{"id":46513,"date":"2026-03-31T21:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=46513"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:56:52","slug":"delighted-to-join-this-fantastic-club-roberto-de-zerbi-after-joining-tottenham-as-new-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/delighted-to-join-this-fantastic-club-roberto-de-zerbi-after-joining-tottenham-as-new-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDelighted to Join This Fantastic Club\u201d: Roberto De Zerbi after joining Tottenham as new head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"537\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Roberto De Zerbi<\/span><\/span> has officially been appointed as the new head coach of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/span><\/span>, signing a long-term contract that will keep him at the club until June 2031. The announcement marks a significant step in Tottenham\u2019s long-term vision to rebuild and compete at the highest level of English and European football.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"2eijw7\" data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"592\">De Zerbi Expresses Excitement Over Tottenham Role<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"712\">Speaking after his appointment, De Zerbi expressed his enthusiasm about joining one of football\u2019s most historic clubs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"846\">\u201cI am delighted to be joining this fantastic football club, which is one of the biggest and most prestigious in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"1024\">The Italian coach, widely respected for his progressive and attacking football philosophy, emphasised that the club\u2019s long-term ambition played a decisive role in his decision.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1381\">\u201cIn all my discussions with the Club\u2019s leadership, their ambition for the future has been clear \u2013 to build a team capable of reaching great achievements, and to do that playing a style of football that excites and inspires our supporters. I am here because I believe in that ambition and have signed a long-term contract to give everything to deliver it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"ijq9s4\" data-start=\"1383\" data-end=\"1431\">Clear Vision: Climb the Premier League Table<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1608\">De Zerbi also outlined his immediate priorities, making it clear that improving Tottenham\u2019s standing in the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Premier League<\/span><\/span> will be his short-term focus.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1610\" data-end=\"1772\">\u201cOur short-term priority is to climb the Premier League table, which will be the complete focus until the final whistle of the last game of the season,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1774\" data-end=\"1880\">\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting out on the training pitch and working with these players to achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberto De Zerbi has officially been appointed as the new head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, signing a long-term contract that\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":46273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3577],"class_list":["post-46513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-roberto-de-zerbi"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46514,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46513\/revisions\/46514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}