Football
Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou trapped between two competing desires amid uncertain future
Spurs boss caught between preparing for the future and preserving his own legacy
Ange Postecoglou is rarely concerned by the weight of unwanted history but, like everyone associated with Tottenham, he is scarred by previous meetings with Chelsea.
The Blues are the only club over the course of Postecoglou’s long career to have beaten him on their first three encounters and a fourth defeat on Thursday would increase the pressure on the Australian, whose position was the subject of fresh scrutiny during the long international break.
Yet Postecoglou ended both his briefings – the first for the cameras, the second for the written media – with exactly the same line, listing the three reasons he was brought to Spurs: 1) To change the way the club plays. 2) To Rejuvenate the squad. 3) To bring success.
