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Tottenham Hotspur have no immediate plans to replace Ange Postecoglou as manager, multiple reports state.
Postecoglou looked on glumly from the touchline Everton tore Tottenham apart In the first half of their Premier League clash on Sunday. The Toffees, who have re-appointed David Moyes for a second spell, were 3-0 up and cruising to half-time at Goodison Park as Spurs switched to playing three at the back.
A return to a traditional back four helped matters in the second half, as goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison at least made the scoreline respectable, but Spurs could not find an equalizer and instead slipped to their 12th Premier League defeat of the season.
Social media pressure is mounting on Postecoglou, who has appeared prickly in recent interviews and press conferences, but football.london It was first reported that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has no plans to sack the 59-year-old anytime soon.
Rumors of board meetings to discuss Postecoglou’s future are also said to be rife, although there is acknowledgment that results need to improve despite the club being decimated by numerous injuries.
Key defenders Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven have played a combined 1,752 minutes of Premier League football out of a possible 3,960 minutes this season (both played every minute of the campaign) which equates to just 44%.
First-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario has also missed Spurs’ last ten Premier League During the games after fracturing a bone in his leg Spurs’ emphatic 4-0 win over Manchester City In November – the club have only won since then and that was against bottom of the table Southampton.
Destiny Udogi, Yves Bissoma, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner, Wilson Odobert and Dominic Solanke were also injured on the tour. Everton – The latter Lifting knee problem iIn midweek to add to Spurs’ woes – and each of them would have been in the matchday squad had he been fit.
“It’s not about me, but what’s about me right now is that I have a responsibility to the group of players, who try to get us through this, and that’s what I have to focus on,” Postecoglou said. Journalists after defeat.
“For me to focus on anything else is to shirk the responsibility I have. I’m just determined to get us out of this. The club is doing its best to help the players because they are who we are 18 Asking for some great jobs for seniors.
“We had a 17-year-old kid out there trying to win football games for us. And others who are playing week in and week out, so, you know, it’s more about getting the players help than helping me.”
Spurs‘ In a rotten run of results, they have come down to 15th place Premier League TableThey are much closer to the relegation zone than their pre-season target of the top four. However, they have the best goal difference in the bottom half by some margin – Spurs’ +10 is a wild contrast to West Ham, who sit above them in the table but with a -16 goal difference.
