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Tottenham have sacked head coach Ange Postecoglou after weeks of uncertainty over the Australian’s future at the Premier League club.

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Former Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon believes Spurs’ silence on Ange Postecoglou’s future indicates that the club are planning to sack the 59-year-old this summer.

Postecoglou guided Spurs to their first trophy in 17 years with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the Europa League final last month.

However, the Australian’s future remains in doubt following Spurs’ woeful Premier League campaign which saw them finish 17th in the table with 22 defeats.

During Spurs’ Europa League trophy parade, Postecoglou indicated that he would be staying on as manager by telling supporters: ‘All the best television series… season three is better than season two.’

However, Lennon feels Spurs’ lack of clarification over Postecoglou’s future suggests a change of manager could happen.

Asked if Spurs need to clarify Postecoglou’s position, Lennon told talkSPORT: ‘One-hundred per cent, and that’s for everyone, everyone to do with the football club and for the players to know where they’re going.

‘And also you’ve seen the other clubs now they’re already spending early, so you need to get in the market.

‘Spurs know they need players, they’ve just got Champions League football, and that’s squad’s not strong enough, it’s not good enough, and the manager needs to be part of that process, so there does need to be clarification soon and fast to whether he’s going to be staying or not.

‘This awkward silence, I don’t know if it’s alarm bells, I don’t like it, I don’t think it looks good for Ange, in my opinion.’

Asked if he would support Spurs’ decision to sack Postecoglou, Lennon replied: ‘It’s a tough one for me. A lot of people have been asking me and I’ve been scratching my head about this one.

‘Because the thing I always take into account is how do I reckon the players are still playing for him, are the players still behind the manager? I do believe that they are.

‘Normally when a manager is getting sacked or he has lost the dressing room you can see that, you can see the way the team’s playing, you can see it in their interviews after.

‘But every player I’ve seen is so buzzing about Ange and they’ve always got so much good to say about him.

‘It’s a difficult one, I wouldn’t be surprised if they got rid of Ange, I wouldn’t be surprised.’

Lennon also insists Spurs will be making a mistake if they keep delaying a decision over Postecoglou and their summer transfer plans.

‘For me, if I was a manager and even for the players, it’s so much better to get the players in early,’ the former England winger said.

‘Get them in that group in pre-season, going on pre-season trips, getting them bonding, especially if they’re coming from different leagues, just to get them settled, their families settled, it’s vital.

‘For me, Spurs’ squad at the minute is not good enough to play Champions League and to play three games a week at the highest level and then to be pushing up the league where they belong. They need to make investments and make them fast.’

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Ange Postecoglou has urged Tottenham to not ‘settle’ for their Europa League success amid uncertainty over his own future at the club.

The 59-year-old guided Spurs to their first trophy in 17 years as his side sealed a 1-0 win over Manchester United in the Europa League final last month.

But Postecoglou’s future was in major doubt before the historic victory in Bilbao due to Spurs’ abysmal form in the Premier League.

A 4-1 loss at home to Brighton on the final day of the season ensured Spurs finished 17th in the Premier League, with only the relegated trio of Southampton, Ipswich Town and Leicester City losing more games.

However, during Spurs’ Europa League trophy parade in front of thousands of fans, Postecoglou gave the clearest indication yet that he would be staying at the clubfor a third campaign as he declared: ‘All the best television series… season three is better than season two.’

Despite his message to supporters, it’s understood that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is still yet to make a final decision over Postecoglou’s future.

When asked what he meant by his message during Spurs’ trophy parade, Postecoglou said on a documentary for Australia’s ABC News: ‘I didn’t want us to just enjoy the moment, but I also wanted us to think about what’s next.

‘Don’t settle for this. We’ve got a taste of it now, my players have got a taste for it, the club has got a taste for it, well, let’s make sure we’re back here again.’

Postecoglou also revealed that figures inside Spurs were also ‘fearing the worst’ ahead of the Europa League final.

‘We’re talking about a club who lost three finals before, in the last 17 years had made eight or nine semi-finals, that’s not a great record in big games,’ Postecoglou said.

‘There were a lot of people around the club, trust me, who were fearing the worst, probably our supporters as well.’

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Ange Postecoglou is keen to stay at Tottenham (Picture: Getty)

Ange Postecoglou is expected to discover this week his Tottenham fate and is at ‘extreme risk’ of being sacked despite ending the club’s trophy drought.

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Ange Postecoglou is keen to stay at Tottenham (Picture: Getty)

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Brighton will give a guard of honour to Tottenham following their victory over Manchester United in the Europa League final this week.

Spurs ended their 17-year wait for a trophy as Brennan Johnson’s goal sealed a historic win for Ange Postecoglou’s side in Bilbao.

The newly crowned Europa League winners host Brighton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday and could end the campaign in 14th place if they win and Manchester United, West Ham and Wolves all fail to pick up three points.

As it stands, Spurs sit 17th in the Premier League but they will receive a guard of honour from Brighton’s players when they walk out onto the pitch for Sunday’s game.

