The Reason Behind Tottenham Hotspur's Decision To Appoint Ange Postecoglou As New Manager

JAKARTA - It is answered who will become the manager of Tottenham Hotspur for the 2023/2024 season. The English Premier League club officially appointed Ange Postecoglou to handle Harry Kane and his friends.

Postecoglou is contracted for a duration of four seasons and will start working on July 1. The 57-year-old will be the first Australian to puzzle the English Premier League club.

"We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ange Postecoglou as our new head coach on a four-year contract," Tottenham's official announcement on social media Tuesday.

The appointment of Postecoglou is actually not so surprising because it has been widely circulated in several media. However, the question arises, why Postecoglou.

Whereas previously, The Lilywhites targeted famous figures such as Julian Nagelsmann, Ruben Amorim, Xabi Alonso and Arne Slot.

Tottenham Chairman Daniel Levy finally revealed the reason for the recruitment of Postecoglou. He said this election was based on the track record of the manager who had a good mentality, had an attacking style of play, and was able to develop players from the academy level.

"Ange brings positive mentality and fast attacking style of play. He has a strong track record in developing players and an understanding of the importance of the relationship from the academy, everything that matters to our club," Levy said, as reported by Antara.

"We are excited to have Ange join us as we prepare for next season," he added.

Postecoglou's career as team architect began when he coached South Melbourne for six years. He led the club, which was coached for the first time to become the 2x Australian Champion champion (1997/1998, 1998/1999) and the 1x Oceania Club Championship (1998/1999).

Postecoglou then continued his career as coach of the Australian U-17 and U-20 national teams for seven years and continued to coach Greek club Panachaiki for nine months.

He then returned to coach Australian club Brisbane Rour in 2009 and led the club to win 2x Australian Champion 2010/2011, 2011/2012. After from Brisbane Rour, Postecoglou had coached Melbourne Victory from April 2012 to October 2013.

He later became manager of Australia's senior national team from 2013 to 2017 and during the senior team's coaching period he brought the national team nicknamed Socceroos to qualify for Brazil's 2014 World Cup, winning the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, securing the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Four years with Australia, Postecoglou is again exploring his career as club coach where in 2019 he coached Yokohama F. Marinos and won Japanese Champion (2018) in his inaugural season.

After that, Postecoglou coached Scottish club Celtic for two years. He brought The Bhoys, the nickname Celtic won the prestigious trophy in Scotland, namely 2x Scottish Champion (2021/2022, 2022/2023), 1x Scottish Cup Winner (2022/2023), and 2x Scottish League Cup Winner (2021/2022, 2022/2023).