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Tottenham are 'a bit of a mess', claims Gennaro Gattuso in texts to his former player Lorenzo Insigne... with manager unimpressed in talks over taking Spurs job as Daniel Levy STILL searches for a successor to Jose Mourinho

Gennaro Gattuso found Tottenham to be in a bit of a 'mess' before negotiations between himself and the club broke down, according to Lorenzo Insigne.

The diminutive Italy winger remains a close confidant of Gattuso after working under him at Napoli, and has offered a glimpse of what happened during the recent surprise negotiations.

Spurs had turned to Gattuso after failing to lure the likes of Erik ten Hag, Brendan Rodgers and Antonio Conte to the role.

The north London club were understood to have walked away from discussions with the Italian, but his text messages to Insigne hint that an opening offer was not attractive enough.