Tottenham Hotspur fired Ange Postecoglou in the most unceremonious of ways after he had delivered them their first European trophy in more than 40 years. They made him wait for weeks without an answer when then CEO Daniel Levy knew he would be firing Postecoglou no matter what due to the poor results in the Premier League. And then he fired Postecoglou while on holiday, announcing the move on a random Friday night in the summer.
The reasoning behind firing Postecoglou was not necessarily the problem. Spurs were 17th in the Premier League, only ahead of three historically terrible newly promoted sides. And opposing managers were laughing in the media behind an anonymous veil about how easy it was to figure out Spurs and dismantle their poorly organized system in his second season.
But with all that Postecoglou did to bring the Europa League to Tottenham and with how beloved he was by the players as someone who brought entertaining football and a never say die attitude to the club, he 100 percent deserved better than the treatment he got from Levy and this shambles of the club as he walked out the door - treated as more goat than hero.
Ange Postecoglou still loves Tottenham
With time, the Ange Postecoglou firing has only looked worse. Thomas Frank was the polar opposite of Postecoglou in the worst possible way, turning Spurs into an even worse team in the Premier League with no European meddle to speak of. And his interim replacement, Igor Tudor, has been unable to turn the tide as another charisma vacuum himself in comparison to the jovial Big Ange.
With Tottenham in the pit of a relegation fight and coming off a dreadful 3-0 loss to Nottingham Forest, Postecoglou was asked about his feelings on Spurs at this darkest hour. And his response in an interview with Melbourne radio station SEN 1116 just might leave you in tears:
“It was two years and they were by no means easy years, but we invested a lot into them. Second last game we won a European trophy which was an incredible high. The connection there will be there forever. To watch them struggle has not been easy and it’s not the way I thought it would go. They’re in a hell of a fight, relegation is massive for any club but for Tottenham, it’s a pretty big deal. They have some fighting to do and they have the quality to get out. They need a circuit-breaker for sure.”
Say what you want, and he was never going to be the long term option for Tottenham, but, man, Ange is a true Spur through and through. What a guy to hold no bad blood to the club and to only want the best for the players, supporters, and the badge in this difficult time, even after the management treated him so badly on the way out. Class act.