Postecoglou: My greatest job at Tottenham is altering the mindset
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ew Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou says his greatest problem on the membership is reprogramming the gamers to attacking soccer after almost 4 years below Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte.
In his first press convention since beginning work final week, Postecoglou promised to impose his “aggressive” and “dominant” fashion of play on a squad which has been used to absorbing stress after which counter-punching below their previous three managers.
The Australian has been working with a skeleton squad at Hotspur Way since July 1, however the membership’s worldwide gamers are returning all through this week, with Harry Kane due again on Wednesday, and Postecoglou says he will sell his “vision” for Spurs to the England captain after they sit down for crunch talks.
Asked if he has to reprogramme the squad to play his approach, Postecoglou instructed Standard Sport: “Yeah, absolutely. That will be the biggest challenge and that’s what I’m concentrating on at the moment. It’s about changing that mindset and changing the way the players see the game, and maybe their roles within it, because even with the positions they play, there’s going be adjustments in how I want them to do things.
“I love that, that’s why I’m here. If it was just me rolling up and they’re [already] doing their thing, it wouldn’t excite me. That’s part of the challenge, it will be a shift from the way the club has played for three or four years.”
Summer signings James Maddison and Guglielmo Vicario are on account of be a part of with the squad this week, whereas Spurs shut in on finishing the free switch of former Fulham ahead Manor Solomon.
Postecoglou says the brand new additions will assist to hurry up the transition to attacking soccer and believes that 26-year-old Maddison, who joined in a £40million deal from relegated Leicester, is able to grow to be a frontrunner for his new-look aspect.
“In terms of how quickly the players embrace [my style], the new players coming in will help,” Postecoglou added.
“They’re players who fit the direction I want to go in, which helps. Then it’s about seeing with the existing group how many of them are able to adjust and embrace the way we’re going to play.”
On Maddison, he added: “[I’m] really excited to get him as part of the group. Any manager will tell you that part of the key to being a dominant team is having multiple attacking threats and having a midfielder who can score and create goals. They’re not easy to come by. He’s proven himself as somebody who can do that.
Postecoglou is excited to work with James Maddison after the club sealed a £40m deal to sign the England international
/ Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images“When you look at Tottenham the last few years, they’ve been really reliant on the front three to get their goals. I thought it was a really good fit for us to look for a player like James — even better if we could get James.
“He’s had the birth of twins, so I don’t know what shape he’ll be in when he gets here! He’s in a stage of his career where it feels like he can be a leader, which is great, because we need players who want to embrace that responsibility, whether it’s their first year in or they’ve been here for ages. We’re going to need leadership on the field and he feels like he can be a player who does that.”