Fabio Paratici would like Tottenham Hotspur to appoint former Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic as Ange Postecoglou’s successor this summer, journalist Ben Jacobs has revealed.
Spurs’ former director of football is expected to re-join the club after the season and would reportedly favour Terzic’s arrival should Postecoglou get the sack in North London.
The Australian tactician’s future remains unclear amid Tottenham’s disappointing domestic campaign, as they sit 16th in the Premier League with three games to go.
The Lilywhites have won just once in their last nine top-flight games and have never finished outside the top 15 since the league’s inception in the 1992/93 season.
Paratici Wants Edin Terzic’s Arrival at Spurs
Ange Postecoglou’s future remains unclear
Jacobs, speaking on The Done Deal Show, has revealed that Postecoglou’s future at Spurs is unlikely to depend on them winning the Europa League, with a host of Premier League managers and Terzic now on the radar:
“As I reported a few weeks ago, my understanding on Ange Postecoglou isn’t win the Europa League or bust, it’s a case of if Spurs get Champions League that massively changes their summer and their project, but it doesn’t guarantee Postecoglou will stay in a job.
“Andoni Iraola has been high in Tottenham’s thinking, you have Oliver Glasner, Marco Silva and then Edin Terzic may come into the thinking as well.
“It’s possible, not definite yet, but there’s potential that Fabio Paratici will re-join the club, and I think Paratici is inclined to put Terzic forwards.”
Terzic, who remains out of work after departing Dortmund at the end of last season, has been heavily linked with a return to the Premier League this term.
The 42-year-old tactician previously worked at West Ham United as Slaven Bilic’s assistant from August 2015 to November 2017.
Labelled as ‘one of the best young managers in Europe’, Terzic led Dortmund to a Champions League final last season and came close to winning the Bundesliga title in 2022/23.
He is believed to be open to the prospect of coaching in the Premier League, having spent almost his entire post-playing career in Germany.
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