Ange Postecoglou was recently asked about Tottenham Hotspur's struggles 10 months after winning the Europa League with the north Londoners
Ange Postecoglou took a step back from his recent role, as the ex-Tottenham Hotspur manager tempered previous remarks he made about his former club.
The Australian is taking a break from the touchline following his gruelling spell at Nottingham Forest, but joined UEFA's Technical Observer Panel last year.
Postecoglou was dispatched to Paris by his new employers to observe PSG's clash with Chelsea - but took time out from work to discuss the difficulties of his former club.
The 60-year-old guided Spurs to a Europa League triumph last season and secured them a place in the Champions League.
However, he was sacked by the club at the end of last season shortly after the victory. Not long after his replacement Thomas Frank was sacked, Postecoglou said Tottenham do not "act like a big club" when it comes to wages and transfers.
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After watching PSG beat Chelsea 5-2, the ex-Australia manager appeared to row back on some of his comments.
Quizzed by Joe Cole about the lack of investment on TNT Sports, Postecoglou said: "That's a broader argument but the reality of it is they've got to deal with it now, that's the most important thing.
"The football club, I said it a couple of weeks ago, wasn't behaving to me like a big football club in terms of the kind of players it was attracting. But it is a big football club, we saw that last year.
"There was a couple of hundred thousand people in London going nuts there and I felt it, how big a club it is. But in the Premier League it's a slippery slope once you take your eye off the ball with certain things. But all that is not important right now.
"What's important now is where they are in the league, they need to maintain their Premier League status which is obviously paramount to what they want to build. Those kind of questions you kind of go, 'okay, we want some real direction here'.
"I think it's pretty clear what Tottenham fans want – they want the team to play a certain way, they want success, every team wants success."
He also offered some guidance for beleaguered manager Tudor, insisting the Croatian has to instil some belief into his side. Postecoglou added: "It's hard for me to comment from the outside but, for me, it's about instilling some belief, show them the kind of players they are, not that they can be, that they are, what they've already shown."
Fast forward to this week, Spurs were resoundingly defeated in a disastrous 5-2 loss to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night, leaving their position in Europe's premier competition perilously uncertain.
Tudor, who has suffered four consecutive defeats since succeeding Thomas Frank, is under significant pressure as the club stumbles into a Premier League relegation battle.
This Sunday, they travel to Anfield in the Premier League to face Liverpool. The fixture looks like an ominous one, given Spurs' recent form and the fact they will be without Micky van de Ven for for the clash due to suspension.