The noise around Celtic hero Ange Postecoglou continues to rumble on at Tottenham Hotspur.
This is despite Postecoglou guiding Tottenham to trophy success when they beat Manchester United in the Europa League final in Bilbao last month.
When Postecoglou left Celtic for Tottenham during the summer of 2023, his task was pretty clear: to help the London club win a major trophy because they had been waiting for nearly two decades.
Everywhere the 59-year-old has gone, including winning the Treble at Celtic, he has proven that he can push his teams over the trophy line.
Bearing that in mind, you would think that Spurs would be lauding Postecoglou and looking forward to next season, but think again.
The man making the big calls at the top of Tottenham’s tree is Daniel Levy, and he is friends with talkSPORT pundit, Simon Jordan, who shared an insight into the situation.
Simon Jordan on Celtic hero Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham future
If Ange isn’t wanted at Spurs, then he is more than welcome back at Celtic, a place where he would be appreciated because he isn’t getting it at his current club.
Sacking Postecoglou would be disrespectful enough, given that he has just lifted a major trophy, but making him wait when teams are already planning for next season is pretty poor from the powers that be at Hotspur Way.
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Jordan explained that he hasn’t asked Levy about Postecoglou’s future for two reasons, including how the Spurs chairman is ‘basking in the reflective glory of his team winning something for a change’.
Before taking shots at Ange, including how ‘winning one trophy doesn’t change the culture of a football club’ –
But, of course, continually sacking trophy-winning managers does, right?
“I purposely haven’t asked him,” responded Jordan on if he has asked his friend Levy about Postecoglou’s future.
“A), I don’t think he would tell me. B), I think he should be allowed to bask in the reflective glory of his team winning something for a change, before he gets put behind the eight ball of who replaces the manager.
“The thing about this is that nobody knows the conversations that have been had between Ange Postecoglou and Daniel Levy.
“People will look at the fact that the team has finished 17th in the league, and say ‘it’s appalling. It can’t be tolerated. If somebody shows you what they are, you should believe them’.
“But other people will say, ‘we have got this monkey off our back’. If you believe what Ange is saying, then it changes the culture. I am not sure that’s right. Winning one trophy doesn’t change the culture of a football club.
“It just gives them an opportunity to reflect on the fact that maybe they could have done things better, and maybe they can do things better going forward.”
Would Celtic fans take Postecoglou back?
Celtic fans understood Postecoglou’s call to leave and try to make a name for himself on the billion-pound stage of the Premier League.
One thing you can’t argue is that he has done that, and some more!
But Postecoglou is better off walking away here, with the Europa League trophy in hand, and letting Tottenham continue in their ways next season.