Peterborough Director of Football Barry Fry believes that Tottenham are so hungry for success that incoming manager Paulo Fonseca could be sacked by January, with Football London’s Alasdair Gold claiming he is moving closer to being appointed.

The former Roma manager is on the verge of ending Spurs’ near two month wait to replace Jose Mourinho, who was sacked ahead of the Carabao Cup final back in April.

Having failed to appoint either Julian Nagelsmann or Antonio Conte, whilst Daniel Levy couldn’t convince Mauricio Pochettino to return, meaning Fonseca might be seen as an underwhelming appointment.

Remarkably, he was sacked and recently replaced by Mourinho in the Italian capital having been unable to guide Roma back into the Champions League.

In fact, their seventh-place finish under Fonseca was their worst for nine seasons, although just like Tottenham, they managed to qualify for the inaugural UEFA Conference League late in their final game.

Fonseca hasn’t yet been officially unveiled as the new Tottenham manager, but Fry believes that he could come under pressure very quickly should he struggle for results early on.

He exclusively told Football FanCast:

“If they sell Harry Kane, that is a three, four, five-year job. Will they have the patience to give the job to somebody for three, four or five years.

“If he’s a failure in the first six months, he’ll be gone by January.”