{"id":68365,"date":"2025-05-02T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/68365\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:24:17","slug":"orourke-updates-today-on-tottenham-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/68365\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Rourke updates today on Tottenham exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ange-Postecoglou-Daniel-Levy-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tottenham\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/94399bd7ab42abd455aa00aa2aebfd9d\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pete O'Rourke, Transfer Correspondent\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Fri 2 May 2025 9:07, UK <\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou\u2019s future at Tottenham is on a knife\u2019s edge with no decision having been made as things stand, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest edition of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Atmejn4fSX2w7S8NBVKdv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Football Insider\u2019s Inside Track podcast<\/a><\/strong>, senior correspondent Pete O\u2019Rourke revealed the \u201conly way\u201d the manager can keep his job is if he can help his side to lift the Europa League later this month.<\/p>\n<p>However, fans are losing patience as a result of their dismal domestic performance and failure to win the competition will \u201cdefinitely\u201d see him sacked.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/bissouma-brilliant-bentancur-rubbish-tottenham-player-ratings-vs-bodo-glimt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spurs\u2019 3-1 win against Bodo\/Glimt<\/a> in the first leg of their semi-final, while Man United beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0, setting up an all-English final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Football Insider<\/strong> revealed on 11 April that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/van-nistelrooy-postecoglou-premier-league-manager-sack-race-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postecoglou is among the favourites to be sacked<\/a> at the end of the season amid growing pressure from the fans.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, though, sources say the decision is still on the toss of a coin and his future will largely hinge on their European success.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Spurs-3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou\" class=\"wp-image-656755\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" \/>Ange Postecoglou remains under pressure at Spurs. (Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media) <\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Ange Postecoglou sack verdict emerges after Levy claim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham remain 16th in the Premier League as things stand, despite their continental displays, and failure to lift the trophy would represent an awful season.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, former Spurs scout Mick Brown told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/ange-postecoglou-daniel-levy-makes-tottenham-sack-decision-its-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postecoglou could be sacked<\/a> regardless of whether his side go on to win the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has yet to be made, though, with the prestige of winning a trophy and financial boost that comes with Champions League qualification seen as vital.<\/p>\n<p>That will allow Daniel Levy and Spurs to spend bigger in the summer, and potentially back Postecoglou with new players to strengthen his squad and improve next season.<\/p>\n<p>However, Levy is also believed to have begun searching for potential replacements for the boss, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/andoni-iraola-in-pole-position-to-replace-ange-postecoglou-after-tottenham-sack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bournemouth\u2019s Andoni Iraola is the top target<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Daniel-Levy-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Daniel Levy\" class=\"wp-image-658530\" \/>Daniel Levy has big decisions to make at Tottenham. (Credit Imago)<strong>Scott Parker in line to replace Ange Postecoglou<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In preparation for Postecoglou\u2019s likely departure, Spurs have already begun assessing their options to replace the boss at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Burnley\u2019s Scott Parker has been linked with the role, as Brown told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tottenham-make-scott-parker-decision-after-postecoglou-sack-latest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parker has admirers at Tottenham.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson told\u00a0<strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/scott-parker-to-tottenham-verdict-as-postecoglou-heads-out-its-a-left-field-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham could take a chance on Parker<\/a>\u00a0as he backed him to make the step up.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are concerns about his record managing in the Premier League and other candidates are ahead of him in the pecking order as things stand.<\/p>\n<p>For more Tottenham and exclusive news, follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/insiderfootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> or join our brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaKxj144yltNlAd6Bd1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp Channel<\/a> for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri 2 May 2025 9:07, UK Ange Postecoglou\u2019s future at Tottenham is on a knife\u2019s edge with no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[1612,2756,1811,94,79,2358,1368,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-68365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-ange-postecoglou","9":"tag-daniel-levy","10":"tag-europa-league","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-spurs","14":"tag-tottenham","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114438227001493370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68365","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=68365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}