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TOTTENHAM are plotting a move to make Brendan Rodgers their manager this summer.Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is trying to persuade his fellow execs the Leicester chief is still a suitable candidate.
Tottenham are set to swoop to make Brendan Rodgers their new manager this summerCredit: Reuters
They are still sore about disparaging comments Rodgers made about the North London club after turning down an approach from them nine years ago.
But he is on the radar in their search for Jose Mourinho’s replacement, who was sensationally axed on Monday.
RB Leipzig’s Julian Nagelsmann is also a target, but Bayern Munich are also keen on appointing him.
Tottenham chairman Levy is a long-time admirer of Rodgers, having previously tried to lure him to White Hart Lane during the Northern Irishman’s spell in charge at Swansea in 2012.
Rodgers then went on to manage Liverpool where he angered Spurs by saying he was relieved had snubbed them in favour of the Kop.
He later moved to Celtic – where he won two Scottish domestic trebles – before taking over at Leicester in February 2019.
The Foxes are on course for a top-four finish, having fallen away during the run-in last term, and Rodgers has guided them to their first FA Cup Final for 51 years – against Chelsea at Wembley next month.
But Tottenham, despite the prospect of missing out on Champions League football for a second successive season, are still confident they could attract the former Watford and Reading boss back to the South-East.
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Mourinho, who spent 17 months in charge at Spurs, was sacked after a string of poor results and performances saw them crash out of the FA Cup and Europa League and slide down the Premier League table.
Under-23 coach Ryan Mason will be in charge when they take on Manchester City in Sunday’s Carabao Cup Final after being made interim boss for the rest of the season.
Tottenham said they will then appointment a permanent manager in the summer, suggesting their target is already in a job at another club.
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MANCHESTER CITY are looking for a new keeper to push Brazilian No 1 Ederson next season.American Zack Steffen may be loaned out for experience after doubts crept in about whether he was ready to come in when top-choice Ederson was missing.
Manchester City are lining up a shock move to sign Watford keeper Ben FosterCredit: Getty
Those questions were raised before Steffen’s error in the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea, which cost his club a chance of the Quadruple.
The 26-year-old had previously prompted doubts about his consistency and maturity, so the search for another keeper was already up and running.
It is a hard vacancy to fill as most keepers want regular first-team action.
City may go for an experienced option who is happy to wait for his turn.
Watford veteran Ben Foster, 38, fits the bill but may take some persuading to move just to sit on the bench.

Foster has played 22 times for the Hornets this season as they sealed their return to the Premier League on Saturday.
Scott Carson, 35, is the club’s current third-choice stopper but will return to Derby at the end of the campaign.
The net is being spread wide, with an ability to be comfortable with the ball on the ground also a requirement.
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IN my early days at West Ham, there was one game everyone wanted to play in.Obviously we dreamed of playing in the FA Cup final, a title decider, or in front of a packed Upton Park against Manchester United, Spurs or the like.
Harry Redknapp, front row second from left, says West Ham players used to love playing an amateur team from Essex for free shoes and thinks money has changed the modern gameCredit: Mirrorpix
Redknapp reckons money has changed football and claims the European Super League has proven thatCredit: Rex
But the one we looked forward to almost as much was a pre-season match against a side from the Essex Business League.
The Bata Shoes factory team had a beautiful pitch and each year we’d play them in a warm-up game… and get a pair of brown and a pair of black each.
Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, the whole lot, they all wanted to play because we knew we’d get new shoes out of it.
Anyone who was injured would be saying, “Harry, see if you can get me a pair of size nines, slip-ons if you can, mate.”
It was a real big thing, one of our biggest games of the year!
Don’t forget, that the lads who won the World Cup only got £1,000 each – but it was a different world.
It was nothing like now, when some blokes are picking up £100,000 a week and can barely tie their own laces.
Then at Christmas, we’d get a 10lb chicken ­- not a turkey – off West Ham and we’d be delighted with it.
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Back then, the clubs were owned by local businessmen. When I played, the chairman owned a wood yard 200 yards up the road from the stadium.
It was Reg Pratt, the Cearns family or Terry Brown – West Ham fans who’d grown up supporting the club.
These days, West Ham’s David Sullivan and David Gold, plus Tony Bloom at Brighton, are probably the only ones in that category.
The rest are nearly all foreign businessmen with no real affection for the club, no love for the place ­- it’s just all about money.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves. And if a breakaway meant the chance to make millions from Asian or Far East TV rights, then so what?
They think about their club, their investment, and nothing else. Not the fans, not other clubs, just pound signs.
That’s why, when the 14 who weren’t invited to the proposed Super League were all kicking off, I had a little smile.
If any of them had been asked, I’m sure they’d have jumped at it.
If anyone said, ‘Hang on a minute, Man City are out, we’re looking for someone else,’ they’d have all had their hands up.
So while the ESL may have fallen apart because of the fans, there will always be something, it will always be about the bottom line.

