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[spursfan77]

Matt Law and Percy's updated story:

Spoiler: Spoiler

Tottenham Hotspur’s 70-day hunt for a new head coach has finally come to an end with Ange Postecoglou agreeing to become chairman Daniel Levy’s 11th permanent appointment.

Postecoglou, who won a domestic treble in what proved to be his final season in charge of Celtic, has accepted the Spurs job after Julian Nagelsmann dropped out of the running and Arne Slot decided to stay at Feyenoord.

It is believed Postecoglou has agreed a contract that could run for three years and that he has cost Tottenham less than £5million in compensation, with an announcement being prepared.

The biggest issue facing Postecoglou will be whether or not Harry Kane will be part of his squad, with Real Madrid joining Manchester United in the race to try to sign the striker.

Levy is understood to remain determined to keep Kane, who he values at over £100m, but Real are willing to test that resolve after losing Karim Benzema.

Telegraph Sport understands that senior players at Real believe Kane is the best candidate to replace Benzema, with the Spaniards also interested in Chelsea’s Kai Havertz and Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez. A move for both Kane and Havertz has not been ruled out.
Kane has not signed an extension to his contract that will expire at the end of next season and is not expected to do so this summer.
While Spurs do not want to sell Kane, Postecoglou’s arrival is expected to precede a huge attempted clear-out as the club look to re-shape the first-team squad for the 57-year-old.

Tottenham are believed to be willing to let go as many as seven first-team players, led by captain Hugo Llloris and Ivan Perisic, in what could be a big summer of change.

The futures of Davinson Sanchez and Ryan Sessegnon are also in doubt, while Spurs have decided not to sign Arnaut Danjuma, who spent the second half of last season on loan at the club, while Clement Lenglet may be allowed to return to Barcelona. Bids, should they be forthcoming, could also be listened to for Ben Davies or Eric Dier.

Tottenham’s disappointing campaign, in which they finished eighth and missed out on qualification for Europe, is understood to have prompted a will to clear out a number of players this summer.

On top of the first-team players who could be allowed to leave, Spurs will attempt to sell Giovani Lo Celso, Sergio Reguilon and Harry Winks, who spent last season out on loan, but have not made a decision on the future of midfielder Tanguy Ndombele.

Ndombele spent last season on loan at Napoli and made 30 league appearances as the Italian club won the Serie A title and sources have indicated that Postecoglou may wish to take a close look at him before a decision on the 26-year-old’s future is made.

Postecoglou permanently replaces Antonio Conte, who officially left Spurs on March 27, and becomes the latest man to try to end the club’s long trophy drought.

The previous 10 permanent managers hired by Levy have won 62 trophies between them, with only one of those - the 2008 League Cup under Juande Ramos - coming at Tottenham.

Postecoglou’s appointment takes that figure to 76, with the Australian winning 14 trophies in senior management across Celtic, Yokohama Marinos, the Australian national team, Brisbane Roar and South Melbourne.

Note how the prick has to tinge any positivity around the new appointment by mentioning Kane. It should be a separate story, but no.

 

[wadewill]

Amazing, you've got to laugh

"The previous 10 permanent managers hired by Levy have won 62 trophies between them, with only one of those - the 2008 League Cup under Juande Ramos - coming at Tottenham."

 

[worcestersauce]

So two days to complete the deal, doesn't seem too bad does it?

 

[YB123]

So two days to complete the deal, doesn't seem too bad does it?

Spurs official will announce it in 2 weeks.

Good to be back in this thread! Lets get behind the big man!

 

[tommo84]

So two days to complete the deal, doesn't seem too bad does it?

Yep - very pleasantly surprised by how quick this has moved since Saturday evening.

Maybe there are green shoots of competence behind the scenes…

Welcome Ange. Make me enjoy Tottenham Hotspur again please.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

This is not the repeated joke passion video but a really interesting insight into how he prepared for the Celtic job. If you don’t watch it all, watch the first few minutes where he said he likes going into a situation where a team is coming to the end of a cycle and needs a rebuild as he can then imprint his style of play and way of working etc, very similar to the situation he is walking into with us.

Of all the videos this one to me shows exactly why we've gone for him, his character, his ambitions as a Manager, the way he approached rebuilding Celtic, the way he looks at players character almost as a n.o1 thing compared to their ability, his style of play etc.

 

[lobob8]

I've come round to Ange over the last few days, as have most of us. I think if he can have half the impact Harry Redknapp did when I first started watching Spurs we'll all be very happy. Love that old man, that team was "my" Spurs.

Hopefully Kane sticks around and we can surround him with more proper quality and finally see us win something again.

 

[Gassin's finest]

30 seconds into his first game:

 

[tommo84]

Everyone has a right to an opinion on who they would like as our next manager, but I’m not nearly as bothered about who as ‘what’. I don’t want some pragmatic ‘serial winner’ who thinks it’s ok to bore the opposition into submission. I want a manager who believes in attacking football, who isn’t afraid to get stung, and who champions guile and creativity. I want a manager who wants Spurs to be what I want them to be. Give me that and I’ll give that fella plenty of patience and time.

Thought I’d bump the above that I posted 6 or 7 weeks ago. From everything I’ve heard and read it appears I’ve got what I asked for so I’ve no reason to grumble. Now let’s hope Ange is given a decent DoF and the backing to emulate his successes elsewhere.

Up the Spurs!

 

[muppetman]

 

[GMI]

So when do we expect this done? AP said he was going on holiday tomorrow

If he’s holidaying with Alli Gold then it will be Wednesday.

 

[Bobbins]

Spoiler: Talksport

Sorry if posted before. Interesting from Simon Jordan 6 mins 50 secs in. Matterface is a c*** the whole way through though.

This is a man who was lucky enough to find the golden ticket and somehow convince the incredible Natalie Sawyer to marry him, only to lose her in a matter of moments.

Any man who lets that happen is definitely a ****.

 

[lobob8]

Here we go!

 

[Yiddo100]

Tbh it’s going down better than I thought it would’ve with most fans, hopefully everyone can get behind him because there’s some real positives here.

 

[Dunc2610]

The king of the tap in is....tapping it in with a "Here we go" with conditions lol, so no doubt there'll be several more 'here we goes' before its actually announced lol

 

[WiganSpur]

What I will say about Ange is that it's hard to see him leaving the club in a worse state than he found it in, so in some ways i'm coming around to the appointment and I will definitely trust his judgement on who he wants and who he doesn't.

If the price for getting a decent mentality and an identity back is tactical naivety then i'm probably fine with that. Although it's a shame we couldn't get Slot who imo would have ticked all three of those boxes.

 

[TheAmerican]

Don’t England get 5 places in the champions league from next season?

I think we’ll be dark horses for those places under Ange. If Kane stays there’s no reason why we can’t get champions league football with a few key additions.

I really think only having one game a week will help us immensely. We can also hopefully go on a domestic cup run.

A lack of fixture congestion will do us good next season, I think. I'm honestly happy we fell out of the conference league.

 

[cjbyid]

30 seconds into his first game:

Such a simple clip but I like his style

 

[Yid-ol]

Such a simple clip but I like his style

He is going to lose his voice during the first half of our first game with him in charge, he will be going nuts at our midfield

 

[ginola99]

30 seconds into his first game:

Every Tottenham fan for the past four years.