The chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, Daniel Levy, has revealed why the club decided to terminate the contract of Ange Postecoglou after leading them to an Europa League triumph.
The Australian led Spurs to a first major trophy in 17 years with victory in the Europa League against Manchester United, but was sacked just 16 days later and replaced by ex-Brentford boss Thomas Frank. This decision came as a shock to a lot of football fans around the world, especially after giving Spurs their first trophy in over a decade.
Daniel Levy was speaking in an interview on Gary Neville’s The Overlap, the Englishman revealed that Tottenham’s board had all agreed over the decision to sack Postecoglou. He recognised the importance of his Europa League glory, Levy claimed Spurs’ dismal league form left the board with no choice but to reconsider the coach’s future.
Why did Tottenham sack Ange Postecoglou?
He confirmed that the final decision is always up to him but the board will still have to meet before anything gets confirmed.
“Ultimately, the decision sits with me, but it’s always a collective decision. We have a board of directors, but under the board, we have a group of technical staff, and they advise. We had to explain the decision to part ways with Ange. Ange just won us a trophy – a European trophy, highly significant, and he’s always going to be in our history. However, we couldn’t lose sight of the fact that we finished 17th in the league, we lost 22 Premier League games, and Tottenham can’t be in that position. And so we had to take the emotion out of it and we had to give some data points as to why we decided to do what we did.”
Levy also confirmed that the club will support Thomas Frank by signing top players which will help him execute everything that needs to be achieved going into the new season.
He said,
We will support him to the best of our ability.
“If you look at transfer fees, we’ve been in the top four spenders since the stadium opened, we’ve spent close to £700 million net on new players – this isn’t just about money. This is about some luck, having the right balance in the team, having the right coach there’s a lot of things that have to come together. I very much hope that Thomas will bring all the right ingredients and bring this team to where it belongs, which is right at the top.”
Tottenham have completed the £55million signing of Mohammed Kudus from West Ham, as well as making Mathys Tel’s loan move permanent for around £30million.
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