Spurs New Manager: 10 Replacements For Tim Sherwood

9. Gus Poyet

Gus Poyet recently performed the impossible by keeping Sunderland in the Premier League when they looked all but dead and buried with a difficult run of games ahead of them. Wins at both Old trafford and Stamford Bridge and a draw at Manchester City helped Sunderland to become only the second team in Premier League history to avoid relegation having been bottom of the table at Christmas. This impressive achievement combined with Poyet's history with Spurs - he played for the club between 2001 and 2004 - and his exciting style of football means he will inevitably linked with a return to White Hart Lane. He's well liked at Spurs, and the fans would surely give him a chance given that he is a popular figure on the white side of North London, but it is unlikely that he'd be considered a big enough name by the Chairman in his search for Tim Sherwood's replacement. Maybe in a few years, Gus.