Postecoglou details transfer plan after Kane exit

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Ange Postecoglou has explained how transfers at Tottenham will work with him in charge and that they won't be "out there tomorrow looking for a number nine to replace Harry Kane".

Source: Football London

Tottenham must continue to shape a new look side to fit Postecoglou, but don't dare suggest that the head coach now has £100million burning a hole in his pocket in a summer transfer window when everyone will see the north London club coming.

"Money burning in my pocket? I don't have any money burning in my pocket. My wife does a good job of making sure it doesn't go there. That's harsh on my wife.... she deserves it. To spend it I mean, I'm getting myself into a hole here!" joked the Australian.

"The market is the market and it's always been the market. It doesn't mean that that's always the level you need to pitch at. I get it that obviously, particularly when you look at this summer, some of the transfer business going round is pretty wild in terms of the money that is going round.

"But I still think there's value there if you get the right players and you don't need to always spend at that top end. It's about getting the right fit for your football club. I think Madders is a great example. We haven't had to spend over the top and we've got a player who I think is going to fit perfectly into what we want to do.

"So from that perspective there's always going to be these top end transfers but that doesn't mean that's the only way and doesn't mean that's the most important business you need to do."

With such a bloated squad, Postecoglou believes that the priority right now has to be getting players out of the door before bringing more in.

"Part of the process is that we've got a big squad at the moment. We just can't keep bringing players in, we need to move some players out. That's where our focus is right now," he said. "Over the next three weeks what we don't want to do is have it all happen really late in the window which means we're caught short in any areas. It's got to work that way. We can't just keep accumulating players. We've got a massive squad as it is at the moment and we need to work on that."

 

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Postecoglou has already and will continue to play a key part in shaping his own squad at Tottenham as he knows better than anyone exactly what kind of players fit his very specific style of football.

"I've done that wherever I've been. I guess because I know how my team is going to play it makes it easier for me to identify the right players. The reality is there are so many good footballers out there and sometimes the difference between them is very, very small in terms of what they can bring," he said.

"But I need to picture them in my team. Do they have the characteristics that I'll need for them to play the kind of football I want because obviously the way we set up is different to other clubs and what we ask of players in certain positions is different maybe to what they have been doing.

"So I have a real clarity when we're looking to bring in a player and what we require. With the players we've brought in that's what we've tried to veer towards. The scouting departments and people involved have brought players to me that I know are going to fit into my system."

 

[alamo]

Each and every Ange interview makes me like him even more. Literally had never even heard of the bugger before our interest in him but his candid nature, honesty, wit, no nonsense attitude and - of course - footballing philosophy make him so refreshingly likeable.