ANGE POSTECOGLOU believes Tottenham were right to sack his successor Thomas Frank.
Spurs following a 2-1 home defeat to Newcastle that left the club just five points above the relegation zone.
Ange Postecoglou believes Tottenham were right to sack Thomas FrankCredit: The Overlap
Frank had the worst win rate of any Spurs Prem managerCredit: Reuters
Frank had overseen just two wins from his last 17 Premier League matches and fans had grown restless.
Postecoglou says Tottenham were right to sack Frank, who succeeded him last summer, and questioned his appointment.
He said on The Overlap’s Stick to Football : “It’s always, having been in that position twice in the last six months, it’s tough, it’s tough. You know that he can’t be the only issue at the club and that’s probably every manager.
“But, ultimately that’s what we get judged on. But it goes back to me, it’s a curious club Tottenham. It’s made a major pivot at the end of last year, not just with me but with Daniel (Levy) leaving as well.
“You’ve created a whole sort of environment of uncertainty because there’s no guarantees, no matter which managers you bring in because they’ve had world-class managers there and not had success and for what reason?
“What was the reason for such a major pivot, you know Thomas was walking in, what’s his objective? What’s the club’s objective? At the start of the year, obviously to compete on all fronts but the club hasn’t competed on all fronts for a long time.
“Also the most influential person at the club for the last 20 years is also going so if you’re going to do such a major pivot, you have to understand there is going to be some instability there. Did Thomas know he was walking into that? I don’t know.
“It’s a fair departure from me, anyone who studies the game, it wasn’t like it was a progression from me. I built that sort of squad for want of a better word to play a certain way for a number of years and he’s sort of coming in and like we said, it’s a curious club Tottenham.”
Frank departs with the lowest winning percentage as a boss in the Premier League era at just 26.9 per cent.
Postecoglou had a 47 per cent win rate by the time he left Tottenham and did manage to bring them silverware in his third season – as he claimed he always does.
The problem was the club finished 17th in the Premier League last season.
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