{"id":297403,"date":"2023-12-07T10:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297403"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:26:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:26:31","slug":"tottenham-reject-approach-from-swansea-for-chris-davies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/tottenham-reject-approach-from-swansea-for-chris-davies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham REJECT approach from Swansea for Chris Davies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Tottenham REJECT approach from Swansea for Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s assistant Chris Davies as the Welsh club seek successor to sacked manager Michael Duff<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Championship club Swansea dismissed manager Michael Duff this week<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They have been knocked back in an initial approach for Spurs coach Davies\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s wonderful, but we are baffled and bamboozled by what Big Ange is doing &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tottenham have rejected an approach from Swansea for assistant manager Chris Davies.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea are hunting for a new head coach following the sacking of Michael Duff earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Davies, who is part of Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s back room team, is high on Swansea&#8217;s list of candidates to replace Duff.<\/p>\n<p>But Spurs, who face West Ham\u00a0on Thursday evening, have rebuffed an initial approach from the Swans with regards to Davies.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea fired Duff following a disappointing six months in charge, with the club languishing towards the bottom of the Championship table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/09\/78683891-12836639-image-a-1_1701941899938.jpg\" height=\"566\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham rebuffed an approach from Swansea for their senior assistant coach Chris Davies\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/09\/78575597-12836639-image-a-11_1701942336282.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Swansea sacked first-team manager Michael Duff after a difficult run of form<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/09\/78684501-12836639-image-a-12_1701942832804.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Davies has been working as part of Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s coaching staff at Tottenham\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;d not won in five matches when the decision was made on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Davies, 38, was a contender to take over at Swansea before Duff was appointed back in June.<\/p>\n<p>Instead he joined Spurs to work as Postecoglou&#8217;s No 2, having spent much of his career working with Brendan Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p>He was an analyst when Rodgers&#8217; Swansea side won promotion to the Premier League in 2011 and followed him to Liverpool, Celtic and Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs entertain West Ham in a London derby on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alan Sheehan has taken over as caretaker boss at Swansea, who travel to Rotherham in their next fixture on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12836639\/Tottenham-Swansea-Ange-Postecoglous-assistant-Chris-Davies-Welsh-club-sacked-manager-Michael-Duff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tottenham REJECT approach from Swansea for Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s assistant Chris Davies as the Welsh club seek successor to sacked manager Michael Duff Championship club Swansea <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/tottenham-reject-approach-from-swansea-for-chris-davies\/\" title=\"Tottenham REJECT approach from Swansea for Chris Davies\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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