Levy wants under-fire Postecoglou to plot course through Spurs’ storm
Levy wants under-fire Postecoglou to plot course through Spurs’ storm
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Daniel Levy wants Ange Postecoglou to plot a course through the storm at Tottenham and the chairman continues to hope the return of key players from injury can help to save a dismal Premier League season. Levy has few viable external options that could come in for Postecoglou right away, should he wish to make the managerial change. Internally, there would be Matt Wells, the senior assistant coach, and Ryan Mason, the assistant, who has twice previously stepped up to work as interim head coach.
Spurs lost 2-1 at home against Leicester on Sunday to intensify the scrutiny on Postecoglou. It was their second successive defeat by relegation-threatened opponents after the 3-2 reverse at Everton. Postecoglou’s team have taken five points from 11 league matches to lag 15th in the table. They are eight ahead of third-from-bottom Wolves, leading some fans to worry that Spurs might be in for a relegation battle.
It remains business as usual at the club under Postecoglou. They face Elfsborg at home on Thursday night in their final Europa League group game when they will seek to confirm direct qualification to the last 16. It has been announced that Postecoglou will meet the media as usual on Wednesday to preview the game.
Postecoglou has to be thankful that the axe has not yet fallen on him given Spurs are at one of the lowest ebbs of Levy’s 24-year chairmanship. That said, the ongoing injury crisis, especially in defence, does provide mitigation, and the team harbour hope of glory in the cups. As well as the Europa League, Spurs are alive in the Carabao Cup, where they face Liverpool in the semi-final second leg at Anfield next Thursday, 1-0 up from the first, and there is the FA Cup, where they go to Aston Villa in the fourth round on Sunday week. That pivotal period begins this Sunday with the league trip to Brentford.
