Ange Postecoglou makes terms of Mathys Tel's Tottenham transfer clear after star's U-turn

Tottenham signed the France U21 prima up of Manchester United and Arsenal - and his caller brag insists helium volition motion permanently successful the summertime successful £45m imperishable deal

Ange Postecoglou says indebtedness signing Mathys Tel volition beryllium a Tottenham subordinate adjacent play aft charming him to motion implicit the phone.

“I didn't bring him present for six months,” said the Aussie boss. The Bayern Munich teen hesitated implicit his determination to Spurs amid involvement from Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United. But aft a deadline time woody was thrashed retired for an £8m loan, the France under-21 planetary is present acceptable to marque his debut successful the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd limb astatine Anfield connected Thursday night.

And it is understood that Tel, 19, wants Spurs to instrumentality up the enactment for a £45m imperishable woody successful the summertime and motion a six-year deal. Asked astir adjacent season, Postecoglou said: "He'll beryllium a Tottenham player, mate. He'll amusement everyone he's going to beryllium a Tottenham subordinate successful the adjacent six months. I didn't bring him present for six months.”

The Spurs manager revealed that Tel was “more than 100 percent” committed to joining the nine 14th successful the Premier League pursuing an speech of calls of calls and messages that lasted a “couple of hours”. He laughed: “I felt that if I kept him connected the telephone agelong enough, I would deterioration him down!”

The gruff Spurs manager, 59, is not ever afloat of bonhomie successful his post-match interviews but is intelligibly a creaseless telephone operator. “I don’t deliberation it’s smooth-talking, oregon selling,” helium claimed. “I deliberation there’s a existent bully communicative present which I truly judge in.

“I got a consciousness beauteous aboriginal connected that determination was a transportation determination and helium was proceeding what helium wanted to hear. It is simply a recognition to him that alternatively than conscionable leap astatine what came astatine him, helium was precise thorough successful the mode helium made his decision. He’s a goal-scorer, helium tin instrumentality radical on, he’s got speed.

“He is exciting. I’d beryllium precise amazed if determination was a nine that wouldn’t beryllium funny successful idiosyncratic similar him." Tel tin play arsenic a No.9 oregon retired wide. “Archie (Gray) wanted to beryllium a cardinal midfielder, truthful who knows wherever Mathys volition extremity up?” said the Spurs boss.

Tottenham were besides funny successful different French striker - Randal Kolo Muani - successful January earlier the PSG guardant decided to articulation Juventus. “There are plentifulness of radical wherever it hasn’t worked out,” Postecoglou added. “Plenty. There’s been a mates successful this window. I decidedly don’t person a 100 per cent deed rate, that’s for sure.”

Spurs inactive added 4 players to their injury-hit Spurs squad with erstwhile Lens centre-back Kevin Danso acceptable to commencement against Liverpool. And Postecoglou volition not hazard defenders Micky van de Ven and Cristiano Romero with Radu Dragusin ruled retired for the remainder of the season. “We are going to support them ticking implicit successful grooming and effort to marque definite they are perfectly acceptable without immoderate much setbacks,” helium said.

Tottenham instrumentality a 1-0 pb to Anfield arsenic they question a archetypal trophy since the 2008 League Cup. “We’ve had to bushed some Manchester clubs to get to this point, we’ve had to bushed Liverpool to beryllium successful this presumption now,” the Aussie added. “There’s nary hiding it, a triumph would beryllium massive. We’ve earned the close to marque a large impact.”