TOTTENHAM’S Europa League progress is causing problems for West Brom’s bid to land coach Ryan Mason as boss.
Highly-rated , 33, is part of ’s staff and Spurs’ desperate need to win the competition is his priority.
The are willing to wait before deciding on their next manager, but a delay over Mason leaves the door open for other candidates to move into pole position.
last month after getting only five wins in 18 league games, ending their play-off hopes.
The Baggies’ season officially ended on Saturday as the club had to settle for a 9th-placed finish.
The club were four points off the top six despite boasting the fifth-best goal difference in the league.
have one foot in the final after they of their semi-final.
It is likely to be an all-English final against in Bilbao on May 21.
Mason, 33, harbours ambitions to be a manager one day – but also is keen to do the right thing by Tottenham.
The former midfielder had two stints as interim Spurs boss following the exits of in 2021 and then Cristian Stellini, who himself has succeeded , in 2023.
Outside of those brief spells as boss, Mason has worked as an assistant manager, technical coach and head of academy coaching at the North London club.
Ex-England international Mason was forced to retire as a player in 2018 after a sickening head clash with Chelsea’s while playing for Hull a year earlier.
His brief spells in charge of Spurs saw him oversee 13 games, winning six, losing six and drawing once – including a 1-0 defeat to Man City in the 2021 final.
Mason had previously been .
In October 2024, it was reported that he held talks with the Belgian club but ultimately stayed put in North London.
