Ange Postecoglou has had a rough ride as Tottenham manager this season.
The Celtic hero has had his critics this term as Spurs currently sit 14th in the Premier League and are out of the domestic cups.
It has been a far cry from his time at Celtic Park where Postecoglou lifted five trophies in two seasons and had a perfect relationship with the fanbase who still consider him a Hoops icon.
Spurs remain in the Europa League tournament as they enter the quarter-finals this evening in their first-leg against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty ImagesAnge Postecoglou left Celtic to ‘rejuvenate’ Tottenham
And while there continues to be questions surrounding Postecoglou’s future as manager, the Australian made sure to remind everyone why he left Celtic for Spurs in the first place which was to take his winning mentality and transcend it down south.
“I came to this club with a clear purpose and vision of what the club needed and what I could offer,” he said in his pre-match presser.
“That is to change the way the team plays, to obviously rejuvenate the squad because it was a squad that was coming towards the end of a cycle and to bring success.
“As long as I’m in this position, that’s always my focus irrespective of whatever noise there is or what there may or not been in the future.
“I don’t see that, that should diminish my burning ambition, my desire and my determination to make that happen. Anything you achieve in life usually comes with a struggle.
“Certainly everything I have achieved in my life has come with a struggle from a professional perspective. This is just another struggle, but never through this struggle have I lost the will to fight for what I think is the right thing to do and I’ll continue to do that.”
Postecoglou runs risk of Spurs sacking
Postecoglou is playing a ‘dangerous game’ according to Graeme Souness who claimed his fallout with fans could cost him his job.
Should Ange win the Europa League, Daniel Levy might still axe his manager with other coaches being touted for the role.
Celtic fans loved big Ange and there’s a real risk the 59-year-old will never have it as good again as he did in Glasgow.
Of course, he has to be given the time to build his own squad – an injury-free one – that has not happened in North London.