Tottenham are unlikely to make an announcement on Ange Postecoglou’s future earlier than the Europa League winner goes on vacation, talkSPORT understands.
Brentford boss Thomas Frank is rising as a powerful contender to switch Postecoglou after Marco Silva publicly acknowledged he’ll stay as Fulham supervisor subsequent season.
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Nevertheless, chairman Daniel Levy is mulling over whether or not to proceed with plans to sack Postecoglou after Spurs’ Europa League conquer Manchester United final week.
Earlier than that 1-0 win in Bilbao, sources near Postecoglou had been satisfied the Australian would positively be axed.
Frank has a hefty launch clause in his Brentford contract, believed to be within the area of £9million.
The Dane additionally has a long-standing relationship with Spurs’ technical director Johan Lange.
Tottenham’s 4-1 defeat at house to Brighton on Sunday noticed them end only one place above the relegation zone, shedding 22 of their 38 Premier League video games, probably the most by any crew avoiding the drop within the competitors’s historical past.
Regardless of this new low, Postecoglou was very upbeat on the method the season had panned out for Spurs after the sport.
When requested how he’d assess Spurs’ season, he responded: “Excellent.”
“We received a trophy, which we have now not completed for 17 years, and we’re within the Champions League.
“Ask any supporter at the beginning of the season in the event that they’d take that and there would not be an individual in the home that would not.”
Postecoglou was additionally in no temper to debate his future after the match and labelled such discuss as ‘pointless’.
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“You recognize my intestine feeling? My intestine feeling is I really feel proper now that I’ve completed one thing that nobody believed I might,” Postecoglou mentioned.
“And I shouldn’t be sitting right here speaking about it (my future).
“That’s my feeling, however it’s what it’s.
“As I mentioned I’m and doubtless I’m speaking now as a result of I’m drained, mate. I’ve to [talk] about one other sport and I simply need to go on a break and revel in my household and mirror on being a part of one thing unbelievably particular, unbelievably particular.
“I’ve been lucky to be on this place quite a few occasions, however seeing these scenes Friday and other people have reached out and talked to me about the way it has affected them what has occurred over the past couple of days. It’s a phenomenal factor and I simply need to get pleasure from that.
“To be trustworthy, the remainder of it? You recognize I don’t even need to be speaking about it. I simply suppose it’s pointless.”
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He was in defiant temper throughout Spurs’ Europa League trophy parade on Friday, as he urged subsequent season would produce extra glory than this time period has.
Talking to the membership’s followers throughout their open-top bus parade on Friday about his trophy promise, Postecoglou roared: “I informed them and so they laughed.
“I informed them and so they did not consider. And right here we’re.
“I am going to go away you with this, all the most effective tv sequence, season three is best than season two.”
Though he appeared to confess regretting these feedback as he mentioned within the pre-match press convention on Saturday: “I ought to have considered it a bit extra as a result of as any individual rightly identified, generally they kill off the principle character.
“I could possibly be in strife there!
“I mentioned even earlier than the sport, I actually consider we’re simply constructing one thing and a major win accelerates that.
“I actually consider that’s the case and I’m not going to place a restrict on what we will obtain.
“I actually consider it’s thrilling the chances of subsequent yr realizing I’ve received a bunch of gamers now and employees and a membership that is aware of how one can win and desires extra of it.”
Postecoglou was employed as Spurs boss in the summertime of 2023, changing Antonio Conte as everlasting supervisor.
A constructive first marketing campaign in north London noticed Spurs come fifth within the Premier League, however this time period has been dismal on a home entrance with Spurs ending only one place above the relegation zone.
Nevertheless, their Europa League triumph has given them an historic trophy and likewise Champions League soccer for subsequent season.