Remember a couple of years ago there was talk of playing one game abroad.
Then it would have been two, then five, then half a season in China, America, all over the place.
It’s all about owners seeing their investment getting bigger. I’ve been there, I’ve seen it. The fans don’t come into the equation for them.
So while people are saying they want to get rid of John Henry, the Glazers or whoever, the days when someone like Blackburn’s Jack Walker would come in are long gone.
You need to be a billionaire, not a millionaire, to own a club – and the majority of them are foreign.
I heard Jamie Carragher speaking so passionately, saying Henry shouldn’t be allowed back at Liverpool, but even if someone else bought it, it’d be as a business not because they care.
Look at Bury when they were going under. There are Premier League clubs in the area who could have helped out, it would have cost them next to nothing, but no one came forward.
There is no interest in anyone but themselves. That’s every owner, especially at that level – it’s all about their club and nothing else.
Of course, in the end, they are just the custodians, the club will still be there long after they have gone.
But it will only ever be about the balance sheet and the profits – even if it isn’t going to be coming from a breakaway Super League.
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THIERRY HENRY hailed his ‘happiest moment’ as English football unites in a stand against racism and all online abuse.The Prem, EFL and the women’s game will boycott Twitter, Facebook and Instagram over four days next weekend.
The Prem, EFL and the women’s game will boycott Twitter, Facebook and Instagram over four days next weekendCredit: AP
Prem legend Henry has been at the forefront of the fight after removing himself from social media last month
From 3pm on Friday, April 30, through to the end of Bank Holiday Monday on May 3, every club will switch off their social media accounts.
Prem legend Henry has been at the forefront of the fight after removing himself from social media last month.
 He said: “English football coming off social media is a powerful statement. Everything that tries to destroy the beauty and the happiness of our game — we should  fight it.
“This is my happiest moment. Football stands for something. Not only money.
“What happened with the European Super League was about standing up for values — and so is this.”
Championship sides Swansea and Birmingham were involved in week-long social media boycotts earlier this month.
This is my happiest moment. Football stands for something. Not only money.Thierry Henry
A joint statement read: “The FA, Premier League, EFL, FA Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship, PFA, LMA, PGMOL, Kick It Out and the FSA will unite for a social media boycott in response to the ongoing and sustained discriminatory abuse received online by players and many others connected to football.
“The boycott shows English football coming together to emphasise that social media companies must do more to eradicate online hate, while highlighting the importance of educating people in the ongoing fight against discrimination.
“While some progress has been made, we reiterate those requests today in an effort to stem the relentless flow of discriminatory messages and ensure that there are real-life consequences for purveyors of online abuse.
“While football takes a stand, we urge the UK Government to ensure its Online Safety Bill will bring in legislation to make social media companies more accountable.”
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said: “The appalling abuse we are seeing players receive on social media platforms cannot be allowed to continue.
“The Premier League and our clubs stand alongside football in staging this boycott to highlight the urgent need for social media companies to do more in eliminating racial hatred.
🗣 “It’s about time. The Super League got cut off in 48 hours… racism is bigger than the Super League.”🗣 “We care about this club. We’re still fighting for the club.”David McGoldrick reflects on the news of English football’s social media boycott and #SUFC’s win. pic.twitter.com/b5IGKqeejj— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 24, 2021

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters hit out at ‘appalling abuse’Credit: Getty

“We will not stop challenging social media companies and want to see significant improvements in their policies and processes to tackle online discriminatory abuse on their platforms.”
Sanjay Bhandari, Kick It Out Chair, added: “Social media is now sadly a regular vessel for toxic abuse.
“This boycott signifies our  anger at the damage this causes to the people who play, watch and work in the game.”
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