Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Tottenham Hotspur after 17 months in charge, leaving the club seventh in the Premier League.
It is also understood that the club have agreed a severance package in the region of £15million with the Portuguese.
Spurs announced the move with a short statement on Monday morning.
“The club can today announce that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have been relieved of their duties,” it read.
Chairman Daniel Levy added:
“Jose and his coaching staff have been with us through some of our most challenging times as a club. Jose is a true professional who showed enormous resilience during the pandemic.
“On a personal level I have enjoyed working with him and regret that things have not worked out as we both had envisaged.
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“He will always be welcome here and we should like to thank him and his coaching staff for their contribution.”
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