Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho as the club’s new manager.

Spurs sacked Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday night, and named Mourinho as his successor less than 12 hours later.

The appointment was swift following Pochettino’s departure, but reports are suggesting that Mourinho was not the north London outfit’s first choice.

According to the Daily Mail, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy made an enquiry to Leicester City over manager Brendan Rodgers.

They claim that Rodgers was Spurs’ first choice to replace Pochettino, but add that prizing the Northern Irishman away from the King Power Stadium would be “impossible”.

It is also being reported that Mourinho’s eagerness to take on the Spurs job made the process much more straightforward than trying convince Leicester to part with Rodgers.

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Mourinho’s first game in charge as Tottenham boss is away to West Ham on Saturday, while Leicester are due to travel to north London to take on Spurs in May in their penultimate league fixture.

Rodgers replaced Claude Puel in the King Power dugout in February, and the club are currently in second place in the Premier League table in his first full season in charge.