Ange Postecoglou insists that Tottenham have “obtained a number of work to do” with their squad and may have three switch home windows to get issues the place they should be.
The Greek-Australian has revolutionised Spurs’ taking part in fashion in his first season in cost, main the north Londoners to the highest of the Premier League desk earlier than accidents to key gamers affected their momentum.
Tottenham stay firmly in competition for a top-four end – which might ship a return to the Champions League – and have welcomed again into the aspect the likes of James Maddison, Micky van de Ven and captain Son Heung-min in current weeks.
Postecoglou has earned widespread popularity of his model of attacking soccer and lifting of morale off-field, resulting in hyperlinks with the soon-to-be vacant Liverpool supervisor’s job.
However he stays centered on the duty at hand at Tottenham, the place he has repeatedly outlined his urge for food for bettering the standard in his squad. That sentiment was evident as soon as extra at his newest press convention, with Postecoglou insisting that the membership will want at the least three switch home windows to get “wherever close to” the place they should be.
He instructed reporters: “We have got a number of work to do nonetheless on the squad and I do not suppose we’re wherever close to the place we wish to be. It most likely will take slightly bit greater than three home windows to get there, for certain.”
On what particularly wants bettering, the 58-year-old continued: “Simply by way of the robustness, adaptability, and compatibility of the squad, I believe there’s nonetheless a good bit of change we have to do.
“I actually do not suppose we’re one or two gamers away from attending to the place I need us to be, nowhere close to it. A few of that can be pure evolution. A few of it hopefully means we proceed to get the advance we have had this yr from a few of our gamers. If that occurs over the following 12 months, then we’ll be in an incredible place.
“However you have to bear in mind, a number of our group are of their first yr of the Premier League. An excellent chunk of them have been ever-presents, we want them to maintain bettering on the charge they’re. We have nonetheless obtained a number of work to do with the squad. I believe we’re a good distance away from having one or two gamers away from getting the place we wish to be.”
Amongst Spurs’ success tales this season have been Maddison and Van de Ven, in addition to goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, left-back Future Udogie and versatile ahead Brennan Johnson, who arrived from Nottingham Forest final September.
They tackle top-four rivals Aston Villa on Sunday, figuring out victory would reduce the hole to Unai Emery’s aspect down to only two factors.
