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The Irish Sun
21-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Tottenham players make it abundantly clear what they think of Ange Postecoglou after winning Europa League
TOTTENHAM'S Europa League winners were quick off the mark with a huge but quirky sign of support for manager Ange Postecoglou. Bedecked in medals after 3 Spurs stars showed they knew of Ange Postecoglou's prediction 3 Pedro Porro leads Tottenham's joy in Bilbao Credit: Getty Postecoglou has boasted he always wins silverware in his second season. But with However, Brennan Johnson bundled the only goal against United. And READ MORE IN FOOTBALL They lifted a banner with a picture of the ex-Celtic chief and his fateful words: "I don't usually win things, I ALWAYS win things in my second year." It came after some Tottenham aces had to go without gongs - because Uefa ran out of them. Europa League joy won't save Postecoglou from criticism over a woeful Prem season. But he's the first Spurs boss to pick up silverware in 17 years. Most read in Europa League BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK And fans enjoyed the clever tribute from the Tottenham players. One posted: "Ange's crystal ball was clearer than anyone else's—call it prophecy or just pure genius." Another joked: "Wow they got that picture printed quickly." Postecoglou himself insisted Spurs can "build" on the experience - after hailing long-serving skipper He said: "We've had some unbelievable footballers, Harry [Kane] is an example, that has not had a moment like this here. "I wanted a day like this for Sonny and for one reason or not it has not happened before. "Outside the dressing room [at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium], there are pictures of winning teams and I said to Sonny 'we have to get you up there'. "I think there's an opportunity here, that's my belief, and we can build on this. "These players in there want it again. Until you feel it and win something you can't describe it to people so now they have got that, they will want to get this feeling again." 3 Son Heung-min was finally able to lift silverware Credit: Reuters
The Sun
04-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Tottenham coach Ryan Mason wanted by West Brom to become new boss… but Baggies hit by major hurdle
TOTTENHAM'S Europa League progress is causing problems for West Brom's bid to land coach Ryan Mason as boss. Highly-rated Mason, 33, is part of Ange Postecoglou 's staff and Spurs' desperate need to win the competition is his priority. 1 The Baggies are willing to wait before deciding on their next manager, but a delay over Mason leaves the door open for other candidates to move into pole position. Tony Mowbray was sacked by West Brom last month after getting only five wins in 18 league games, ending their play-off hopes. The Baggies' season officially ended on Saturday as the club had to settle for a 9th-placed finish. The club were four points off the top six despite boasting the fifth-best goal difference in the league. Spurs have one foot in the Europa League final after they saw off Bodo/Glimt 3-1 in the first leg of their semi-final. It is likely to be an all-English final against Manchester Utd in Bilbao on May 21. Mason, 33, harbours ambitions to be a manager one day - but also is keen to do the right thing by Tottenham. The former midfielder had two stints as interim Spurs boss following the exits of Jose Mourinho in 2021 and then Cristian Stellini, who himself has succeeded Antonio Conte, in 2023. Outside of those brief spells as boss, Mason has worked as an assistant manager, technical coach and head of academy coaching at the North London club. Ex-England international Mason was forced to retire as a player in 2018 after a sickening head clash with Chelsea's Gary Cahill while playing for Hull a year earlier. His brief spells in charge of Spurs saw him oversee 13 games, winning six, losing six and drawing once - including a 1-0 defeat to Man City in the 2021 Carabao Cup final. Mason had previously been . In October 2024, it was reported that he held talks with the Belgian club but ultimately stayed put in North London.
The Sun
28-04-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Tottenham opponents Bodo/Glimt in chaos as they face missing HALF their team for crunch Europa League clash
TOTTENHAM'S Europa League semi-final opponents Bodo/Glimt face an absentee crisis ahead of Thursday's first-leg showdown. The Norwegian champions are already without three players due to suspension, including influential skipper Patrick Berg. 4 4 4 But now they are sweating on injuries to key centre-back Odin Bjortuft and winger Ole Blomberg. Ever-present Bjortuft, 26, was forced off early in the second half of Bodo's 3-0 league win over KFUM on Sunday with a groin complaint. Bodo boss Kjetil Knutsen said after the game: 'I do not know anything. I never enjoy a player laying down, but the medical staff are looking into it.' Bjortuft is now a doubt for this week's trip to North London, along with wideman Blomberg who missed the KFUM game completely due to an injury picked up earlier this month. Skipper Berg, 27, is banned, due to too many yellow cards, along with midfield partner Hakon Evjen and striker Andreas Helmersen. The latter netted a crucial goal in the quarter-final triumph over Italian giants Lazio, which added to their impressive list of scalps this season. Knutsen's side have already beaten Olympiacos, FC Twente and Besiktas this season. While they also gave potential final opponents Manchester United a scare by going 2-1 up at Old Trafford in November, only to lose 3-2 thanks to a Rasmus Hojlund double. Bodo's domestic campaign has only just kicked off, but they are unbeaten in four league games, winning three of them. Spurs' season - and possibly the future of boss Ange Postecoglou - hinges on them going all the way in Europe. That is after an horrendous league term where they have lost NINETEEN games, with their latest disasterclass coming at Anfield on Sunday where a 5-1 thrashing handed Liverpool the title. Postecoglou has been without multiple key players due to injury this season but goes into the Bodo game only worrying about the fitness of captain Son Heung-min. The South Korean, 32, has missed the last four games with a foot injury.
