Tottenham's European health warning and why the Europa League means so much this season to the bookies' favourites, writes MATT BARLOW Spurs will kick off their Europa League campaign on Thurday, taking on Qarabag By Matt Barlow Published: 02:00 BST, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 02:00 BST, 26 September 2024 e-mail View comments To say European football has brought Tottenham managers little to cheer since that exhilarating run to the Champions League final is an understatement. In fact, it has more often become the place to issue their last rites. The seven-goal humbling on home turf by Bayern Munich hastened Mauricio Pochettino 's demise within six months of his finest hour and the dismal 3-0 surrender at Dinamo Zagreb was the beginning of the end for Jose Mourinho .
Nuno Espirito Santo 's brief reign hinged on a miserable defeat at Vitesse Arnhem when he left the first team at home in what turned out to be a presage to a feeble group stage exit in the inaugural Europa Conference League . While Antonio Conte rushed back from gallbladder surgery only to encounter more suffering and discomfort on the touchline against AC Milan as his tenure careered out of control. Ange Postecoglou would be wise to heed the health warnings as he steps into his first Europa League campaign as Spurs boss on Thursday against Qarabag of Azerbaijan.
Tottenham will kick off another European campaign on Thursday when they take on Qarabag They have not had much success since reaching the Champions Leag.