Tottenham Hotspur have sacked Ange Postecoglou regardless of the Australian guiding the membership to victory within the Europa League and ending their 17-year trophy drought.
Spurs beat Manchester United 1-0 in Bilbao on Could 21, fulfilling Postecoglou’s promise that he “all the time wins trophies in his second season” on the groups he manages.
Nonetheless, the north London aspect completed seventeenth within the Premier League and suffered their most defeats in a single Premier League season (22).
Spurs misplaced to Liverpool within the Carabao Cup semifinals and had been knocked out of the FA Cup by Aston Villa within the fourth spherical.
“Following a evaluate of performances and after important reflection, the Membership can announce that Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties,” a Tottenham assertion learn on Friday.
“We’re extraordinarily grateful to Ange for his dedication and contribution throughout his two years on the Membership. Ange will all the time be remembered as solely the third supervisor in our historical past to ship a European trophy, alongside legendary figures Invoice Nicholson and Keith Burkinshaw.
“Nonetheless, the Board has unanimously concluded that it’s in the most effective pursuits of the Membership for a change to happen.”
Postecoglou took over at Spurs in June 2023, guiding the membership to a fifth-place end within the Premier League and Europa League qualification in his first season in cost.
However Spurs didn’t construct upon his optimistic first marketing campaign domestically, with a midseason damage disaster prompting them to plummet down the desk and pressure Postecoglou’s relationship with the membership’s supporters.
