Behind the scenes of Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham unveiling with Harry Kane and a miracle train

Ange Postecoglou will have known two things when he walked into the press conference room at Hotspur Way on Monday afternoon to meet the assembled media as the new Tottenham Hotspur head coach.

Firstly the Australian was well aware that while he was the one sat there in front of the cameras, most people were waiting for news on another man — Harry Kane. Postecoglou also knew that if he was to shift the attention back to him and Spurs then he had to deliver a commanding, assured performance in the hot seat. Thankfully he did and he did so looking entirely at ease.

The press conference room within the Enfield-based training complex was busy. It wasn't Jose Mourinho-levels of busy. The same room was so packed out on November 21, 2019 with the assembled world media that people were standing, crowded along the walls and the back of the room submerged in cameras, but this was busy enough for Postecoglou.

Mourinho is a huge global name, with millions hanging on his every word, and while Postecoglou is a sporting star back home in Australia nowadays, the lower key nature of this introduction allowed for a better connection with the room as he engaged with the journalists on a more personal level than the Portuguese's grandstanding.

Postecoglou spoke for a long time across the press conference as the questions were thrown at him, just under 53 minutes in all. Only Mourinho managed more in his first press conference, with one hour and 12 minutes in total spread across the broadcast section and then the written part for the next morning's newspapers.

For context Nuno Espirito Santo's first press conference as Tottenham head coach lasted just 28 minutes. That was to become a theme for the former Wolves boss, who had little time for