{"id":169957,"date":"2025-06-09T10:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169957\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:01:11","slug":"tottenham-agree-deal-for-postecoglou-replacement-as-levy-desires-man-utd-hijack-in-70m-double-swoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169957\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham &#8216;agree deal&#8217; for Postecoglou replacement as Levy desires Man Utd &#8216;hijack&#8217; in &#8216;\u00a370m&#8217; double swoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Tottenham Hotspur have \u2018agreed a deal\u2019 to appoint their preferred replacement for former head coach Ange Postecoglou.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs are in the market for a new manager after it was confirmed that they have parted ways with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/ange-postecoglou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Postecoglou<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Celtic boss was under pressure throughout the 2024\/25 campaign as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tottenham<\/strong> <\/a>fell being being a contender for Champions League qualification to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>17th in the Premier League, losing 22 of their 38 games.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last September, Postecoglou declared the he would end Tottenham\u2019s trophy drought in 2024\/25 and he delivered, helping his side beat Manchester United en route to winning the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Having failed in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup, Spurs put all their focus on the Europa League during the run-in and this paid off as they won the competition to lift a trophy, seal Champions League football and a huge injection of cash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/thomas-frank-ange-postecoglou-sack-john-nicholson-opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Thomas Frank sack incoming as Spurs and football are stupid, mate<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Still, Postecoglou\u2019s position became untenable amid Tottenham\u2019s unforgivable downfall in the Premier League and he was relieved of his duties last week.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs have been linked with Thomas Frank, Oliver Glaser, Andoni Iraola and Marco Silva in recent months, but the Brentford boss was identified as their leading target after Postecoglou\u2019s exit and they are close to appointing the respected Dane.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/35317105\/thomas-frank-tottenham-manager-ange-silva-iraola\/\" target=\"_blank\"> a report from The Sun claims<\/a> Spurs have \u2018agreed a deal\u2019 with Frank, who has given the Big Six club the green light to complete terms with Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs are said to be \u2018negotiating compensation\u2019 with Brentford and he is likely to cost \u00a310m due to the release clause in his contract. The report claims he is \u2018close to becoming Postecoglou\u2019s replacement following talks over the weekend\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE SPURS COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-consider-unlikely-move-newcastle-howe-blame-game-medical-frank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tottenham consider \u2018unlikely move\u2019 for Newcastle boss as \u2018blame game\u2019 takes hold<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/spurs-tempted-by-these-ridiculous-records-of-thomas-frank-and-brentford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00a0Spurs tempted by these ridiculous records of Thomas Frank and Brentford<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-two-major-reasons-postecoglou-sack-decision-spurs-close-10m-replacement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tottenham: Two \u2018reasons\u2019 behind Postecoglou sack decision as Spurs \u2018close in\u2019 on \u00a310m replacement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is also claimed that Spurs are attempting a double raid on Brentford as they are \u2018trying to hijack\u2019 Man Utd in the race to sign Bryan Mbeumo, who scored 20 Premier League goals in 2024\/25.<\/p>\n<p>This operation could cost \u2018up to \u00a370m\u2019 overall, \u2018with a possible \u00a310m deal for Frank, plus \u00a360m for Mbuemo\u2019s services\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A report from Caught Offside confirms Tottenham\u2019s interest in Mbuemo, as they have \u2018held talks\u2019 over signing the Man Utd forward.<\/p>\n<p>The report adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2018The Cameroon international has agreed personal terms with the Red Devils, but the issue remains the two clubs agreeing a fee.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Meanwhile, CaughtOffside understands that Tottenham could also get involved, even if Man Utd currently remain Mbeumo\u2019s preference and priority. Spurs\u2019 interest, however, is linked to the fact that they\u2019re making progress on hiring Brentford\u2019s Thomas Frank as their new manager.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Tottenham Hotspur have \u2018agreed a deal\u2019 to appoint their preferred replacement for former head coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9310,748,37199,393,4884,225,98,12,1144,101,712,19189,201,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-169957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-brentford","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-bryan-mbeumo","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-northern-ireland","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-scotland","19":"tag-thomas-frank","20":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114652832299293306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169957","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=169957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}