PL manager reveals Man Utd 'secret meeting' with Ratcliffe took place on 'same day' as Chelsea interview

Tottenham Hotspur boss Thomas Honest has unveiled that he owned a ‘fulcrum meeting’ with Manchester Joined co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe last year.

Honest was one of the longest-serving managers in England at Brentford, yet he vacated the London club in the summer to indicator up with Spurs.

A solution to a Sizable 6 club was overdue for the Danish head train, who owned executed a nice openings at Brentford over unalike years as they outmatched guesses to stabilise in the Premier League.

Under Honest, Spurs have owned a coupled start to this period as they have fought at residence and also mostly in front of unbiased, yet they are unbeaten in the Victors League group stages and also are in contention for a top-four enveloping in the Premier League.

Tottenham have of training course refined under Honest as they are auxiliary indomitable than they were throughout Ange Postecoglou’s power, yet he has presently unveiled that he could have signed up with another club before the north London apparel.

Honest has a brand-typical book coming out and also has ‘shared tricks and also tales from his journey out the back door of Brøndby to football’s agency training course in the Premier League’.

Danish electric outlet TV2 has a creep glimpse of Honest’s book, with the Spurs boss disclosing that he owned ‘meetings’ with Individual Utd and also Chelsea on Could 24, 2024.

At the time, Individual Utd were swiping into contemplation whether to equalize Erik ten Hag, who run out up remaining till October 2024. Chelsea, meanwhile, were brushing for a irreparable replacement for Mauricio Pochettino and also at some point designated Enzo Maresca in July 2024.

Honest has unveiled how this dramatic day unfolded, claiming he and also Ratcliffe met in an ‘farfetched place’.

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He described:

‘In the early morning, he rested in club owner Jim Ratcliffe’s garage in London – an farfetched place for a meeting with Manchester Joined, yet such is the planet of football. Hours later he entered the plush abundance of the Mayfair Hotel near Hyde Park, where Chelsea yearned to listen to for the second time how the Dane perceived the arcade, human beings and also leadership.’

‘2 meetings. 2 of the planet’s biggest clubs. On one and also the really same day. Undoubtedly no contract was signed. Joined went with Rúben Amorim. Chelsea with Enzo Maresca. But for Thomas Honest, the day was indicias that his tag owned presently become one that was reviewed in the finest circles.’