Ange Postecoglou has laughed off speak he’s within the honeymoon interval at Tottenham however promised they’ll proceed to enhance.
Spurs’ flying begin to the brand new marketing campaign earned their new head coach the Premier League supervisor of the month award for August on Friday.
The final Tottenham supervisor to obtain the accolade was Nuno Espirito Santo initially of the 2021-22 season however he was sacked months later in October.
When it was put to Postecoglou that he was nonetheless having fun with the honeymoon part of life in north London, he was pleased to level out a number of the challenges he has confronted in N17.
“I don’t know what your honeymoon was like, but mine didn’t have me losing the greatest player (Harry Kane) in the history of this football club on the eve of a transfer window, me trying to scramble to get players into the club, fighting for everything I do mate. That’s not what my honeymoon was about,” Postecoglou mirrored.
“I don’t sit right here and suppose this has come to me or been served on a platter. I’ve labored arduous, mate, I’ve labored actually arduous. It’s been a very robust interval, nothing like my honeymoon.
“At Celtic I misplaced three of our first six. At Yokohama, we had been battling relegation, however I can inform you a similar form of constructing stuff I did on the these golf equipment, I’m doing right here.
“The solely distinction is the outcomes have been higher, encouraging, for certain, however I really like this era as a result of there may be just about a day-to-day uncertainty about the place we’re at. That can be right here for the subsequent six months to a 12 months.
I don’t know what your honeymoon was like, however mine didn’t have me shedding the best participant (Harry Kane) within the historical past of this soccer membership on the eve of a switch window, me attempting to scramble to get gamers into the membership, preventing for every little thing I do mate. That’s not what my honeymoon was about
Ange Postecoglou
“Everywhere I’ve been, the second year is where I’ve felt like the team has really taken hold, but I also understand at this football club I can’t go three, four, five months without results because I won’t last. That’s the reality of it.
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“If you measure on outcomes, yes, this looks like this has been smoother than the others.
“But I can assure you this has been just as challenging, if not more challenging because of the stakes here in the Premier League.”
Postecoglou admitted it will take two extra switch home windows for him to really feel his taking part in group has the squad depth it wants, with Spurs solely required to problem within the Premier League till January.
He added: “I definitely think we need at least two more windows to get to a space where I think ‘okay, we (are happy) as a squad.’
“Don’t forget this year we’re out of the Carabao Cup now and we’ve got no European football, so the fixtures are a little bit kinder to us between now and Christmas, but that’s not our aim.
“We want to have games, we want to be in Europe, we want to be in cup competitions. So we’re going to need a stronger squad and I don’t think we’re anywhere near that point where we’ve got a robust enough squad at the moment.”
