Carlton Palmer has told Football FanCast that he thought Nuno Espirito Santo was nailed on to become the Tottenham manager following his shock departure from Wolves last week.

Just 48 hours before the Premier League season finished, the Portuguese made a surprise announcement that he'll be leaving the Midlands outfit after four years.

Santo was then almost immediately backed into the favourite for the Spurs job, although Alasdair Gold confirmed that he's not a candidate to replace his compatriot, Jose Mourinho.

Countless names have been linked with the vacancy in N17, with the likes of Roberto Martinez, Antonio Conte and even Mauricio Pochettino all being reportedly considered, although it doesn't appear that Spurs are any closer to naming Mourinho's successor.

But one man it won't be is Santo despite taking Wolves from the Championship to the top-seven in the Premier League and then quarter finals of the Europa League, much to the confusion of Palmer.

He told Football FanCast:

"I am still quite bemused as to why Nuno left Wolves. Why has he stepped down? There's no reasons why he stepped down, I thought he 100 per cent stepped down because he was in with a shout for the Spurs job.

"But there will be a lot of people linked with the Spurs situation, and anybody will be honoured to be linked with Spurs, it's a massive club."