Regardless of guiding Tottenham Hotspur to Europa League glory simply six days in the past, the way forward for Ange Postecoglou stays very a lot up within the air.
Ordinarily the deliverance of a membership’s first trophy in 17 years wouldn’t carry even a flicker of debate on a supervisor’s job safety, however a torrid Premier League marketing campaign which consisted of twenty-two defeats implies that the Australian doesn’t have that luxurious.
On Tuesday, Alasdair Gold reported for soccer.london that Daniel Levy is unlikely to decide on whether or not to again or sack the 59-year-old this week, with most of Spurs’ employees (together with the supervisor) leaving for his or her post-season holidays after the loss to Brighton on Sunday.
The reporter claims that ‘there stays an opportunity’ of the chairman sustaining religion in Postecoglou after final week’s emotional triumph in Bilbao, and he’s set to take a number of components into consideration when deciding on the way forward for the previous Celtic boss.
Levy is conscious of the prospect of supporter backlash if he fires the Australian, who has the complete backing of the gamers for delivering Europa League glory and for serving to to instil a tight-knit mentality inside the group.
Nevertheless, the chairman gained’t merely disregard Spurs’ dismal home season and can ponder whether or not or not he believes the 59-year-old can enhance the membership in that regard after they’re additionally competing within the Champions League.
Levy dealing with huge name on Postecoglou
There’s no getting away from the humiliation of the north Londoners being the lowest-placed Premier League workforce to not be relegated this season, however the significance of European glory in Bilbao final week can’t be overstated.
Postecoglou put his neck on the road a number of months in the past together with his notorious comment about all the time successful a trophy in his second 12 months in a job, and it’s to his huge credit score that he got here good on that assertion at a membership the place silverware has been briefly provide for a few years.
One other issue which can depend within the Australian’s favour is – the Europa League closing excepting – his dedication in direction of a high-wire fashion of soccer which might usually be too enterprising for his personal good.
Many Spurs followers bemoaned the extreme pragmatism of Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte in earlier campaigns – the present boss may hardly present a starker tactical distinction.
Who may change Postecoglou if Levy pulls the set off?
If ending the trophy drought isn’t sufficient to persuade Levy to maintain Postecoglou within the job, the controversy will then flip to who replaces the 59-year-old, with some insiders score him ’50-50′ as as to if or not he stays.
Thomas Frank is reportedly a number one candidate for the north Londoners, having loved one other terrific season in control of Brentford whereas remaining largely true to an attacking model of soccer.
The opposite burning query is whether or not the Dane would need to go away the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium, an element which may additionally affect the Spurs chairman’s considering as he weighs up the way forward for the present supervisor in N17.
