Daniel Levy is in no hurry to axe Jose Mourinho, with the Tottenham chief deciding not to insert a break clause when he hired the Portuguese manager.
Spurs' 3-0 defeat by Manchester City over the weekend was a fourth loss in five Premier League games, during which time Tottenham have also been knocked out of the FA Cup by Everton.
In the middle of December Mourinho's men were top of the table, yet a run of two wins from the following nine games has seen them slip to a staggering 17 points off leaders City.
Not only has any title challenge crumbled away, they are not certainties in a top-four race that is still wide open, which has piled the pressure on the manager.
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