Jamie Carragher names current Premier League boss destined to manage Tottenham

Thomas Frank is feeling the heat at Tottenham after Spurs lost 2-1 at home to Fulham on Saturday evening in the Premier League

Jamie Carragher has claimed he could envisage Fulham boss Marco Silva managing Tottenham in the future.

The Sky Sports pundit was discussing the Portuguese tactician, who was actually linked with the Spurs job last season.

When Ange Postecoglou was struggling to get Tottenham firing in the Premier League, Silva was earmarked as a possible replacement for the Aussie alongside Andoni Iraola and Thomas Frank.

Carragher told The Overlap after Silva executed a 2-1 win over Spurs last weekend: “I actually think he was the one manager Everton should have stuck with.

“You know when Everton kept sort of changing manager with [Farhad] Moshiri and the owner, he was the one I sort of liked.

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“I’ve always seen Silva at almost Tottenham, I’m not saying Tottenham as in change Thomas Frank put Marco Silva in.

“The point I’m trying to make is to not quite go from Fulham to like you know a Liverpool or Manchester City you think going to sort of compete for the league but sort of that sort of level just belong with it trying to get you know Champions League maybe, you know Aston Villa, that type of team that would almost be the next step for him in the Premier League. I think he probably deserves one of those jobs.”

Silva is out of contract at the end of the season and so far, he is yet to commit to extending his stay in west London.

Fulham are determined to keep the former Hull, Watford and Everton boss but he is unlikely to be short of interest given what he has achieved at Craven Cottage.

Frank’s job is safe for now but the situation could worsen when Spurs travel to Newcastle on Tuesday evening.

Ahead of the trip to St James’ Park, Frank was asked whether he was confident he’d get time from the Tottenham hierarchy.

He said: “I’m very confident. I think the ownership – of course, I’m just starting to know them – but it seems like they’re good guys, intelligent people. They know how to run businesses, and learning about football, learning more now that they’ve become owners.

“I think when we’re dealing with intelligent people, they can see every successful dynasty, every successful club has taken time. Yeah, you have one where you maybe win one year or the second year, but you can’t sustain it if you don’t build something sustainable. It’s impossible.”