{"id":3164,"date":"2026-03-30T18:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3164"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:35:06","slug":"man-utd-legend-rio-ferdinand-sends-message-to-roberto-de-zerbi-over-tottenham-job-offer-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3164","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd legend Rio Ferdinand sends message to Roberto De Zerbi over Tottenham job offer | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2152076089.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27771244\" alt=\"Real Madrid v FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen: Semi-final Second Leg - UEFA Champions League 2023\/24\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Roberto De Zerbi should consider his options before taking charge of Spurs, says Rio Ferdinand (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand says he would turn down Tottenham if he was in Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s position, warning the Italian about the club\u2019s apparent lack of ambition and refusal to \u2018spend like a big team\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi has emerged as the clear frontrunner to pick up the pieces following Igor Tudor\u2019s dismissal just 44 days into his disastrous reign in north London.<\/p>\n<p>Relegation-threatened Spurs are keen for De Zerbi to take over on a permanent basis and the former Brighton head coach has reportedly been offered a five-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sky Sports, talks are progressing at a pace and the 46-year-old is open to the prospect of taking charge despite previously underlining his preference to wait until the summer to consider his options after leaving Marseille.<\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi had been among the leading candidates to manage Tottenham after Ange Postecoglou\u2019s departure at end of the last season, only for Thomas Frank to take over the reins.<\/p>\n<p>The Europa League holders are hovering just one point above the relegation zone following a dismal 3-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest before the international break.<\/p>\n<p>Club bosses are determined to tie down a new manager before the side return to Premier League action away to Sunderland on April 12.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tYour football fix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p><strong>Metro<\/strong>&#8216;s Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week&#8217;s biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up here, it&#8217;s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2148581231.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27771251\" alt=\"Burnley FC v Brighton &amp; Hove Albion - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>De Zerbi is in advanced talks to take charge at Tottenham (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2262981420.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27771258\" alt=\"Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Tudor was dismissed after only 44 days at the helm (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Imagine going into a club like Spurs with the stadium, the training ground\u2026 imagine the walk-around of the facilities, it\u2019s like the best in class,\u2019 Ferdinand said on his YouTube channel when addressing the messy situation at Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But obviously on the pitch in looks very different.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Listen, at the moment I\u2019d be more worried about the hierarchy, I\u2019d be looking into that. Why has it gone so wrong for so many? Big names, new ones\u2026 why has this place not been able to kick on? <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t understand it because they\u2019ve got it all sitting there\u2026 are they [the hierarchy] going to be a hinderance to me [Tottenham\u2019s next manager] behind the scenes? Are they going to ruin my reputation even more now? What\u2019s the situation here?\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>Though an admirer of De Zerbi, Ferdinand questioned whether taking the Tottenham job would be the right move for the ex-Brighton boss considering the desperate situation the club find themselves in.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve always championed De Zerbi, I think he\u2019s a great manager. He\u2019s a thinking manager, he\u2019s always looking for new, innovative ways to build his teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This might be the perfect time to get him but are Spurs in the right situation for him?\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2259271424.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27771268\" alt=\"Olympique de Marseille v Stade Rennais - French Cup 2025\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>De Zerbi has been out of a job since leaving Marseille by mutual consent last month (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Ferdinand, Tottenham can only be considered a \u2018big club\u2019 if they start spending and recruiting on the same scale as their rivals at the opposite end of the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve got to be honest, I wouldn\u2019t go to Spurs right now,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I just think it is a club that\u2019s in such a bad way and there have been far too many managers that have failed there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s not the only thing because we can look at lots of clubs like that. But they call themselves a big club or wanting to be a big club, they\u2019re bemused when they\u2019re not mentioned in the big club bracket.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2261599672.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27771274\" alt=\"Qatar ExxonMobil Open\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Ferdinand would reject Spurs if he was in De Zerbi\u2019s position (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018But they don\u2019t spend like a big club to attract the biggest players and then they wonder why they\u2019re not in the top echelon of football clubs in that sense, when you look at them on the pitch and their output.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Asked which members of Tottenham\u2019s current squad could thrive under De Zerbi\u2019s management, Ferdinand replied: \u2018I actually couldn\u2019t tell you, I couldn\u2019t tell you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I thought [Micky] van de Ven was going to be a top centre-half. Is it him or is it the lack of stability at the football club or the tactics, the way the team is being set up that\u2019s making him look bad? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2267837612.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27771289\" alt=\"Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Tottenham sit just one point above the drop zone (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I can go through so many players\u2026 I spoke to Carlo Ancelotti when he was the Everton manager and he had Richarlison there and he said this kid would play for a Real Madrid or a team like that, a category A club in Europe at some point. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018He couldn\u2019t be further away from it if he tried right now. Is that down to him [Richarlison] or is that down to the environment that he\u2019s in at Spurs? <\/p>\n<p>\u2018There are far too many players that are underachieving with their quality from what we\u2019ve seen before.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand picked out Xavi Simons as another example of a player who has regressed at Tottenham, saying the Dutchman \u2018looks a shadow of himself\u2019 since arriving in English football.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Look at Xavi Simons at the Euros, he was brilliant for the Netherlands and his club football, he was flying,\u2019 the ex-Manchester United and England defender went on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s gone to Spurs and he looks a shadow of himself, confidence has dropped, the environment is sucking the life out of these players.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018James Maddison has obviously had a lot of injuries but he wasn\u2019t the Maddison of Leicester, pulling up trees and getting them out of situations consistently all the time.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"metro-poll\" id=\"1774891706579-27771049\" data-option1=\"Yes\" data-option2=\"No\" data-url=\"https:\/\/api.metro.co.uk\/polls\/v2\/\" data-track-module=\"poll\">\n<h3 class=\"metro-poll__title\">Should De Zerbi take the Tottenham job?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--sport\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>Sign up to In The Mixer, your guide to the week in football. 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