On 19 April 2021, it was announced that Tottenham Hotspur head coach José Mourinho had been sacked and replaced by former Tottenham player Ryan Mason as an interim manager until the end of the season, the youngest manager ever to manage in the EFL Cup Final at the age of 29 years old. Mason had played in Spurs' last League Cup final in 2015, which they lost 2–0 to Chelsea.