Ange Postecoglou is facing calls over his Tottenham future. (Image: Getty.)
Several players are reportedly complaining about demands in private as the Aussie head coach faces big questions over his future.
Sat 15th in the table and winless in six games in the competition, renewed calls to sack Postecoglou have been made in the hope of salvaging Spurs’ season.
They are still in three cup competitions and avoiding defeat at Anfield would see them through to the final of the , but a lengthy injury list has not helped Postecoglou’s chances of turning their form around.
Whether the head coach can be blamed for the amount of absentees is unclear, but the claim that a number of players are complaining behind closed doors about Postecoglou’s training demands.
Their concerns are given more weight by the sizable, and growing, injury list. and Brennan Johnson became the latest to miss out against Everton and the pair are likely to spend weeks out of the side.
They join Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, Timo Werner, Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma, Fraser Forster and Wilson Odobert on the treatment table.
Members of the squad are also frustrated at having to spend the night in a hotel before each game, regardless of where or when they are playing. Postecoglou’s refusal to adapt his tactics at a time of crisis is not thought to be helping his cause, but players have noted that he has softened his all-out attacking approach recently.
Tottenham are planning to stick with Ange Postecoglou. (Image: Getty)
But in Daniel Levy avoiding a swing of the axe. Sporting director Johan Lange is an admirer of boss , but whether he would leave in the middle of a campaign for a London rival remains to be seen.
Strong performers this season and would likely be targets, but similar concerns over their willingness to leave and respectively mid-season, point towards Postecoglou staying.
Kieran McKenna still has admirers after working in the Spurs academy previously, but he is unlikely to leave in the middle of a relegation battle and has a considerable compensation fee.
There is no understanding in north London that another defeat to Leicester would signify a change in plan and result in Postecoglou losing his job, with the Aussie confident that he can turn their fortunes around.
When asked if his confidence had wavered following a dismal defeat away to last time out, he replied: “No it doesn’t. If you look at the situation we’re in, it will eventually dissipate. I certainly hope and believe it will.
“I certainly haven’t lost belief or determination to turn it around and the players showed in the second half that they haven’t either.”