Ange Postecoglou has mentioned Tottenham‘s development this season should not be judged solely on the place they end on the desk and added that he desires to construct a group that’s checked out and talked about in a different way in 12 months’ time.
The 58-year-old has remodeled the temper and fortunes of the membership since his arrival final summer season from Celtic. The attacking model of soccer he has carried out has Spurs firmly within the hunt for a Champions League spot, only one season on from a lowly eighth-place end.
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Their 2-1 win over Luton City on Saturday noticed them transfer to inside three factors of fourth-place Aston Villa with a sport in hand.
However the Australian supervisor, who has beforehand mentioned Champions League qualification is not a “Willy Wonka golden ticket” to success, stays targeted on his longer-term imaginative and prescient for the membership.
“We need to end the season robust and hold constructing on the muse of being a group that hopefully in 12 months’ time persons are us in a different way and speaking about us in a different way,” Postecoglou mentioned in a information convention on Monday.
“To try this it could’t simply be about the place you end and what number of factors you get, it is received to be greater than that. Clearly if we end robust then we’ll end in an honest place and we’ll see the place that takes us.”
Saturday’s win over Luton got here courtesy of a late Son Heung-Min winner — his fifteenth purpose of the season — and Postecoglou heaped reward on the South Korean’s management qualities since taking the armband initially of the season.
“It wasn’t a giant choice. With Hugo [Lloris] being an enormous affect and Harry [Kane] as nicely, Eric Dier too — there are others who’ve been on the membership a very long time,” Postecoglou mentioned.
“A part of all of it alongside was that I felt like we wanted to make a change to indicate we’re moving into a brand new path.
“I felt Son was a pure and he has been a frontrunner inside his nationwide group. I had no hesitation placing him in that place.
“Generally once you get the official title it may be a burden, however his performances have been excellent.”
Tottenham journey to seventh-placed West Ham on Tuesday.
