Tottenham board have five options to replace Ange Postecoglou after players ‘quit’ on him

Ange Postecoglou is nether expanding unit astatine Tottenham Hotspur aft a wretched commencement to the season, with the Australian manager reportedly successful information of losing his job

Ange Postecoglou's presumption arsenic Tottenham Hotspur manager could beryllium successful jeopardy aft his players were accused of "quitting" connected him.

The 59-year-old, who took the reins astatine Spurs successful June 2023, has had a disappointing play truthful acold with his squad languishing successful 14th spot successful the Premier League aft losing 13 matches. Hopes of reaching the Carabao Cup last were besides dashed erstwhile Liverpool thrashed Spurs 4-0 connected Thursday, contempt Postecoglou's broadside entering the second-leg necktie with a 1-0 lead.

Spurs determination makers are reportedly inactive backing their beleaguered boss, with president Daniel Levy's readiness to marque moves successful the January transportation marketplace underlining this support. However, erstwhile Watford striker Troy Deeney believes that Postecoglou's men simply gave up against Liverpool, sparking interest helium whitethorn person mislaid the dressing room.

"Anyone who has played the crippled volition archer you astir of those Spurs players quit, gave up," Deeney wrote successful The Sun. "Not connected each different oregon themselves, but discontinue connected the manager, the instrumentality base, everything." He besides maintained that helium saw conscionable 1 subordinate beforehand up for media duties astatine the extremity of the game, further strengthening his assertion that players astatine Spurs person downed tools for their under-fire manager.

Should Spurs relieve Postecoglou of his position, Mirror Football person taken a look astatine 5 candidates who could regenerate him.

Andoni Iraola

Bournemouth's Spanish manager has emerged arsenic 1 of the astir sought-after coaches successful the Premier League. The Cherries person been 1 of the astonishment teams this season, presently sitting seventh successful the table, with Iraola beating Postecoglou, Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Ruben Amorim, Enzo Maresca and Eddie Howe truthful acold this term.

The 42-year-old has besides managed good during a terrible wounded crisis, during which helium mislaid some of his strikers, Evanilson and Enes Unal. According to the Express, helium is presently 1 of the starring favourites with the bookies to instrumentality implicit should Postecoglou's tenure travel to an extremity - though it'd apt outgo a beauteous penny to bargain him retired of his Bournemouth deal.

Thomas Frank

The Brentford manager has been showered with praise for guiding his broadside to the apical formation with promotion from the Championship successful the 2020/21 play acknowledgment to the play-offs and for keeping them a portion of the Premier League set-up since then. Celebrated for his team's attacking flair, Frank is said to beryllium a apical contender for immoderate determination owed to his admitted willingness to depart the Bees eventually.

In a December 2024 chat, the Danish manager shared his criteria for considering an exit: "I deliberation the nine you're going into, tin you instantly amended it? Is determination low-hanging fruits, oregon is it hard to rise the bar? And is their finances good? Can you get the players successful and retired you privation to? I deliberation that's the key," helium said.

He besides reflected connected his aboriginal aspirations by saying: "I deliberation there's a portion of maine that thinks that 1 day, possibly I request to effort thing different. Is that a bigger club, Champions League, bigger challenge? I don't know."

Mauricio Pochettino

Despite much precocious managing rivals Chelsea, Pochettino retains a peculiar affection for his aged team. The Argentinian was ousted by Levy successful precocious 2019 pursuing a downturn successful results, adjacent though helium had led Spurs to a Champions League last conscionable months before, wherever Liverpool defeated them.

In a chat with BT Sport backmost successful November 2022, Pochettino aired his anticipation for a aboriginal comeback: "Deep successful my chest, my soul, my bosom - I americium definite that we volition transverse [paths] again. My imagination is to beryllium backmost and to effort to decorativeness the enactment that we didn't finish."

Yet, adjacent with likelihood astatine astir 5/1, his tendency to pb the United States nationalist squad towards the 2026 World Cup could beryllium a important hurdle.

Kieran McKenna

McKenna has turned heads astatine Ipswich, earning promotion to the Premier League aft a 22-year hiatus, intelligibly showing his managerial prowess. Despite Ipswich's existent predicament, sitting successful 19th with conscionable a trio of victories, McKenna's lengthy seven-year past with Spurs' academy and a instrumentality to the nine successful 2015 arsenic an Under-18s manager mean helium knows the nine wrong out.

His stellar grounds successful the little leagues combined with his property mightiness marque him an charismatic enactment for Levy. Bookies person priced him astatine astir 11/2 to measurement successful if Postecoglou parts ways.

Edin Terzic

Terzic presently finds without a occupation since his departure from Borussia Dortmund past summer. He led Dortmund to the Champions League last successful the 2023/24 play but fell abbreviated against Real Madrid contempt a ascendant performance. Terzic besides captured the DFB-Pokal trophy during the 2020-21 campaign.

In a astonishing development, contempt links connecting Terzic to the managerial relation astatine Besiktas, the club's president indicated that the manager was apt headed to Tottenham amidst increasing doubts astir Postecoglou's future, according to Football London.

Besiktas President Serdal Adali, speaking to Turkish TV web Tivibu Spor past month, revealed: "Edin Terzic was 1 of our overseas alternatives. In the meeting, helium said helium was expecting an statement with Tottenham. That publication is closed." Ultimately, it was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who took implicit the helm of the Turkish team.

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