{"id":151238,"date":"2025-06-02T04:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/151238\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T04:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:53:17","slug":"ange-postecoglou-delivers-defiant-message-from-family-holiday-amid-reports-his-job-at-tottenham-is-at-risk-despite-europa-league-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/151238\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou delivers defiant message from family holiday amid reports his job at Tottenham is at risk despite Europa League win"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Ange Postecoglou has two years left on his Spurs deal but is likely to be sacked<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The 59-year-old delivered a defiant message during a family holiday in Greece<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>LISTEN NOW: <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/its-all-kicking-offDM\">It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/a> Is Man United boss Ruben Amorim too honest?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-2941\/robert-summerscales.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROBERT SUMMERSCALES<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  18:55 EDT, 1 June 2025   |  Updated:  19:25 EDT, 1 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ange-postecoglou\/index.html\" id=\"mol-27b98200-3f39-11f0-a36b-85a2a67ad31e\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noopener\">Ange Postecoglou<\/a> has broken his silence while on holiday in Greece, delivering a powerful message about ambition and resilience as speculation continues to swirl over his future at <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tottenham-hotspur\/index.html\" id=\"mol-27b90cd0-3f39-11f0-a36b-85a2a67ad31e\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Australian manager led Spurs to their first trophy in 17 years by winning the UEFA <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/europa-league\/index.html\" id=\"mol-27bd2b80-3f39-11f0-a36b-85a2a67ad31e\" rel=\"noopener\">Europa League<\/a> final last month, defeating <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/manchester-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-27b87090-3f39-11f0-a36b-85a2a67ad31e\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> in Bilbao and sparking scenes of jubilation across half of north London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yet despite ending the club&#8217;s long wait for silverware, Postecoglou&#8217;s job remains under threat &#8211; with reports claiming Tottenham have already held talks with possible successors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking to ABC&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-06-02\/ange-postecoglou-tottenham-premier-league-football-europa-league\/105350908\">Australian Story<\/a> while spending time with his family, Postecoglou insisted that lifting the Europa League must be just the beginning for Spurs not the peak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I didn&#8217;t want us to just enjoy the moment,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I also wanted us to think about what&#8217;s next, you know, don&#8217;t settle for this. We&#8217;ve got a taste of it now. My players have got a taste for it. The club&#8217;s got a taste for it. Well, let&#8217;s make sure we&#8217;re back here again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Postecoglou has two years left on his contract but admitted before departing for his post-season break that he was unsure whether he would still be in charge for the 2025\u201326 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-dc5f72c39d9dabe2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/98947703-14770509-image-m-8_1748817749159.jpg\" height=\"638\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ange Postecoglou delivered Spurs' first trophy in 17 years in the form of the Europa League\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ange Postecoglou delivered Spurs&#8217; first trophy in 17 years in the form of the Europa League<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c4774a2c513bdc90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/98947699-14770509-image-m-10_1748817845557.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"634\" alt=\"But Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is still widely expected to sack Postecoglou this summer\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">But Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is still widely expected to sack Postecoglou this summer<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-39b95ee22087cec5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/98947789-14770509-image-a-11_1748817932236.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Postecoglou wants to stay at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and compete for more trophies\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Postecoglou wants to stay at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and compete for more trophies<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite his European triumph, Postecoglou oversaw Tottenham&#8217;s lowest finish in the top flight since 1977 as his side ended up 17th in the Premier League, just one place above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And, according to Foot Mercato, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14769693\/Tottenham-make-direct-contact-Premier-League-manager-Ange-Postecoglou-waits-learn-fate.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham have already made direct contact with Brentford manager Thomas Frank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Frank is said to have discussed his vision for Spurs in early talks and even shared some suggested transfer targets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While Frank is believed to be high on the shortlist, Levy is also understood to be considering multiple other candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Frank has been in charge of Brentford since October 2018. He won promotion via the EFL Championship play-offs in 2021 and has since established the west London club in England&#8217;s top division, delivering finishes of 13th, ninth, 16th and most recently 10th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His Premier League win percentage stands at 35.53% \u2014 slightly lower than Postecoglou&#8217;s 40.79% \u2014 but achieved with a vastly smaller budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Postecoglou, however, remains confident in the path he has set out for Spurs and in the trajectory of his own career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;When we sat down 10 years ago and did the initial Australian Story, I think maybe even you guys thought that that was the culmination of what I was about to achieve,&#8217; he reflected.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c33a8d6bdf989653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/98940405-14770509-image-a-12_1748817999081.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Spurs have reportedly held talks with Thomas Frank about possibly replacing Postecoglou\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Spurs have reportedly held talks with Thomas Frank about possibly replacing Postecoglou<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/teamsheet\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TS_636_Desktop_Promo_Slim.png\" width=\"636px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;In 10 years&#8217; time, if we sit down again, I&#8217;ve got no doubt in my mind that there&#8217;ll be more stories to tell.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tottenham&#8217;s Europa League triumph saw Postecoglou make good on his promise of &#8216;always&#8217; winning silverware during his second year in a job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At the subsequent trophy parade last month, the 59-year-old addressed thousands of supporters to deliver another killer quote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;In all the best television series, season three is better than season two,&#8217; he told the crowd, hinting at his hopes of continuing the project he began in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"linkButtonRowItem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tottenham-hotspur\/index.html?ico=article_topics_module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a><a class=\"linkButtonRowItem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ange-postecoglou\/index.html?ico=article_topics_module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ange Postecoglou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Ange Postecoglou delivers defiant message from family holiday amid reports his job at Tottenham is at risk despite Europa League win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou has two years left on his Spurs deal but is likely to be sacked The 59-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1612,92,94,93,79,201,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-151238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ange-postecoglou","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114611985998485505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}