With the mud barely settled on his Melbourne homecoming, Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou will barely take a breath earlier than plunging into preparations for his second Premier League season.
Postecoglou, 58, relished a “particular” pleasant match towards Newcastle United in entrance of 78,419 followers on the MCG on Wednesday night time.
After slipping to a 5-4 loss on penalties, with scores locked at 1-1 after full-time, Tottenham gamers had been as a consequence of fly out later that night time for both nationwide group commitments or their holidays
“I believed it was an infinite effort from them, when you think about the journey we would have liked to do to get right here and clearly straight after a reasonably essential Premier League sport for us, to play tonight,” Postecoglou mentioned.
“They are going again. A number of them have gotten possibly a number of days off earlier than Euros or Copa America and the remainder will get their breaks.
“So yeah, the boys can be straight out tonight.”
Postecoglou, too, indicated he would rapidly get again to enterprise after a brief break.
“I bought the bus experience again to the resort and that’ll be it, mate, after which we get going. It by no means actually stops, the fact of it’s,” he mentioned.
“However I am going to have a while off. I am going to meet up with the household on the weekend and we’ll go to Greece and change off for a few weeks.
“Nevertheless it by no means stops, there’s a lot to do. However there’s lots of people who’re working, doing the majority of it. I am simply there to hopefully present some course.”
After a fifth-placed end, Postecoglou indicated he was eager to get any switch enterprise accomplished early so the brand new recruits might be in place for pre-season.
Including extra firepower in assault can be essential as Spurs put together to juggle their Premier League hopes with Europa League commitments.
A choice is but to be made on whether or not to make Timo Werner’s mortgage transfer everlasting.
“I imply, it is no secret. You noticed the best way we completed the season,” mentioned Postecoglou.
“We clearly misplaced Richarlison and Timo as properly with accidents. However we’re pretty gentle on in that space.
“We began the final season with Manor [Solomon] and (Ivan) Perišić and we had been fairly wholesome in that entrance third by way of numbers.
“However because the 12 months went on, it grew to become fairly evident we have to bulk up. We’re clearly in Europe subsequent 12 months as properly, so there will be extra video games.
“So it is positively an space of the park we’ll have to strengthen.”
Playmaker James Maddison, who has thrived beneath Postecoglou since his transfer from Leicester, relished seeing the reception his supervisor acquired in his house city.
“He’s fairly widespread, is not he?” Maddison quipped with a smile.
“Ange is an effective man. An ideal character and I really like working for him.
“To see him in his nation with the help he will get right here, it was good to see.”
Maddison was assured Spurs may hit new heights as Postecoglou’s reign progressed.
“The primary season of any new mission has its ups and downs,” Maddison mentioned.
“However I feel we will obtain huge issues, hopefully — the primary 12 months of many I hope.”
