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Daniel Levy set Ange Postecoglou a task on the very first day he arrived at Tottenham – here is how he has done with it
Ange Postecoglou’s time at Tottenham Hotspur has been a mixed one.
The Australian became an instant hit at Spurs when he took charge of the club in the summer of 2023. His style of play was welcomed by the supporters, who were fed up with the defensive football they had seen under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.
Daniel Levy considered various options that summer, but the Tottenh✤am chairman decided to go with Postecoglou even though the Australian had no previous experience managing in a ♔big European league.
His attacking philosophy was definitely a big reason why, but Levy revealed in September 2023 that Postecoglou also agreed to use the♑ club’s academy and promote players to the first team, which is something that Conte didn’t do.
“One of the reasons why we asked Ange to become our manager is that he believes in the academy♒,❀” Levy said in a Tottenham Fan Forum in 2023.
“The relationship between the first team and♕ the academy is really importa🍬nt. This is a club where we as fans get a great thrill seeing a player coming through the academy into the first team.
“We want to see thatཧ flourish. And I think over the coming years we’ve got some very good young players in our a🌠cademy and you’ll see them coming through to the first team.”
Has Ange Postecoglou completed the task Daniel Levy gave him?
Like every chairman, Levy would love to see his manager bring through players from the academy and make⛦ them superstars.
That is not only a great look for the club’s youth system, but it also saves millions in the transfer market – Arsenal are a great example of that thanks to the emergence of Bukayo Saka, ⛄Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Postecoglou ๊has loo🍬ked at Tottenham’s academy too, and he has given debuts to seven youth players since he became the Spurs boss.
| Tottenham academy graduates who’ve debuted under Ange Postecoglou | Games | Minutes |
| Mikey Moore | 18 | 645 |
| Jamie Donley | 4 | 11 |
| Alfie Dorrington | 1 | 44 |
| Will Lankshear | 6 | 179 |
| Brandon Austin | 3 | 300 |
| Callum Olusesi | 1 | 32 |
| Damola Ajayi | 1 | 10 |
A combined 1221 minutes of football have been offered to players f🧜rom the Tottenham academy who have made their debuts under Postecoglou.
An argument can be made that some of the above names deserved mo𝓰re game time, while there are othe🐷rs in the academy who are yet to play for the first team.
We’re sure some Spurs fans will claiওm that Postecoglou has not fulfilled the task Levy set for him when he made him the Tottenham manager.
Postecoglou has trusted other young players at Tottenham
The seven names mentioned above are the players out of To🎃ttenham’s academy who Postecoglou has handed first-team debuts too.
The minutes they’ve all got are perhaps not enough, but there are other young players at Spurs who have played 𒐪a lot under the Australian.
Archie Gray is a great example. The teenager was signed from Leeds last summer and he has played a total of 2344 minutes of foo﷽tball in all competitions.
Lucas Bergvall is another one who ha🌠s played a significant amount – 1387 minutes to be exact.
Dane Scarlett got a couple of opportunities under Postecoglou, as did Alejo Veliz before he was sent out on loan last season.