Ange Postecoglou says 'change has to happen' at Tottenham this summer
Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou has warned his squad more changes are on the horizon.
Spurs had shown plenty of signs of improvement during Postecoglou's debut season until a run of three straight losses checked their progress.
Defeat at Chelsea on Thursday night highlighted some of the deficiencies in the current Tottenham squad, which has largely been put together by pragmatic managers in Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte, but are now being asked to play a more progressive style of football.
Postecoglou has already made a number of bold adjustments, with veterans Hugo Lloris and Eric Dier discarded in January, while Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, James Maddison and Brennan Johnson have been signed this season.
However, further changes will occur this summer, with Tottenham set to listen to offers for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Giovani Lo Celso and Bryan Gil, the PA news agency understands.
“We need change. Change has to happen,” Postecoglou reflected.
“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, expect the same people are going to be on that. It’s just not going to happen “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 just that we’re going to play a certain way, we’re going to train a certain way, we’re going to have a certain mindset and that’s not for everyone.
“And the same way, whether
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