Daniel Levy reportedly went back in for Brendan Rodgers before appointing Jose Mourinho

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Tottenham targeted Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers before appointing Jose Mourinho, according to a report by the Daily Mail.

They claim that Mauricio Pochettino’s departure was in the post for more than a month and Daniel Levy made a play for the former Liverpool boss before settling for Mourinho.

And former Spurs chief Harry Redknapp says that Levy targeted Rodgers when he was sacked in 2012, but the Northern Irishman clearly knocked the club back on that occasion too.

As per the Daily Mail, Redknapp said: “When I was getting fired, I heard a few days before because I was told by two very well known football agents that they were talking to Carlo Ancelotti and Brendan Rodgers at the time.”

TBR’s View – Lurching from Rodgers to Mourinho suggests a lack of joined-up thinking

Rodgers and Mourinho might have worked together at Chelsea in the mid-2000s, but what they offer as managers is completely different.

The Leicester man would have brought swaggering football as well as a lot of positivity about uplifting the club, but not the hard-nosed desire to win trophies Mourinho has.

Rodgers would likely have been a more long-term option, leaving the club in better health than he found it. To go from that as your first choice to Mourinho suggests Levy has not got a clear idea in his mind of what he wants.