He wears make-up to press conferences, idolises John Terry, arrives to training on his skateboard and leaves on his motorbike. And though Julian Nagelsmann was sacked by Bayern Munich on his day off while skiing in the Alps on Thursday and was replaced by Thomas Tuchel, he could be in at Tottenham by the end of the week to take over from Antonio Conte if he really wants an abrupt career change with no break to digest the manic nature of the past week.
The availability of the vegetarian 35-year-old, the go-to coach for Gen X hipsters everywhere, has fallen into Spurs chairman Daniel Levy’s lap.