Tottenham target André Villas-Boas
Tottenham Hotspur have held direct negotiations with André Villas-Boas and they are poised to offer him the manager's job, The Guardian reported.
Tottenham officials met Villas Boas's agent in London last Friday and Saturday to explain what they were looking for in the successor to Harry Redknapp, who they sacked last Wednesday. But they have since accelerated the process by speaking directly to Villas-Boas.
The 34-year-old Portuguese, who was dismissed by Chelsea in March, was initially unsure whether he was the Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy's first choice for the vacancy. He felt that Levy had other candidates in mind, which was true, with Everton's David Moyes numbering among them. But it has become clear that Villas Boas is the man that Levy wants to lead Tottenham into a new era.