A former Tottenham star has slammed the membership’s resolution to sack Ange Postecoglou simply weeks after their Europa League triumph.
On Friday Tottenham launched a press release to announce that Postecoglou had been relieved of his duties 16 days after he led the membership to their first silverware since 2008.
Victory in Bilbao served as an excellent conclusion to what had been an in any other case disastrous marketing campaign for the north London membership.
In a season through which his squad was ravaged by slew of accidents, additional compounded by a congested fixture checklist, Spurs suffered 22 league defeats, a membership report in a 38-game season.
Nevertheless, Ramon Vega – who performed 81 occasions for Tottenham between 1997 and 2000 – insisted the choice to half methods with Postecoglou was ‘unbelievable’.
‘We at the moment are in a spot the place a trophy will not be legitimate in any respect in any respect,’ Vega instructed Sky Sports News. ‘The ideas and the disciplines will not be valued in the identical approach.
A former Tottenham defender has slammed the membership for his or her sacking of Ange Postecoglou
A membership assertion on Friday introduced Postecoglou’s dismissal after two years in cost
‘What sort of inspiration or instance are you able to deliver to the long run and the younger proficient gamers? Do you not need to win trophies anymore?
‘In soccer, outcomes rely. They usually gained a trophy. It is unbelievable.
‘The one excuse that they’ll come out with, is that the second season noticed them have unbelievable accidents the place inexperienced younger expertise – and Ange needed to reinvent the squad as a result of there was no backing there.
’80 per cent of the lads’s squad was out – if you’re high centre-halves are out for 25 per cent of the season, it is unimaginable to achieve success, with all of the competitors flying into it.
‘They usually nonetheless gained a trophy? The league state of affairs, there’s an excuse.’
Vega added that the timing of Postecoglou’s dismissal will do little to encourage confidence within the membership’s board from the Aussie’s successor.
The 53-year-old additionally added that he believes that the sacking got here partly as a consequence of Postecoglou’s strained relationship with membership chiefs.
He continued: ‘The query is right here: “the place do Tottenham need to go along with their supervisor? Why are they now sacking somebody the place they’ll deliver stability into the entire membership?”
The choice got here simply 16 days after Postecoglou led the membership to victory within the Europa League
And Ramon Vega insisted the timing of the dismissal may have little to draw potential successors to the membership
‘The followers – 250,000 folks went to the parade, when is the following time they are going to try this? They aren’t speaking about seventeenth within the league, they gained a trophy!
‘We’re degrading successful a trophy right here. Ange had an enormous persona conflict with the principle guys within the board. Each events weren’t getting on collectively.’
Spurs now face a summer time of uncertainty as they put together for a return to Champions League soccer.
Brentford boss Thomas Frank has emerged because the main candidate to switch Postecoglou within the eyes of the bookmakers.
The following head coach would be the 14th of the ENIC period led by Levy.
