A deal to take the Treble-winning Celtic boss to north London may very well be accomplished this week as Spurs zero in on their high goal, Standard Sport understands.

Postecoglou has emerged because the main contender to grow to be the long-term successor to Antonio Conte, having suitably impressed chairman Daniel Levy and incoming chief soccer officer Scott Munn.

Tottenham were expected to ramp up their interest within the Australian after Saturday’s Scottish Cup ultimate, which Celtic won 3-1 towards Championship facet Inverness Caledonian Thistle to safe their fifth home Treble within the final seven seasons.

They look set to make a proper strategy for Postecoglou this week, with the 57-year-old at the moment on a 12-month rolling contract in Glasgow, the place has has received back-to-back league titles and 5 main trophies throughout two seasons after leaving Japanese membership Yokohama F. Marinos to succeed Neil Lennon at Parkhead in June 2021.

Levy had held talks with former Barcelona and Spain coach Luis Enrique, a goal for Serie A champions Napoli as they search to exchange the outgoing Luciano Spalletti, whereas Feyenoord boss Arne Slot dominated himself out of the operating for the vacant Spurs job final month.

Interim coach Ryan Mason had additionally voiced a need to tackle the function on a full-time foundation, although Spurs by no means deliberate to interview Julian Nagelsmann, with the German now closely linked with Paris Saint-Germain after being sacked by Bayern Munich and changed by former Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel in March.

Tottenham additionally didn't pursue a reunion with Mauricio Pochettino, who will start work with rivals Chelsea subsequent month after being formally appointed on a two-year contract final week that features the choice for an extra 12 months.

Postecoglou, who was additionally briefly linked with the Chelsea submit in April, remained tight-lipped on his future after Celtic’s world-record eighth home Treble was clinched at Hampden on Saturday because of objectives from Kyogo Furuhashi, Liel Abada and Jota.

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“I understand all the questions, but I am going to be a little bit selfish here, not just for myself but my family and people around me, we have all worked really hard to enjoy this moment,” he mentioned.

“As disappointing as that may be for people, that is what I am going to do. We have worked too hard as players and managers.

“If I again start talking about things right now that aren’t really important to me and those people around me, so I am just enjoying this and will do for as long as I can before people drag me away to talk about other things.”