Ange Postecoglou makes Mathys Tel vow and explains leaving Spurs duo out of Liverpool tie

Tottenham brag Ange Postecoglou is assured Mathys Tel volition beryllium a occurrence astatine Spurs aft the guardant joined connected indebtedness from Bayern Munich with a £45million enactment to buy

Ange Postecoglou has insisted indebtedness signing Mathys Tel is “more than 100 per cent” committed to Tottenham aft convincing the French guardant to articulation connected the phone.

The Bayern Munich teen hesitated implicit his determination to Spurs amid involvement from Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester United. But the France Under 21 planetary is present acceptable to marque his English debut successful the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd limb astatine Anfield connected Thursday night.

A precocious woody was done for an £8million indebtedness woody with the enactment to bargain Tel for £45m successful the summer. And asked if helium is 100 per cent convinced that the versatile striker wants to beryllium astatine Tottenham, the Aussie brag stated: “100 per cent. More than 100. Because helium took truthful overmuch clip and was truthful diligent astir uncovering retired everything.

“When helium made the determination it was us, and helium evidently had options, that gave maine adjacent much assurance we were getting the close benignant of mentality and player. He is precise ambitious and has a large woody of aforesaid content and aforesaid confidence.

“He feels similar helium tin scope the precise apical of the crippled and helium has chosen america which is large vindication for what we are doing. People request to recognize that you are talking astir a 19-year-old subordinate who has to marque a large determination astir his career. It’s not truthful overmuch that helium rejected america oregon anyone else.

“Rightly truthful helium was getting arsenic overmuch accusation arsenic possible. More than thing I deliberation helium conscionable wanted to beryllium comfy with the decision. The consciousness I get was helium didn’t privation to beryllium pushed successful a definite direction. I deliberation it is recognition to him that helium took his clip and spoke to the close people.”

Postecoglou added: “I had a speech with him and excavation was purely astir football. I deliberation helium volition find a truly large spot for him successful presumption of wherever helium is successful his career. He evidently wants to play and we person already shown that irrespective of property you volition get an accidental here.

“And I deliberation the mode we play would suit him and surely with what we person successful the adjacent fewer months and much importantly what we are gathering beyond I thought it would beryllium a cleanable acceptable for his adjacent step. At the aforesaid clip I deliberation it was close to instrumentality arsenic agelong arsenic helium did and helium was wholly comfy with it.”

Tel was 1 of 4 reinforcements brought into the Spurs squad during the January model with erstwhile Lens centre-back Kevin Danso besides acceptable to marque his debut. And Postecoglou volition not hazard defenders Micky van de Ven and Cristiano Romero with Radu Draguisan ruled retired for the remainder of the season.

“With Micky, and Romero to a definite extent, I benignant of consciousness we person to beryllium a spot much blimpish with them. Micky got done the crippled alright but I don’t deliberation helium feels acceptable for that measurement up to the Premier League, the strength of it. Same with Romero.

“After losing Radu for the remainder of the season, which is truly disappointing for him and for us, my presumption is and I made the determination that I don’t privation to hazard losing these guys. We are going to support them ticking implicit successful grooming and effort to marque definite they are perfectly acceptable without immoderate much setbacks.”

Tottenham instrumentality a 1-0 pb to Anfield arsenic they question a archetypal trophy since the 2008 League Cup. Asked if helium volition alteration his attacking doctrine for the 2nd leg, Postecoglou snapped: “It depends what you deliberation that doctrine is.

“My doctrine is to effort to triumph games of football. We're going to effort to triumph a crippled of shot time night, which volition get america to the last of a cup, which volition beryllium a large accidental for us. If radical haven’t understood my doctrine aft 26 years of management, I don't deliberation thing I accidental present is going to alteration immoderate of that.”

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