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• Luis Enrique keen on Premier League job but Spurs move unlikely

  Former Spain and Barcelona coach Luis Enrique wants to work in England but has seemingly ruled out replacing Antonio Conte at Tottenham.

  Luis Enrique parted ways with Spain after the 2022 World Cup, which saw La Roja knocked out by Morocco at the last-16 stage.

  He was replaced by Luis de la Fuente, who stepped up from the Under-21s, leaving Luis Enrique back on the market.

  Links to high-profile jobs have been frequent ever since, but the club he appears to have been associated with the most is Spurs, who dismissed Conte on Sunday after a week of intense speculation suggesting his time was over.

  While Luis Enrique was not directly asked about Spurs during his first major interview of the year, he did express a desire to work in the Premier League.

  But the fact he does not expect to be working in England even as early as July suggests the Spurs job would be a non-starter.

  "I would like to go to England to work," he told Radio SER Gijon.

  "But I don't see myself in the Premier League in July because I would like to go to a team there that can do important things, and that is very difficult.

  "I would not go to [just] any Premier League team."

  The 52-year-old has also been among the big names linked with the Brazil job, which Tite vacated following the Selecao's unsuccessful Qatar 2022 campaign.

  Luis Enrique confirmed he has received offers from national teams – Brazil not being one of them – but he seems less interested in returning to the international stage.

  "I don't see myself coaching Brazil," he continued. "Another coach profile fits in there better than mine.

  "They haven't called me. I don't know if my style fits the best with Brazil.

  "I have had offers from national teams, but not from clubs. It would have to be a very important [national] team to take it, although it would be very difficult for me to face Spain. I don't know if I would be ready."

• Wenger named Premier League's most influential manager by Arteta

  Mikel Arteta labelled Arsene Wenger as the most influential manager in Premier League history, after the former Arsenal boss was inducted into the competition's Hall of Fame.

  On Wednesday, Wenger was inducted alongside Alex Ferguson, with the pair becoming the first managers to go into the Hall of Fame after 16 players had already been added.

  Wenger won three Premier League titles – including with the 2003-04 'Invincibles' – and seven FA Cups during his long stint in charge of Arsenal.

  He is renowned for introducing a revolutionary football philosophy, which included a commitment to attacking football.

  "I don't think any other managers have had a more impact," Arteta said.

  "Some managers have brought different ideas, different characters, different competitions. 

  "He opened the Premier League to the world in a different way to other managers. He had a vision that was much wider than any other manager had at the time.

  "England and the Premier League have to be very grateful forever to this man."

  Arteta played under Wenger for five seasons between 2011 and 2016, before becoming Arsenal boss himself in 2019.

  After winning the 2020 FA Cup, Arteta has the Gunners leading the Premier League by eight points with 10 games to go.

  On track for Arsenal’s first title in 19 years, Arteta has credited Wenger for helping him as a player and then in the next step of his career.

  "I had a dream to play for this club and that was because of the way Arsenal played," added Arteta.

  "It was so attractive. I had a phenomenal time with him. He pushed me as well at the end of my career to become a coach.

  "We had a conversation and I asked him what he would do in my position because I had doubts in my career over whether I wanted to continue my journey as a coach.

  "He helped me at the club and at the academy to do my badges and again, he was an inspiration."

• Tottenham chief Paratici faces uncertain future after ban extended worldwide by FIFA

  Tottenham managing director of football Fabio Paratici's future at the club has been cast into doubt after his ban by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) was extended worldwide by FIFA.

  Paratici was one of 11 individuals connected with Juventus who were issued with bans by the FIGC in January after the club was found guilty of false accounting in relation to transfer dealings.

  Juventus were also docked 15 points as part of the punishment.

  Paratici and Juventus denied any wrongdoing, with an appeal against the initial sanctions imposed by the FIGC to be heard by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on April 19.

  Despite his 30-month ban, Spurs director Paratici was able to continue his role with the Premier League club because the suspension only applied to Italian Football. 

  However, FIFA confirmed on Wednesday the bans handed out by the FIGC have been extended worldwide, meaning Paratici will be unable to fulfil his duties at Spurs unless his appeal is successful. 

  A widely reported FIFA statement read: "FIFA can confirm that following a request by the FIGC, the chairperson of the FIFA disciplinary committee has decided to extend the sanctions imposed by the FIGC on several football officials to have worldwide effect."

  The news comes just three days after the sacking of Spurs head coach Antonio Conte, with the Italian leaving after 17 months in charge. 

  Paratici, who would have likely played an important in appointing Conte’s replacement, appeared in a video on Tuesday outlining Spurs' plans for the rest of the season and describing the decision to fire the former Inter and Chelsea coach as "the right decision."