Former Tottenham Hotspur chief football officer Scott Munn has revealed where things are going wrong behind the scenes at the North London club.
There have been sweeping changes in Tottenham’s leadership structure since last summer, with the headline act being the removal of Daniel Levy as the Spurs chairman after 24 years at the helm.
Additionally, chief football officer, Scott Munn, was also let go by Spurs after two years in the role.
Munn has since joined as the new head of soccer operations and growth at Italian side Parma, and he has some very interesting things to say about his former club.
Scott Munn points the finger at Tottenham’s culture and mentality
Munn worked for the City Group ahead of his move to Spurs, and he has revealed that there was a big difference in culture at both institutions.
He suggested that there was not the same ruthless push to win coming from the ownership at Tottenham as there was at his previous organisation.
When asked if Thomas Frank’s sacking suggests deeper problems at Spurs, Munn told Football 360: “History shows it has been 17 managers in 20 years or something – for me it’s about actions along with the results. If you are with a club and you don’t win anything, then that’s a pretty important measure.
“I remember a CFG board meeting, and we (Manchester City) had finished second in the Premier League the year before. The Chairman – Khaldoon Al-Mubarak – started the meeting by saying that wasn’t acceptable!
“That was instilled in everything we did in the club. I didn’t have that same feeling at Spurs. At that level, the margin for error is so small that culture and mentality can be the difference between three points on a Saturday.”
Munn reveals two significant moments from his Spurs tenure
The Australian recalled one positive moment and one negative from his two-year spell with Tottenham.
The latter involved Spurs fans wanting their side to lose against Manchester City two seasons ago in order to stop their North London rivals from winning the title.
The Australian added: “There were two significant games for me at Spurs – one was against Chelsea, when we went down to nine men and we kept chasing the game, (goalkeeper Guglielmo) Vicario was on the halfway line acting as a sweeper. Even though we ended up losing the game, we felt that was how we wanted to play.
“The second one was the Manchester City game – the sentiment from the fans, indicating that they’d prefer to lose the game to ensure Arsenal didn’t win the league. I couldn’t get that in my head. I got the fan rivalry – but when you work in football and don’t want to win, I can’t understand that.”