Tottenham Hotspur sack Tim Sherwood

Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood has parted company with the London club chairman Daniel Levy has announced.

“We appointed Tim mid-season as someone who knew both the players and the club. We agreed an 18-month contract with a break clause at the end of the season and we have now exercised that option.

“Since appointing Tim as assistant first team coach in 2008 and then as technical co-ordinator in 2010 and head of football development in 2012, we have been supportive of him during football management changes throughout that period.

“On behalf of the club, I should like to state our thanks for all his efforts during his years with us. We wish him great success in his managerial career.

“Moving forward, now the season is over, we shall embark on the process of finding a new head coach. We have a talented squad and exciting young players coming through. We need to build on this season, develop our potential and inspire the kind of performances that we associate with our great club.”

Having never managed at the top level before, Sherwood was initially installed as interim replacement for Villas-Boas, with a Capital One Cup exit to local rivals West Ham his first game in charge.

A 5-1 home defeat to eventual champions Manchester City and a 4-0 thrashing at Chelsea saw Sherwood question the commitment of a number of his players.

He always claimed the uncertainty over his position was making the job harder and, as the season drew to a close, even his players started suggesting Sherwood’s tenure was coming to an end.

Midfielder Sandro, who had fallen out of favour under Sherwood, told ESPN Brazil he was expecting a new man to be in charge at the start of the new campaign and now he has been proven correct.

Reports surfaced at the end of April that Levy had been in contact with Ajax to enquire about the availability of De Boer, but Southampton boss Pochettino is the favourite to take charge at White Hart Lane, with initial front-runner Van Gaal appearing set to be installed as Manchester United’s new manager.

MANAGERIAL DEPARTURES 2013

July 13 — Kevin MacDonald (Swindon)

September 9 — Greg Abbott (Carlisle)

September 22 — Paolo Di Canio (Sunderland)

September 28 — Nigel Clough (Derby)

October 11 — David Weir (Sheffield United)

October 13 — Martin Allen (Gillingham)

October 14 — Kevin Blackwell (Bury)

October 21 — Tony Mowbray (Middlesbrough)

October 23 — Ian Holloway (Crystal Palace)

October 27 — Chris Kiwomya (Notts County)

November 20 — Brian Laws (Scunthorpe)

November 25 — Guy Whittingham (Portsmouth)

November 27 — Richie Barker (Crawley)

November 28 — Sean O’Driscoll (Bristol City)

November 30 — David Flitcroft (Barnsley)

December 1 — Martin Jol (Fulham), Dave Jones (Sheffield Wednesday)

December 2 — Owen Coyle (Wigan)

December 14 — Steve Clarke (West Brom)

December 16 — Andre Villas-Boas (Tottenham), Gianfranco Zola (Watford)

December 21 — Aidy Boothroyd (Northampton)

December 26 — Steve Lomas (Millwall)

December 27 — Malky Mackay (Cardiff)

2014

January 2 — Alan Knill (Torquay)

January 21 — Paul Ince (Blackpool), Graham Turner (Shrewsbury)

January 26 — Chris Wilder (Oxford)

February 4 — Michael Laudrup (Swansea)

February 14 — Rene Meulensteen (Fulham)

March 11 — Chris Powell (Charlton)

March 24 — Billy Davies (Nottingham Forest)

March 27 — Richie Barker (Portsmouth)

April 6 — Chris Hughton (Norwich)

April 9 — Ronnie Moore (Tranmere)

April 22 — David Moyes (Manchester United)

May 12 — Pepe Mel (West Brom)

May 13 — Tim Sherwood (Tottenham)