After a major announcement on Tuesday afternoon, with AS Roma officially appointing ex-Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho for the 2021/2022 season, journalist Dan Kilpatrick has reacted on social media whilst claiming it is 'potentially good news for Spurs' (Twitter).

Journalist reacts as 'potentially good news for Spurs' emerges

Mourinho, who was sacked by the Lilywhites last month after nearly a year and a half in the job, was then placed on gardening leave and the club could have been forced to keep on paying his reported £10.5 million-per-year salary for up to 18 months (football.london).

However, in an announcement which could greatly benefit Tottenham financially, AS Roma have announced that they have hired Mourinho for the 2021/2022 campaign - with the Portuguese' time on gardening leave now set to be short.

Journalist Kilpatrick, of the Evening Standard, was stunned by the promptness of the appointment and also believes this comes as a boost for Spurs - writing an emphatic message on Twitter in reaction to the major news.

"Wow – Jose wasting no time getting back in work," he explained.

"And potentially good news for Spurs in terms of a payoff."

Transfer Tavern take

In uncertain times, chairman Daniel Levy and the club will be grateful for any financial break given the toll caused by coronavirus over this past year.

Spurs announced an 'irrecoverable' £63.9 million loss late last year (Evening Standard) and still haven't found a lucrative deal for the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium naming rights - with chief commercial officer Todd Kline understood to be working behind the scenes (football.london).

Tottenham will apparently only have to keep paying Mourinho's full salary until he starts the job at Roma this summer, and it certainly comes as a boost given his wages would have been a considerable drain on the club's kitty until next summer.

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