Despite winning the Europa League with Tottenham Hotspur, delivering the club their first trophy in 17 years, Ange Postecoglou was dismissed by the side on Friday. The Australian had spent two seasons in charge of the team, but after a disappointing campaign domestically, the decision was made to let him go shortly after the 2024/25 season wrapped up.
The news was met with a mixed reaction. Some couldn't look past his struggles in the Premier League this year and thought it was the right move, while others, like Alan Shearer, thought the decision was a poor one. They felt the fact he'd delivered silverware to a team that had gone so long without any had earned him a chance to take the club forward.
Ultimately, the trophy wasn't enough to keep him in his job and now, comments he had previously made when Erik ten Hag was sacked as Manchester United manager late last year have resurfaced and they look very interesting.
They have aged very interestingly
While Tottenham struggled this season, they weren't the only top side who disappointed. Manchester United also had a disastrous campaign and finished without adding any silverware to their trophy cabinet. They started the season with Erik ten Hag, but decided to replace him with Ruben Amorim before 2024 had wrapped up.
The Dutchman was under fire for a while and shortly after he was let go, Postecoglou commented on the situation. What he said has aged very interestingly too. Despite winning trophies in his first two seasons with the Red Devils, the club decided to dismiss Ten Hag and the now ex-Spurs manager commented on how the trophies didn't help keep his job.
In quotes shared via beIN Sports, he said:
"I'm not really shocked. Disappointing as it was, it was almost inevitable with the scrutiny he had. If you look at Erik, he was there for two and a bit years. He won a trophy in each year. They finished third in his first year. If he was here with that record, would he have lost his job? I don’t know.
"Would he be under the same scrutiny? I don’t know, because everyone tells me all I have to do is win a trophy, but I have got a feeling it would be the same because, just the nature of the world today."
His notion that winning a trophy wouldn't ultimately help him has aged well considering his Europa League triumph didn't prevent him being sacked by Daniel Levy. In fact, he was dismissed just weeks after winning the European competition.