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Former Tottenham CEO says Spurs should now hire 51-year-old manager to replace Ange Postecoglou

Charles Jones

Sat 4 January 2025 15:15, UK

Tottenham Hotspur’s terrible recent run of form has continued as they lost to Newcastle on Saturday afternoon.

Spurs lost 2-1 to the Magpies to extend their run to just one win in seven league games, and Ange Postecoglou may now be under pressure.

Postecoglou’s job was safe heading into the Newcastle game, but this run of form surely can’t go on for much longer.

There’s a real case to be made that Postecoglou should be sacked, and one man who believes that the Australian should go is former Tottenham CEO, Claude Littner.

Littner was the CEO of Tottenham during the Alan Sugar era, and while he no longer has any control at the club, he believes he knows who should replace Postecoglou as the Spurs manager.

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Claude Littner calls for Thomas Frank to replace Ange Postecoglou

Littner made it clear that he has absolutely no faith in Ange Postecoglou anymore.

Tottenham are sitting firmly in mid-table halfway through the season, and if results don’t go their way this weekend, they could be say 14^th in the table after 20 matches.

Littner has seen enough, and he’s agreed with one Spurs supporter who suggested that Thomas Frank should be brought to Tottenham as Postecoglou’s replacement.

Frank was linked to Tottenham before Postecoglou was hired, and Littner believes that the Dane would be a great choice for Spurs.

Thomas Frank compared to Ange Postecoglou

Of course, it’s not necessarily fair to compare the manager of Brentford to the manager of Tottenham in terms of pure results.

Indeed, Spurs’ budget is exponentially bigger than Brentford’s.

However, despite the gulf in these two teams’ respective budgets and ambitions, Frank’s results do stack up well against Postecoglou’s.

Frank’s win percentage at Brentford is only slightly worse than Postecoglou’s at Spurs, and that is rather stunning.

Back in 2019, Spurs were playing in a Champions League final while Brentford were in the Championship, and yet, somehow, Frank has a record comparable to Postecoglou’s.

Brentford will go above Tottenham in the table if they get a result against Southampton on Saturday, and that is telling.

Whether or not Postecoglou remains in his post remains to be seen, but if Spurs do decide to make a change, they could do worse than hiring Thomas Frank.