Ex-Man Utd coach among favourites to replace Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham

Ange Postecoglou’s clip arsenic Tottenham manager whitethorn beryllium astatine an extremity aft Spurs mislaid 3-2 astatine Everton successful the Premier League connected Sunday.

The Toffees, buoyed by returning manager David Moyes, stunned everyone successful the first-half arsenic they raced into a 3 extremity lead.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Iliman Ndiaye got connected the scoresheet earlier an Archie Gray ain extremity sparked raucous celebrations astatine Goodison Park.

Tottenham got 2 goals backmost precocious connected courtesy of Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison but it was excessively small to late, with the Lilywhites winning conscionable 5 of their past 18 games successful each competitions.

They’re present 15th successful the table, lone 8 points supra the relegation zone, with immoderate imagination of qualifying for Europe surely over.

The unit is connected Postecoglou who has astatine the precise slightest got his broadside to the verge of the Carabao Cup final. They question to Liverpool adjacent period with a 1 extremity vantage successful their semi-final tie.

But should Daniel Levy determine a alteration is needed earlier past a fig of Premier League managers person been tipped to regenerate the Australian.

Among them is Kieran McKenna who guided Ipswich Town to the top-flight aft back-to-back promotions.

The Tractor Boys are struggling for points this play but person earned acclaim for their benignant of play, and McKenna himself emerged arsenic a people for Chelsea and Manchester United past summer.

The Northern-Irishman was antecedently adjunct manager to Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer astatine Old Trafford and began his coaching vocation astatine Tottenham aft playing for their younker teams.

Edin Terzic is the favourite to regenerate Postecoglou however, having been retired of enactment since leaving Borussia Dortmund aft guiding them to past season’s Champions League final.

Fulham’s Marco Silva, Brentford’s Thomas Frank and Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola are besides starring contenders.

Speaking aft the decision astatine Everton, a crestfallen Postecoglou was asked astir his aboriginal astatine Spurs and responded: ‘I abstracted myself from that.

‘This is not astir me, but what is astir maine close present is I person the work of the radical of players I bash have, to effort and get america done this, and that’s what I’ve got to absorption on.

‘For maine to absorption connected thing other is abstaining myself from the work I have. I’m conscionable determined to get america retired of this.

‘The club’s doing its champion to…more astir helping the players than helping maine due to the fact that they’re the ones we’re asking immoderate monolithic jobs of 18-year-olds. We had a 17-year-old retired determination trying to triumph games of shot for us.

‘And others who are conscionable playing week connected week, so, you cognize it’s much astir getting the players assistance alternatively than maine help.’

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