Ange Postecoglou has revealed Tottenham have a deadline in the event that they need to make Timo Werner’s mortgage deal everlasting.
The German joined Spurs on mortgage in January from RB Leipzig, scoring twice and helping three targets in 14 matches in all competitions for the North London facet.
Nonetheless, Werner missed the final 5 video games of Spurs’ season as a result of a hamstring harm he sustained in opposition to Arsenal.
Postecoglou admitted that he was relaxed concerning the scenario, however whether or not a deal was made was out of his fingers.
Talking to reporters following their pleasant in Melbourne in opposition to Newcastle United, Postecoglou mentioned: “I believe from our perspective, there’s a deadline there.
“Once more, plenty of that may depend upon the negotiations between the golf equipment and the way Timo feels.
“Once more, from my perspective, I’m comfy with that scenario, and I’ll let the opposite guys steer it to see what sort of final result there may be.”
First yr underneath the gaffer full
We sat down with Ange Postecoglou to look again on the 2023/24 season pic.twitter.com/vFPCDRp4GI
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After a robust begin to their season, Spurs ultimately completed fifth within the Premier League, securing a spot within the Europa League subsequent season.
The Australian additionally believes the membership have to deliver extra attacking gamers in as a precedence to steadiness the upper workload subsequent season after fighting accidents this marketing campaign.
“Yeah, completely. It’s no secret [we need new forwards]. You noticed the best way we completed the season,” he mentioned.
“We clearly misplaced Richarlison and Timo Werner as effectively with accidents, however we’re pretty mild in that space.
“We began final season with Manor [Solomon] and [Ivan] Perisic, and we have been fairly wholesome in that entrance third by way of numbers, however because the yr went on it turned fairly evident that we wanted to bulk up.
“We’re in Europe as effectively subsequent yr, so we’ll have extra video games, and it’s positively an space of the park we’ll have to strengthen.”
