Nuno Espirito Santo said something about Tottenham Hotspur after being appointed as the new manager of Nottingham Forest.
The Portuguese boss made an unexpected return to the Premier League on Wednesday, just over two years after Tottenham sacked him.
It’s safe to say that Nuno Espirito Santo’s time in north London didn’t exactly go to plan.
Espirito Santo was brought in by Spurs in the summer of 2021 after an exhausting search for Jose Mourinho’s successor.
The former Wolves boss lasted just four months on the Spurs bench and was sacked after a 0-3 defeat to Manchester United in November that year.
Now Nuno has reflected on his time at Wolves and Tottenham, claiming that they simply cannot be compared.
Nuno said something about Tottenham after being appointed as Forest’s new boss
Asked about his time at Tottenham, Nuno admitted that he has no regrets about his time at the club.
“No, I don’t regret it, it happened,” he said. “It was nice to be at Spurs, things didn’t go well, so we move on, but I don’t regret anything.
“Things didn’t work out there in a lot of situations. I was honoured to have had the opportunity to lead Spurs, but maybe it wasn’t the right time to go there.
“Do I have something to prove? In football we have to prove ourselves every day, as coaches, managers and players.
“We need to be constantly under pressure to improve. We can’t compare what we did at Wolves to what happened at Tottenham.
“The way we played at Wolves is the way we didn’t play at Tottenham. Now it’s a new chapter. Forest has nothing in common with Wolves or Spurs.”
Nuno had a brilliant spell at Wolves, taking them to the Premier League and then securing them European football.
But he was not exactly favourite for the role at Spurs and the odds were stacked against him even before Tottenham kicked a ball during his tenure.
Nevertheless, he started extremely well, scoring three wins in his first three league games and winning the manager of the month award.
But then things unravelled quickly and defeats against Chelsea, Arsenal and Man United spelled the end of his era in North London.