Tottenham Hotspur want Marco Silva from Fulham, with current boss Ange Postecoglou widely expected to leave

Tottenham are looking to appoint Marco Silva from Fulham.Tottenham Hotspur have begun enquiries to hire Marco Silva from Fulham – and they’re not the only ones.

The Lilywhites are enduring a tough season, finding themselves 14th in the Premier League table with just nine games to go.

With just four league wins since the spectacular 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City last autumn, Ange Postecoglou is under significant pressure in the dugout, as the prospect of losing out on European football looks likelier by the week.

A 2-0 loss against Silva’s Whites before the international break highlighted several of the deficiencies of this Tottenham side – and now, chairman Daniel Levy is believed to be looking for a change of head coach.

Tottenham have got the ball rolling on Marco Silva move

Marco Silva, meanwhile – ranked at no.34 in FourFourTwo’s list of the best managers in the world right now – has been a hit since arriving at Fulham in 2021, following stints at Hull City, Watford and Everton.

Spearheaded by 43-goal Aleksandar Mitrovic smashing records in the second tier, Silva led the west Londoners to the Championship title in his first season in charge at Craven Cottage but has arguably been even more impressive in subsequent seasons, adapting to Premier League life without the super Serbian, and then without highly influential no.6, Joao Palhinha.

Such achievements have not gone unnoticed, and Tuttomercatoweb journalist Marco Conterio has claimed that both Spurs and Juventus have enquired about the Portuguese.

“Silva will leave Fulham,” Conterio claimed in a post on X (formerly Twitter), adding that “the Bianconeri have inquired about the situation,” following the sacking of Thiago Motta in Turin.

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FourFourTwo understands, however, that there may well be a complication when hiring the 47-year-old, in the form of compensation.

Silva signed a new contract with Fulham in October 2023 to keep him at the club until the end of the 2025/26 season, meaning that any club interested in luring him will have to pay the remainder of that deal.

Silva is said to earn £4 million a year as Fulham manager – a fee that may be enough to sway Spurs away from hiring him. Postecoglou is said to be on a £5m-a-year deal.

Juventus, meanwhile, didn’t pay anything to bring Motta to the Allianz Stadium, with the former Italy international reaching the end of his Bologna contract before his cross-divisional switch.

Whether or not Silva will be interested in moving across London is another matter.

With Fulham higher in the table and arguably more settled in terms of their squad makeup, there is a case that Tottenham isn’t an attractive enough proposition to leave for right now – and with Silva having realised that the grass isn’t always greener in the past, having moved across the Premier League from Watford to an ill-fated stint at Everton, perhaps experience will see him shun the advances of bigger clubs.

Spurs take on Chelsea this weekend when Premier League action returns.

Liverpool and Everton haven’t moved a player directly between them since Abel Xavier in 2002

Everton boss Moyes and Liverpool manager Slot(Image credit: Getty Images)Liverpool and Everton could be about to come to an agreement on a transfer for the first time in 23 years this summer.

Merseyside is set for plenty of incomings and departures at the end of 2024/25, with both Liverpool and Everton looking at busy windows as they consolidate their respective positions in the Premier League.

Arne Slot will want to build upon his potential title-winning side, while David Moyes will have an idea of how to improve an Everton side that has been founding ailing in recent seasons.

Part of their dealings in the transfer market might be uncharacteristically with each other, however.

Liverpool and Everton could do business for first time since 2002

Not since 2002, when Abel Xavier moved from Everton to Liverpool, has a transfer between the two clubs happened, with Nick Barmby the only other player in the Premier League era to switch directly between the two sides.

In fact, just 29 players in history have completed a move from one side to the other, highlighting just how untrodden the path between Anfield and Goodison has been.

But while Jarrad Branthwaite has been touted as a possible target for Liverpool in the summer, it’s actually Everton who are looking to bring in a Reds youngster as they prepare for life at their new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.

According to the Sun, Everton are interested in signing Ben Doak from Liverpool in the summer, with the young forward having impressed during his loan spell this term at Middlesbrough.

Still only 19, Doak has registered three goals and seven assists in 24 Championship games for Boro, but an injury he sustained at the start of February has seen him miss recent months of football.

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That doesn’t look like a problem for Everton, though, who are linked with a move for the Scottish youngster as they target more direct, attacking players in the summer.

Doak is valued at £11.7m by Transfermarkt, but the report suggests that Liverpool will want at least £25m to consider selling him. Bournemouth and Crystal Palace have both been linked with moves, too.

In FourFourTwo‘s view, that price tag seems especially high for a youngster who hasn’t been the most prolific this season in the second tier of English football, though there is likely a premium for transfers between Everton and Liverpool.

His future could well depend on what happens with Mohamed Salah, too.