Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou tells TNT Sports that while finishing in the Premier League’s top four would “signal progress” it would not be a true indicator of success. That success, he hopes, will come in the form of a league title – something that no Spurs boss has delivered since the 1960-61 campaign. Tottenham travel to Newcastle United on Saturday, live on TNT Sports and discovery+.Ange Postecoglou has promised to match his young side’s ambition as he chases the “ultimate goal” of winning the Premier League with Tottenham.
In a wide-ranging interview with TNT Sports ahead of Spurs’ trip to Newcastle United on Saturday, Postecoglou said he wanted his team to rival the consistency shown by runaway trio Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City, while he reserved special praise for “outstanding” newcomers Guglielmo Vicario and Micky van de Ven.Look, you try and win every competition you’re in,” Postecoglou said ahead of the trip to St James’ Park, live on TNT Sports and discovery+.
“But ultimately for me, it’s about trying to make this club champion of the Premier League. I think that’s got to be the ultimate goal.
“That doesn’t mean you can’t have success in other competitions. I think that helps with growth because if you can gain some sort of success in a cup competition or in Europe, that helps build belief.
“It’s not easy, you’re competing against some top clubs that have been at this a lot longer in terms of building squads and building teams, so we’ve got a bit of catching up to do.”
Defending champions Manchester City are in their eighth season of the Pep Guardiola you project, Arsenal are in their fourth full campaign under Mikel and although Jurgen nine-year reign at Anfield I is drawing to a close, he will leave a team packed with quality. By comparison, Postecoglou has just entered his 11th month in charge of Spurs.
“That’s the most challenging bit, to get to where they are on a consistent basis,” he said.
“In a one-off year, maybe you could do it. But a consistent basis is where we should try and pitch ourselves.”
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Asked what one change might help haul Spurs into title contention next season, he said: “Where we are at the moment, in terms of the squad and where we are with our football, we’re a fair way away from it being one or two crucial things [that need to happen].
“I don’t dismiss the fact that maybe we can do it next year but when you look at the other teams we are competing with – they’ve been doing it for four, five, six, seven years.
“It’s only after you’ve been there at least three or four years that you can start thinking about ‘maybe there’s a missing piece’. It’s more about looking at the broad subject of how we’re going to become a club that can compete at that level.
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