Ange Postecoglou has steel required to handle Spurs challenge

Postecoglou ticks a lot of boxes for Spurs, especially in terms of style. He is obsessed by speed and hard running, with passing, attacking football

ON THE MOVE?: Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou appears to be moving towards a swift resolution of his future amid reports he has verbally agreed to become Tottenham's new manager. File pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

"Let’s not beat about the bush … I was a joke when I was appointed,” Ange Postecoglou said on Saturday, the Scottish treble completed at Celtic, his work there done but his thoughts going back to the summer of 2021 and the beginning of his first job in European football.

Because, as plenty of people said, which self-respecting club would take a manager from Japan’s J-League and with next to no profile? Once it was “Arsène Who?”, now it was “Ange?”