MATT BARLOW: As Tottenham head on their pre-season tour Ange Postecoglou faces a host of decisions
Tottenham's quest for the brave new world starts with a preseason voyage Down Under, back home for their new head coach Ange Postecoglou as he vows to reset the culture of the club.
'Win, score, be exciting and a compelling watch,' has been the message drummed out by their fifth permanent boss in four turbulent years since Spurs reached the Champions League final.
Postecoglu is committed to attacking and aggressive football. He demands high standards in training and in terms of behaviour and, in his native Australia, he will have the opportunity to understand his players better and shape his plans for the start of the season.
The first of five pre-season friendlies is against West Ham in Perth, on Tuesday. They will also take on Leicester in Bangkok then travel to Singapore, where they are facing a local team called Lion City Sailors because Roma pulled out.
Once back in London, they will take on Shakhtar Donetsk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before a trip to Spain to play Barcelona.
It has been another summer of upheaval at Spurs. Not only the arrival of Postecoglou with his new coaching staff. Also changes in the executive tier, with the appointment of Scott Munn as chief football officer and the exit of Fabio Paratici, under a FIFA ban, and a shifting of roles inside the academy.
This while uncertainty continues to swirl around the future of some senior players including the captain Hugo Lloris and the talisman and top scorer Harry Kane.
Rodrigo Bentancur (knee), Fraser Forster (back), Bryan Gil (back), Troy Parrott (groin) and Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring) will miss the tour through injury.
Harry Kane
Into the final year of his contract with a lucrative new deal on the table but not likely to be signed any time soon. Kane
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