Typically, a guard of honour in a Premier League match is only reserved for the domestic champions and Liverpool have enjoyed that gesture in their games against Chelsea, Arsenal and Brighton this month.

However, Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler believes Spurs’ success in a European competition also needs to be recognised.

‘Like we did against Liverpool, if great clubs achieve great things then it’s always a positive thing and also if English clubs achieve great things in the international cups,’ Hurzeler said.

‘I’m very happy for them. Of course, they deserve it, so we will do it.’

Hurzeler also paid tribute to Postecoglou and says the 59-year-old is a role model.

‘I’m happy for [Postecoglou] because he’s a very good guy. He deserves it,’ Hurzeler said.

‘He has a lot of pressure and how he deals with it, I think he’s a role model for young coaches as well, like me.

‘I’m very happy for him. I know that he worked hard for this and what I really like is that he said already in September after a game against Arsenal [that he wins trophies in his second season].

‘He’s a man who can look into the future and that’s something very impressive.’

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Brighton will give a guard of honour to Tottenham following their victory over Manchester United in the Europa League final this week.

Spurs ended their 17-year wait for a trophy as Brennan Johnson’s goal sealed a historic win for Ange Postecoglou’s side in Bilbao.

The newly crowned Europa League winners host Brighton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday and could end the campaign in 14th place if they win and Manchester United, West Ham and Wolves all fail to pick up three points.

As it stands, Spurs sit 17th in the Premier League but they will receive a guard of honour from Brighton’s players when they walk out onto the pitch for Sunday’s game.

Typically, a guard of honour in a Premier League match is only reserved for the domestic champions and Liverpool have enjoyed that gesture in their games against Chelsea, Arsenal and Brighton this month.

However, Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler believes Spurs’ success in a European competition also needs to be recognised.

‘Like we did against Liverpool, if great clubs achieve great things then it’s always a positive thing and also if English clubs achieve great things in the international cups,’ Hurzeler said.

‘I’m very happy for them. Of course, they deserve it, so we will do it.’

Hurzeler also paid tribute to Postecoglou and says the 59-year-old is a role model.

‘I’m happy for [Postecoglou] because he’s a very good guy. He deserves it,’ Hurzeler said.

‘He has a lot of pressure and how he deals with it, I think he’s a role model for young coaches as well, like me.

‘I’m very happy for him. I know that he worked hard for this and what I really like is that he said already in September after a game against Arsenal [that he wins trophies in his second season].

‘He’s a man who can look into the future and that’s something very impressive.’

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Ange Postecoglou has urged Tottenham’s hierarchy to sign players with ‘experience’ in the summer transfer window.

Spurs head into Sunday’s final Premier League game of the season at home to Brighton on a high following their 1-0 win over Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.

Postecoglou, who has ended Spurs’ 17-year wait for a trophy, admitted after the victory in Bilbao that he sacrificed the team’s Premier League campaign in order to focus on winning the Europa League.

Spurs have been hampered by multiple injuries to key players this season, forcing Postecoglou to heavily rely on 19-year-old duo Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, who were both signed last summer with no Premier League experience.

Postecoglou, who suggested during Spurs’ trophy parade on Friday that he is staying for a third campaign, believes the club now need to add more seasoned players to his squad ahead of their return to the Champions League next term.

‘You learn from every season,’ Postecoglou said ahead of Spurs’ game against Brighton.

‘Looking back at our pre-season last year, I don’t think it was ideal and there were certain things we needed to do differently, and certainly design differently for the coming year, how we get our guys ready for the biggest challenge of Premier League and Champions League football, we know it’s a massive challenge.

‘I think our players will be better equipped. People forget, we signed Dom [Solanke] who has been unbelievable for us but then we signed three teenagers, they weren’t ready for what was ahead. They’ve been unbelievable, obviously Wilson [Odobert] has missed a lot of the season but Lucas and Archie [have been] unbelievable.

‘We signed three teenagers and the start of next year they’re not going to be teenagers, they’re more than ready so we’ll be in a better space straight away.

‘That’s the other lesson learned, I don’t think it would be my sort of direction, you need to now bring in some experience for this group in terms of our recruiting. So that changes, you learn some lessons from that as well.

‘I said all along, I have still felt there has been growth this year and we’ll be much better placed at the beginning of next year to tackle what’s ahead than we were at the start of this one.’

Postecoglou also said he was ‘overwhelmed’ by the thousands of supporters who attended Spurs’ trophy parade on Friday.

‘Come Monday, I won’t have a care in the world, but I assume I’ll have an indication at some point. Only because you know there’s some serious planning to do more than anything else, but I won’t have any problem switching off,’ Postecoglou said.

‘I was overwhelmed by the sea of people and every demographic you can think of. There were grown men crying, women, girls and boys just so ecstatic.

‘When you see the sheer magnitude of the numbers, you realise it is a massive club.

‘I had a sense of that before I joined but I guess even for the club itself, it reaffirms that missing piece of success and what it can do to galvanise a supporter base and really show the size of the club.

‘It’s fair to say it is a massive club and the opportunity now is to make it bigger than ever.’

