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Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho is still hoping to appoint Luis Campos as the club’s Sporting Director, per The Guardian.

What’s the word?

Mourinho raided Lille’s technical staff after his appointment as the club’s manager, recruiting Joao Sacramento as his assistant and Nuno Santos as his goalkeeper coach.

And the report now states that the Portuguese remains hopeful of bringing in Campos, who is also of interest to Manchester United and Chelsea.

The 55-year-old is currently the Sporting Director of the Ligue 1 club and has a remarkable track record of bringing in exceptional talent.

He has signed such players as Fabinho, Bernardo Silva and Nicolas Pepe, now at Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal respectively, before their respective breakthroughs.

The report states that he is set to consider his options in the summer.

A necessity

Spurs need someone to head recruitment.

Reports suggested that Mauricio Pochettino and chairman Daniel Levy routinely disagreed over their transfer strategy, which was often characterised by indecision.

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Bringing Campos in would solve that problem at a stroke and also show Spurs genuinely mean business.

After all, he is something of a guru when it comes to transfers and could not only turn Spurs a profit but also bring in some stars who are first-team ready.

Mourinho will have to hope that this deal gets done as it could be vital to the club’s summer of recruitment, his first as the club’s manager.

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