Spurs axe Ange Postecoglou despite Europa League Glory

Tottenham Hotspur have sensationally sacked Ange Postecoglou just weeks after he delivered European silverware.

Despite lifting the Europa League trophy, Postecoglou couldn’t survive a disastrous domestic campaign that saw Spurs slump to 17th in the Premier League recording their worst-ever points tally and most defeats in a single season.

The decision brings a brutal end to the Australian’s two-year tenure, which started brightly with a fifth-place finish last season. But the club’s alarming decline proved fatal even with continental success.

Sources close to the club had long suggested that Europa League glory wouldn’t be enough to save him. That prediction has now come true.

Postecoglou, 59, once boldly declared he “always wins things in his second season.” True to his word, he did but it wasn’t enough to spare him the axe.

Brentford’s Thomas Frank has emerged as the early frontrunner to replace him, with Fulham’s Marco Silva also reportedly on the radar.

Postecoglou’s exit marks yet another chapter in Tottenham’s managerial merry-go-round he’s the fifth permanent boss to depart since Mauricio Pochettino left in 2019.