaaGRQ euvmNB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Spurs wanted to back Frank &#8211; who survived a home defeat to West Ham and a 2-2 draw at Burnley last month &#8211; but they have moved to make a change in a bid to turn things around.  <\/p>\n<p>Oliver Glasner was last month the initial bookmakers\u2019 favourite, but his odds have since drifted after confirming he will stay at Crystal Palace for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi was established as the favourite immediately following news of Frank\u2019s dismissal, having seen his odds significantly shortened in the market <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/de-zerbi-quit-marseille-tottenham-manager-links-b1270487.html\" title=\"Roberto De Zerbi quits Marseille job amid Tottenham manager links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after quitting his job at Marseille<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the biggest mover since is John Heitinga, the coach appointed by Tottenham during January to serve as Frank\u2019s assistant. He now finds firmly second in the running.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2251427937.jpeg\" width=\"3395\" height=\"2263\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kgsspP\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Robbie Keane is forging a career in management<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Former Spurs boss Pochettino is preparing to lead the USA into a home World Cup this summer, but he has been linked with a sensational return.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine spent five years in north London between 2014 and 2019, building the best Spurs team in recent memory and guiding them to a runners-up spot in the Premier League in 2016-17.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mauricio-Pochettino.jpeg\" width=\"4242\" height=\"2828\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kgsspP\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino is preparing to lead the USA into the World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Another familiar face, in former striker Robbie Keane, is also in the frame.<\/p>\n<p>Keane is making a name for himself as a manager with Hungarian side Ferencvaros, having previously impressed during one season in charge of Maccabi Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>Other outside options include Xabi Alonso, following his Real Madrid exit, Fulham manager Marco Silva, whose future at Craven Cottage is in doubt, and Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p>Also figuring prominently in the betting are Ruben Amorim, who recently left Manchester United and Michael Carrick, who replaced the Portuguese at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Next Tottenham manager odds<\/p>\n<p>Bar 22\/1, odds via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betfair.com\/betting\/football\/s-1\">Betfair <\/a>(subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spurs wanted to back Frank &#8211; who survived a home defeat to West Ham and a 2-2 draw&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,39573,27997,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-421173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-mauricio-pochettino","10":"tag-oliver-glasner","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}