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title: "Tottenham: Graham Roberts makes Brendan Rodgers claim"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-spurs-graham-roberts-nuno-espirito-santo-brendan-rodgers-graham-roberts/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Features"
published: "2021-11-01T17:15:09Z"
modified: "2021-11-01T17:15:09Z"
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# Tottenham: Graham Roberts makes Brendan Rodgers claim

**According to Graham Roberts, Tottenham Hotspur could make a move for Brendan Rodgers, believing that would be high up on Spurs’ wish list to replace Nuno Espirito Santo as manager.**

### **The Lowdown: Nuno Espirito Santo sacked**

After just four months in charge, Nuno was sacked as the club’s manager on Monday morning after Spurs lost five of their previous seven Premier League matches ([Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/tottenham-hotspur-results)).

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### **The Latest: Roberts suggests Rodgers**

Speaking to [Give Me Sport](https://www.givemesport.com/1777883-next-tottenham-manager-antonio-conte-alternative-named-for-spurs-job), Roberts stated his belief that the north London club would have Rodgers high up on their list to become the new manager. The [former Tottenham player](https://footballpink.net/graham-roberts-a-career-mired-in-controversy/) said:

> *“Yeah, I think they would go for him. I think Rodgers, Pochettino, but I would think Rodgers would be in the top two at least.”*

### **The Verdict: Rodgers has pedigree**

Currently at Leicester City, Rodgers has proven himself consistently in recent years. He led Liverpool [to the brink of](https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27367934) the Premier League title in 2014 before going on to win [a number of trophies](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/brendan-rodgers/erfolge/trainer/1366) at Celtic. With Leicester, he has [twice](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57132108) been just a few points away from Champions League football, while he also helped the Foxes win the [FA Cup](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/brendan-rodgers/erfolge/trainer/1366) last season.

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Whether he would now make the move to Spurs is another question. Leicester are currently in a better place than Tottenham – they have had more success in recent seasons and continue to look up rather than down. Rodgers would be a very good choice, but he could be unattainable for Daniel Levy and co.

***In other news, [Tottenham want to sign this centre-back](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-spurs-harry-souttar-nuno-espirito-santo-premier-league-stoke-city/)***