Ange Postecoglou was employed by Tottenham on Tuesday as the primary Australian manager within the English Premier League as the London membership started its newest reboot after one other turbulent season.
The 57-year-old Postecoglou, who has simply gained a trophy treble with Celtic in Scotland, is the fourth everlasting manager to be employed since Mauricio Pochettino’s departure in 2019, and is tasked with the duty of turning Spurs’ fortunes round after 15 years with out a trophy.
He signed a four-year contract and follows on from Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte, who all had short-lived reigns.
“Ange brings a positive mentality and a fast, attacking style of play,” Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said. “He has a strong track record of developing players and an understanding of the importance of the link from the academy — everything that is important to our club.
“We are excited to have Ange join us as we prepare for the season ahead.”
Success at Celtic
Tottenham will hope Postecoglou can emulate the success he had in his two seasons at Celtic, where he won five trophies — two league titles, the Scottish Cup and two League Cups.
“Of course, we wanted Ange to stay with us at Celtic,” Celtic chief government Michael Nicholson stated, “and whereas there’s actual disappointment that we’re dropping him, he has determined he desires to take a look at a brand new problem, which we respect.”
Born in Greece and raised in Australia, Postecoglou was beforehand coach of Australia and in addition Japanese membership Yokohama F. Marinos. He is a blunt speaker, with his gamers and the media, and has readability in his imaginative and prescient of soccer.
Tottenham within the doldrums
Postecoglou joins Tottenham on the finish of a season through which it did not qualify for Europe for the primary time since 2009.
Tottenham has additionally needed to endure the upheaval of Conte’s departure in March, which was rapidly adopted by the exit of his former assistant Cristian Stellini, who was appointed interim manager till the top of the season.
The group’s type was so poor underneath Stellini that he lasted simply 4 video games — the final a 6-1 rout by Newcastle, which noticed Spurs concede 5 targets inside 21 minutes. Another assistant, Ryan Mason, took over to the top of the marketing campaign.
As effectively as managerial instability, Tottenham has additionally misplaced managing director of soccer Fabio Paratici after he misplaced his attraction towards a 30-month ban for his half in a false accounting scandal involving former membership Juventus.
Levy is underneath strain from supporters to get his newest appointment proper, with the continued trophy drought resulting in rising unrest.
Levy’s change of technique — bringing in confirmed trophy winners in Mourinho and Conte, who’re largely pragmatic, defensive-first coaches — did not work, so he has gone again to his former strategy of hiring a manager who performs extra expansive soccer and promotes youthful gamers.
Keeping Kane
One of Postecoglou’s first jobs at his new membership could also be to attempt to persuade Harry Kane that his future stays at Spurs.
The England striker has one 12 months left on his contract and has been linked with strikes to Manchester United and Real Madrid this summer time.
Kane turned Spurs’ all-time main scorer this season when surpassing membership nice Jimmy Greaves’ report of 266 targets. He additionally set a brand new report for his nation, with 55 targets.
He has scored 213 Premier League targets and is closing in on Alan Shearer’s all-time report of 260.
While his departure might earn Tottenham as a lot as $124 million to reinvest within the group, it will go away a major gap for Postecoglou to attempt to fill.
Postecoglou described his time at Celtic as an “honor.”
“They wanted me to extend my time at Celtic and while I am so respectful and understanding of their position, a new opportunity has been presented to me and it is one which I wanted to explore,” he said.
“Our supporters have been magnificent to me and I thank them for the way they have embraced me during the past two years. My ambition was always to give our fans a team they could be proud of, a team people talked about, and I think we have achieved that.”
High praise
Football Australia triumphantly hailed the move to Tottenham, with chief executive James Johnson saying it was a testament to Posetcoglou’s “enduring determination, skill and vision as a leader” and a “moment of great pride for Australian football.”
It “highlights this present golden age” in Australian soccer, Johnson said, adding his country “has emerged as a new power in global football.”
Postecoglou coached Australia at the 2014 World Cup, the 2015 Asian Cup — which Australia won on home soil — and the 2017 Confederations Cup, before leaving after qualifying the team for the 2018 World Cup.
