Spurs accelerate sporting director hunt with Winstanley and Freedman checked

Tottenham Hotspur
March 2026

Tottenham are intensifying efforts to appoint a new sporting director to end the post-Paratici leadership gap in football operations. Reports say Spurs have run external background checks on candidates including Winstanley and Freedman, but both look difficult, with Winstanley tied to Chelsea long-term and Freedman newly installed in Saudi Arabia.