Tottenham assistant coach Ryan Mason is in line to become the new manager at Belgian giants Anderlecht.

Reports in Belgium say Mason is one of the club’s leading names to succeed Brian Riemer after Dutchman Mark van Bommel dropped out of the running.

Ryan Mason could finally be set for his first managerial roleGetty

Mason, who had had a stint as interim Tottenham head coach in 2021 following the dismissal of Jose Mourinho, could be set to land his first managerial role, six-and-a-half years after hanging up his boots.

He became the youngest manager to take charge of a Premier League game aged just 29 and led Spurs to a seventh-placed finish in the 2021/22 campaign.

Anderlecht are currently fourth in the Belgian league but parted ways with Dutch boss Reimer last month.

The move would see Mason become the second former Tottenham midfielder to manage in Belgium following Scott Parker’s ill-fated six-month spell at Club Brugge in 2023.

Mason came through the ranks at the north-London club and made his debut in 2008 before undergoing loan spells at various club’s including Yeovil, Doncaster, Millwall and French club Lorient.

In 2016, he made a £13million switch to Hull City however his career came to a premature end when he suffered a fractured skull in a collision with Chelsea’s Gary Cahill.