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Tottenham refuse to give up on Brendan Rodgers with hope behind the scenes at Spurs that the Leicester boss will change his mind and quit the Foxes to take over from Jose Mourinho at White Hart Lane

Tottenham are not giving up on persuading Brendan Rodgers to take their vacant head coach’s job despite the Leicester boss' public declaration that he doesn’t want the role.

Sportsmail exclusively revealed on Wednesday that Tottenham failed in a fresh move to persuade the Foxes boss to fill the role vacated by Jose Mourinho last week.

Speaking on Wednesday, Rodgers publicly ruled himself out of the running for the Tottenham job.

The Leicester boss publicly ruled himself out of the running for the Spurs job midweek

But it is understood that Spurs are not ready to turn their back on Rodgers, although they have lined up talks with Ajax boss Erik ten Hag, who is emerging as a candidate for the position.