One of Tottenham’s assistants is hopping across the pond.
According to Tom Bogert writing for The Athletic (£), MLS club Colorado Rapids are expected to name Tottenham Hotspur assistant coach Matt Wells to be the club’s new manager, replacing the departed Chris Armas. The announcement is expected to be formally made shortly.
A product of Tottenham’s youth academy, Wells never made his senior football debut due to a string of injuries and retired from playing, but immediately went into coaching, and is now considered one of England’s top up-and-coming assistant coaches. He has worked as an assistant coach for Spurs’ U18s under the late Ugo Ehiogu before leaving for Fulham to join Scott Parker’s staff, eventually working his way up to Assistant Head Coach under Parker. Wells returned to Spurs as one of Ange Postecoglou’s top assistants in 2024 and was one of the few Ange coaches to stay at the club, though he moved from senior assistant to just assistant coach under Thomas Frank.
At just 37, Wells will be one of the younger managers in MLS, but it would be a very good opportunity for him. With time I’m sure he’d have had the chance to manage a Championship or League One side in England, but at the Rapids he’ll take over a club that only just missed the MLS playoffs this past season. It’s a pretty good gig.
Spurs have remained silent on the matter, as have the Rapids, so we don’t know if Tottenham will make an appointment of their own to replace Wells, but I’d expect this move to be officially-official before too long. And then we go from there.
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