Tottenham have decided to abandon their pursuit of Gennaro Gattuso with their nightmare hunt for a successor to Jose Mourinho set to continue.
The club's managerial search took a surprise twist on Thursday when they aborted their attempts to appoint former Roma boss Paulo Fonseca at the last minute and opened talks with Gattuso.
However, Spurs have now ruled the Italian out of the race after holding brief talks with him.
Tottenham have decided to abandon their pursuit of Italian manager Gennaro Gattuso
It looked like Daniel Levy would appoint the Italian but reports claim a move has fallen through
New managing director of football Fabio Paratici is now leading the search for a new manager
Fonseca had agreed to join Spurs and begun discussions with new managing director of football Fabio Paratici about their plans for the squad and the makeup of his coaching staff.