Ange Postecoglou details Europa League celebration plans, Tottenham ambitions

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has declared he wants to stay on at Spurs after winning the Europa League on Wednesday, with speculation still swirling around his future.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has declared he wants to stay on at Spurs after winning the Europa League on Wednesday, with speculation still swirling around his future.

Despite the victory, the Australian faces an uncertain future after a dismal domestic campaign, with Tottenham stuck at 17th on the Premier League table, and Postecoglou conceding it had been the toughest two years of his career..

ANGE ON THE WIN

“It’s hard to put into words the emotion, I’m super proud of the players.

“To quote my favourite Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating after an unlikely victory he said this is one for the true believers and that means an unbelievable group of players who never wavered, never lost faith in me and what we were doing.”

ANGE ON HIS FUTURE

“I still feel there’s a lot of work to be done, I think that is quite obvious, but not as much work as people may think. We’ve got a really young group of players and you can talk to them about success and what it means but until they feel it you know it doesn’t become real.

“I’ve got no doubt that all those boys tonight having this feeling will want this again and get it again. They’re going to have to make similar sort of sacrifices.

“I’d be disappointed if we couldn’t continue on this path. I understand why it would be difficult for a club to buy into one person’s vision. But I’m a winner, I’m a serial winner, it’s what I’ve done my whole career, all I’ve done my whole career is win things.

“Relaxed is not the word (for how I feel), because I’d be disappointed if we couldn’t continue on this path.

“I understand why it would be difficult for a club like this to buy into one person’s vision …

“People dismiss my achievements because they didn’t happen on this side of the world but for me they’re all hard-earned and all I’ve done my whole career is win things.”

Postecoglou, who won trophies with Celtic, Australian side Brisbane Roar and Japan’s Yokohama F. Marinos, said he thinks Tottenham can progress to further success in the near future.

“We’re in the Champions League (next season), my thought process of what I’ve been doing this year is trying to build a team that can be successful for four, five, six years,” he told TNT Sports.

“But I’m the manager of the football club. That decision is not in my hands.”

ANGE ON THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A SPURS MANAGER

“It has definitely been the toughest thing I’ve ever done without a shadow of a doubt, and I knew that going into it. This club has had some unbelievable coaches and world class players and they haven’t had a night like this so I knew what I was taking on. It’s fair to say it’s been really challenging.”

ANGE ON CELEBRATION PLANS

“No planned meetings, I haven’t had any discussions, no one has spoken to me about anything. What I do know is I’m going to go back to my hotel room, get my family and friends together, open up a nice bottle of scotch, have a couple of quiet ones and get ready for a massive parade on Friday.

“We play Brighton on Sunday, a really important, last home game for the season and we want to finish strong. Then on Monday I’m going on holiday with my beautiful family because I deserve it.”

ANGE ON HIS SECOND SEASON PROMISE

“It was me just making a declaration, and I believed it — at the time I said it, I was still looking out for our club,” said the 59-year-old.

“I know our league form has been terrible, but us finishing third wasn’t going to change this football club.

“The only thing that was going to change this football club was us winning something. And when I said that, that was my intent.”

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