Ange Postecoglou reveals how many transfer windows he needs to transform Tottenham
Ange Postecoglou believes he needs another couple of transfer windows to turn Tottenham Hotspur into the club he wants it to be.
Spurs had a busy summer transfer window, moving 13 players out of the door including all-time top goalscorer Harry Kane, while seven players were signed as well as Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro's loan moves being made permanent. The average age of Postecoglou's squad has fallen dramatically but there is still more to be done with the Australian in particular wanting another centre-back that never came late in the window.
Postecoglou was asked exactly how many more transfer windows he believes he needs to turn this Tottenham outfit into his squad.
«It depends on the development of the players within this context. We’ve got a lot of young players. So if they develop really quickly, probably not too much,» he said. «But I definitely think we need at least two more windows to get to a space where I think ‘okay, we [are happy] as a squad’.
»Because don't forget, obviously, this year, we're out of the Carabao Cup now and we've got no European football. So the fixtures are a little bit kinder to us between now and Christmas, but that's not our aim, we want to have games, we want to be in Europe, we want to be in cup competitions. So we're going to need a stronger squad and I don't think we're anywhere near that point where we've got a robust enough squad at the moment.
«So I think it'll take at least a couple of windows, and then after that, it just depends on obviously the development of some of our players. If they develop quickly, then hopefully, it's just fine tuning in the next couple of windows, but it may mean you've still got significant work to do.»
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