Ange Postecoglou has stated that «change has to happen» at Tottenham. Winning silverware throughout his managerial career with his teams all playing an attractive brand of football, Daniel Levy and Spurs will be hoping that the Australian can lead the Lilywhites to glory and end their trophy drought in the process.
Postecoglou's first season in north London has demonstrated that it is not going to be all smooth sailing in their quest to challenge for major honours on a regular basis. Having started the season so well and topped the Premier League, Spurs are now fifth in the table and seven points adrift of Aston Villa in fourth having lost three games on the bounce.
With Liverpool and Arsenal undergoing major changes under both Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta in recent years to move towards the top of the Premier League, Postecoglou has indicated that both teams are «almost unrecognisable» from when they first started out under their respective managers. That's what now needs to happen at Tottenham, with the head coach revealing that they still have «a long way to go» in their journey.
“We need change, change has to happen," stated the 58-year-old. «You can’t want to alter your course, and quite dramatically for this club because we went down a certain direction and now we’re pivoting to a whole different direction, and expect the same people are going to be on that…It’s just not going to happen, so…
»We’ve had two windows and we’ve had some development of players, for sure, but when I say we’ve still got a long way to go, that’s what I’m talking about. We can’t be there yet because it’s impossible to say you’re going to have drastic change and yet expect everyone to be on that journey. It’s not for the want of trying..it’s
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