‘It was an honour’ – Nuno Espirito Santo reacts to his Tottenham Hotspur return

Despite his side falling to a 3-1 loss on Sunday, Nuno Espirito Santo admitted it was a great feeling to be back at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Nuno lasted just four months in the Spurs hot seat after taking over from Jose Mourinho in the summer of 2021. 

The Portuguese coach’s career was on an upward trajectory at the time after his impressive work at Wolves but his reputation suffered a major setback due to his failure at Tottenham.

Following a successful stint at Al-Ittihad, the 50-year-old returned to the Premier League in December, taking charge at City Ground and he has made Forest into a solid outfit.

Nuno returned to Spurs two and half years after his sacking on Sunday and his side gave a decent account of themselves in the first half. However, they were blown away in the second period after the Lilywhites stepped up a gear, with the home side emerging 3-1 winners.

Nuno Espirito Santo wishes Spurs all the best

When asked what it was like returning to his former stomping ground, Nuno told Football.London: “It’s another game. It was a pleasure to work here at Spurs. It was an honour. Things didn’t work out, didn’t finish well. I keep on going, Spurs keep on going.

“It was special to come here. It’s always special to come to a place where you worked but that doesn’t take away the focus and the focus is on Forest and we have to do much better next week because we’re in a tough fight.”

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Nuno has always been a classy man and the fact that he has been nothing but complimentary of Tottenham since his sacking despite having every reason to feel hard done by, shows the kind of person he is.

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