Tottenham have been one of the most disappointing teams in European football, going from Europa League qualification in Ange Postecoglou’s first season at the helm in 2023/24 to now ranking 14th in the Premier League in 2024/25.
Although Big Ange hasn’t faced a huge amount of pressure in news stories, at least not internally, there are many Tottenham fans who are dissatisfied with the injury excuses and believe Postecoglou doesn’t have what it takes to take the team to the next level.
At the same time, there are many Spurs supporters who don’t see how anyone else out there would be substantially better than Postecoglou and would like to see further improvements made to the squad rather than simply firing another manager.
According to a report from The Athletic, via Tottenham Tiers, there is now “serious doubt” regarding Postecoglou’s future at Tottenham and that Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola is now the top alternative to take the former Celtic coach’s place at Spurs.
Tottenham are also reportedly looking at two other coaching alternatives in Fulham manager Marco Silva and Brentford’s Thomas Frank, suggesting a preference to a hire a Premier League manager on a team achieving better results than Tottenham with a lower budget.
Frank, Silva, and Iraola are all good managers with better current track records in the Premier League than Postecoglou, but they are also dicy managers in the sense that they are up-and-comers who haven’t made it at the elite level yet.
Then again, Tottenham did try that route already with Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho, and both men failed spectacularly, albeit with a fraction of the financial backing that Big Ange has been getting.
Joe Soriano covers West Ham for Green Street Hammers and writes about Real Madrid for The Real Champs. He has extensive experience covering world football since 2014. Joe is an editor for The Trivela Effect, where he covers the biggest clubs in European football. He has watched professional sports regularly since 2002 and can be found playing the same sports he covers with his friends.