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Ange Postecoglou has urged Tottenham’s hierarchy to sign players with ‘experience’ in the summer transfer window.

Spurs head into Sunday’s final Premier League game of the season at home to Brighton on a high following their 1-0 win over Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.

Postecoglou, who has ended Spurs’ 17-year wait for a trophy, admitted after the victory in Bilbao that he sacrificed the team’s Premier League campaign in order to focus on winning the Europa League.

Spurs have been hampered by multiple injuries to key players this season, forcing Postecoglou to heavily rely on 19-year-old duo Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, who were both signed last summer with no Premier League experience.

Postecoglou, who suggested during Spurs’ trophy parade on Friday that he is staying for a third campaign, believes the club now need to add more seasoned players to his squad ahead of their return to the Champions League next term.

‘You learn from every season,’ Postecoglou said ahead of Spurs’ game against Brighton.

‘Looking back at our pre-season last year, I don’t think it was ideal and there were certain things we needed to do differently, and certainly design differently for the coming year, how we get our guys ready for the biggest challenge of Premier League and Champions League football, we know it’s a massive challenge.

‘I think our players will be better equipped. People forget, we signed Dom [Solanke] who has been unbelievable for us but then we signed three teenagers, they weren’t ready for what was ahead. They’ve been unbelievable, obviously Wilson [Odobert] has missed a lot of the season but Lucas and Archie [have been] unbelievable.

‘We signed three teenagers and the start of next year they’re not going to be teenagers, they’re more than ready so we’ll be in a better space straight away.

‘That’s the other lesson learned, I don’t think it would be my sort of direction, you need to now bring in some experience for this group in terms of our recruiting. So that changes, you learn some lessons from that as well.

‘I said all along, I have still felt there has been growth this year and we’ll be much better placed at the beginning of next year to tackle what’s ahead than we were at the start of this one.’

Postecoglou also said he was ‘overwhelmed’ by the thousands of supporters who attended Spurs’ trophy parade on Friday.

‘Come Monday, I won’t have a care in the world, but I assume I’ll have an indication at some point. Only because you know there’s some serious planning to do more than anything else, but I won’t have any problem switching off,’ Postecoglou said.

‘I was overwhelmed by the sea of people and every demographic you can think of. There were grown men crying, women, girls and boys just so ecstatic.

‘When you see the sheer magnitude of the numbers, you realise it is a massive club.

‘I had a sense of that before I joined but I guess even for the club itself, it reaffirms that missing piece of success and what it can do to galvanise a supporter base and really show the size of the club.

‘It’s fair to say it is a massive club and the opportunity now is to make it bigger than ever.’

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Ange Postecoglou has given the clearest indication yet that he is staying at Tottenham in his speech during the club’s Europa League trophy parade on Friday night.

Standing in front of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Postecoglou addressed the thousands of fans who had lined the streets to get a glimpse of the players travelling on an open-top bus with the Europa League trophy.

Postecoglou told Spurs supporters: ‘I told them, I told them and they laughed. I told them and they didn’t believe, but here we are.

‘And we’re here because of this unbelieveable group of people, players, staff, absolute heroes, lef by the legend Son Heung-min, Cuti Romero, James Maddison and Guillermo Vicario.

‘All of them are heroes and they did it all for you, because you deserve it, the club deserves it.

‘And I’ll tell you something, I’ll leave you with this… all the best television series, season three is better than season two.’

The Australian’s sign off was greeted with a huge cheer from both the supporters and the Spurs players stood beside him.

Postecoglou’s future was in major doubt before the Europa League final due to Spurs’ abysmal form in the Premier League.

Ahead of the final day of the Premier League season this Sunday, Spurs sit 17th in the table with 38 points from 37 games.

Only the three relegated Premier league sides – Southampton, Ipswich Town and Leicester City – have lost more games than Spurs this term.

But Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is now faced with a huge decision after Postecoglou delivered Spurs’ first trophy in 17 years after his side beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Europa League final on Wednesday evening.

Speaking after the game, Postecoglou admitted that he had sacrificed Spurs’ Premier League campaign from January in order to focus on winning the Europa League, a decision which he claimed was not widely backed by the club’s hierarchy.

‘I think when we got to the end of January – the end of the transfer window and assessed our situation – I made a decision there and then that this was the trophy we were going to go for,’ Postecoglou said.

‘It was at odds with what other people believed at the time we should do and that’s understandable but I really believed we could win this.

‘Everything we’ve done since then, everything we’ve done in training and the teams I’ve selected were making sure that when these games came around that we were in the best possible position to tackle them.

‘That has come at a cost for sure in the league and I have to take responsibility for that, but I just felt the end game of winning something was more important to me and it’s the only way that I was going to do it.’

Postecoglou also claimed after the Europa League final that he had not had a conversation with Levy about his future as Spurs’ manager.

‘No, no planned meetings,’ the 59-year-old said.

‘I haven’t had any discussions, no one has spoken to me about anything. Maybe they felt like they didn’t need to or they were waiting for this game.’

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