{"id":650120,"date":"2026-03-12T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/650120\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:01:16","slug":"ange-postecoglous-response-over-tottenham-return-as-he-tells-igor-tudor-what-to-do-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/650120\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s response over Tottenham return as he tells Igor Tudor what to do next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was asked whether he would return to the club he won silverware for less than 12 months ago amid the club&#8217;s struggles this season<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ange Postecoglou speaking on TNT\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-11-231041.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Ange Postecoglou has given his Tottenham verdict\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Ange Postecoglou has given his Tottenham verdict(Image: TNT Sports)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ange Postecoglou refused to say whether he would make a return to Tottenham, amid <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/news\/igor-tudor-spurs-future-kinsky-33572346\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">uncertainty over interim manager Igor Tudor&#8217;s position at the club<\/a>. The Australian coach could only laugh and offer a simple &#8220;no comment&#8221; when the prospect was put to him on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Postecoglou was <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/news\/breaking-ange-postecoglou-sacked-tottenham-31806833\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">sacked by Spurs in June<\/a>, weeks after <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/news\/ange-postecoglou-sacked-tottenham-daniel-31807205\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">leading the Lilywhites to Europa League glory and a first trophy in 17 years<\/a>. The 60-year-old has since taken charge of Nottingham Forest and<a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/news\/thomas-frank-makes-premier-league-33048923\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> been sacked again<\/a>, and was working for UEFA at the Parc des Princes for Chelsea&#8217;s defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But with <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/news\/tottenham-player-ratings-kinsky-romero-33567692\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham&#8217;s staggering defeat to Atletico Madrid<\/a> fresh in the memory, and his former side in a relegation fight, Postecoglou was asked about Spurs&#8217; struggles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Appearing on TNT Sports, the ex-Celtic boss was if he was the least surprised person to see Tottenham in the position they&#8217;re in? He responded: &#8220;No, I wouldn&#8217;t say that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">FOLLOW OUR TOTTENHAM FB PAGE!<\/strong><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/COYSFootball.London#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Latest Spurs news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I am still invested in the club because I have an attatchment to those players, I worked with them for two years. The last time I interacted with the fans there was 200,000 on the streets of London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It pains me to see it. It definitely looks like the players are fairly lost at the moment. There&#8217;s obvious pressure there. It&#8217;s a real difficult time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It all manifested itself with what happened last night. It&#8217;s almost the worst case scenario, you playing a side away from home, Atletico, who never drop below a performance level of two. They&#8217;re always at a really strong level. It was a horror start for them&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Postecoglou believes Tudor, who has tasted defeat in all four matches he has taken charge of, must attempt to relieve the pressure on his players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;There is no way that anyone would say, objectively, these players are performing at the level they are capable of,&#8221; Postecoglou continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;You&#8217;ve just got to try and ease the pressure on them somehow. Even last night, I thought it was a tremendous opportunity for them because they&#8217;ve done really well in the Champions League, they&#8217;re on the good side of the draw. Atletico away is tough but you&#8217;ve still got to take them back to Tottenham but it just felt like the pressure was there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m sure they would have trained on the pitch the night before but the amount of times they were slipping over, I think that&#8217;s still pressure. There&#8217;s just a real desperation in everything they do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Mentally, you&#8217;re desperate and that manifests itself in a physical way. You&#8217;re lunging for things, you&#8217;re rushing things. It&#8217;s hard for me to comment from the outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;For me it\u2019s just about instilling some belief into the players. Show them the kind of players that they are, not that they can be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was asked whether he would return to the club he won silverware for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":650121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[70908,258135,228420,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-650120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ange-postecoglou","tag-igor-tudor","tag-next-tottenham-manager","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116215866145227497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}