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Former Socceroos boss Ange Postecoglou has been installed as the favourite to take over at Tottenham Hotspur after reports from England suggested that the London club are ‘strongly considering’ an approach for the Celtic manager.
The Independent broke the story that Spurs had been knocked back by their prime candidate, Feyenoord manager Arne Slot, who had recently lead the Rotterdam club to the Dutch championship, and were moving down their list of options to the Australian.
The London giants have been on the hunt for a new coach since March, when they sacked Antonio Conte following a string of poor results.
The man leading the search is a fellow Aussie, former Melbourne City CEO Scott Munn, who worked with Postecoglou at Yokohama and as part of the City Football Group before being named Chief Football Officer at Spurs.
There had been a hope that Mauricio Pochettino would return to the club, but he has now agreed to take over at rivals Chelsea, while Slot has now announced that he will remain in the Netherlands.
Ex-Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann has also been discussed at length, but is thought to be lukewarm to the idea and may wait for movements elsewhere, with Paris Saint Germain – and potentially Real Madrid – set to be in the market for a new manager.
Other favourites include Brendan Rodgers, Ruben Amorim of Sporting Lisbon and Graham Potter, recently sacked from Chelsea.
If he were to take the job, Postecoglou would become the first Australian to manage in the world’s biggest football league and improving his claim to be one of the country’s best ever sporting coaches.
Aaron Mooy has joined Postecoglou at Celtic. (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images)
He has been a revelation at Celtic, winning back-to-back league titles and now on the brink of a domestic treble, with the Scottish Cup Final set for early June.
It is not known if Postecoglou would want the job. While speculation has emerged every time a Premier League job has become available this season, he has repeatedly said that he will stay in Glasgow longer than people expect.
Furthermore, he has spoken of his desire to test himself in the Champions League again.
Celtic returned to Europe’s top table thanks to Postecoglou’s domestic title last year and managed just two draws from six games, admittedly in a tough group with Real Madrid, RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk, and Postecoglou will see unfinished business with his playing group in that arena.
Having won the league again, the Scottish champions will enter at the Group Stage and get another crack – something that Spurs, who are currently outside of the European places entirely in the Premier League, cannot offer.
Tottenham travel to Leeds on the final day of the season and would need to win, while hoping that Aston Villa lose, if they are to play European football at all next year, and even then, it would be in the lowly Conference League.