The new Tottenham Hotspur head coach impressed with his first appearance in front of the media as the boss of the north London club
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, enigmatic and 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.
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 speaking to the media, or it would later emerge, a number of his players.
Postecoglou did not look like a man walking into the unknown. At 57-years-old, he's got experience
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