Portuguese sports tabloid Record claims that Marco Silva is ‘very close’ to being confirmed as Tottenham Hotspur’s new manager.

That flies in the face of reports from England and around the rest of Europe that say that Brentford boss Thomas Frank is Spurs’ preferred choice to succeed Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked earlier this afternoon. The Bees are braced for an approach for their Danish head coach, who has worked with Tottenham’s sporting director Johan Lange when both were at Lyngby.

Record cites ‘our own information’ in their report – but David Ornstein, Matt Law and Fabrizio Romano all have Frank as the frontrunner. Silva is highly regarded by the Tottenham board, but Fulham remain confident that he will commit his future to the club by signing a long-term contract at Craven Cottage. The Portuguese head coach has told the press and his players that he will be in charge next season, despite speculation that he has seen him linked to the Spurs job, Juventus and a move to Saudi Arabia.