BREAKING NEWS: Tottenham tipped to sack Ange Postecoglou, set to bring in Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers to take Tottenham seat.
BREAKING NEWS: Tottenham tipped to sack Ange Postecoglou, set to bring in Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers to take Tottenham seat.
The 2024/25 season hasn’t started as Tottenham Hotspur fans would have hoped under Ange Postecoglou. With just 7 points from a possible 15 in the Premier League and a narrow escape against Coventry City in the Carabao Cup, the pressure is mounting.
The bigger issue, however, seems to be the team’s performance and the disjointed way Postecoglou’s system is failing to click. In light of these struggles, a rumour has emerged that has caused concern among the Spurs faithful.
As previously reported, according to Liverpool ECHO, oddsmakers have tipped Postecoglou to be sacked before the end of the season.
Bookmakers have given odds of 8/11 for the Tottenham boss to lose his job by Christmas, with former Liverpool and current Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers being the favourite to replace him. Rodgers currently stands at 5/1 odds to take over the Spurs hot seat, which has raised eyebrows.
It’s not entirely surprising that Brendan Rodgers has emerged as the front-runner. His success at Celtic and previous experience in the Premier League make him a credible candidate in the eyes of oddsmakers.
Yet, it feels a bit premature to suggest that Tottenham are seriously considering replacing Postecoglou just yet. After all, football can be a rollercoaster, and the early months of the season often come with teething issues, especially when a new system is being implemented.
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What’s more intriguing is that Rodgers has only recently started finding his rhythm again at Celtic after a somewhat challenging return to the club.
It seems unlikely that the Northern Irishman would be keen to jump ship this early into his project. Yes, football is unpredictable, but Rodgers leaving Celtic for Tottenham after Postecoglou did the exact same thing previously feels far-fetched at this point.
While these reports and odds can stir the pot, they tend to fizzle out quickly, especially when reliable sources weigh in to provide clarity.
So far, no such clarification has come, meaning that fans of both Celtic and Tottenham have little reason to be overly concerned. Postecoglou still has time to get things right at Spurs, and until more concrete information emerges, this rumour feels more like a blip than a real cause for alarm.
In the ever-unpredictable world of football, anything can happen, but for now, it seems Postecoglou’s job is not at risk, at least for now.
In the build-up to the weekend’s victory at home to Brentford, Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou was quizzed on his social media usage after Brennan Johnson deactivated his Instagram account (via The Sun).
While Postecoglou explained that it “went downhill very quickly,” he admitted in Friday’s pre-match press conference that he did use Twitter, as it was known at the time.
“I thought it was a great resource for information and some pretty smart young people on there, especially around the football analytics and stuff that I used to get excited about” (via Hayters TV).
Postecoglou was no sooner out of the press room than the virtual terraces of Spurs fans on X (formerly Twitter) began digging for their manager’s old account, producing some entertaining yet eerily accurate results.
Postecoglou’s Twitter burner account?
In the wake of the Arsenal loss, one decision that raised Tottenham eyebrows was the decision to bring on Timo Werner for James Maddison on the 80 minute mark.
Many in the stadium that day argued that a like-for-like switch in the form of Lucas Bergvall, a player with similar technical abilities to Maddison, would have made more sense.
The account even encapsulates Postecoglou’s potential thought process in going with Werner over Bergvall in this situation, with the team a goal down with ten minutes remaining.
Of course, any similarities between Postocoglou and @reverse_ball are nothing but speculation at this stage, and expect a sharp, witty response from the Australian if he is asked about the topic in any of this week’s press conferences as Tottenham Hotspur face into another busy week.
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