'Trust deficit': Why Tottenham fans don't want Ange

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Craig Foster has hailed Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham Hotspur's looming marriage arsenic a "perfect fit" and 1 of the astir important moments successful Australian shot history.

It has been wide reported that Celtic manager Postecoglou's determination to London giants Spurs is simply a fait accompli with lone the finer details of the woody to beryllium ironed out.

Former Socceroos skipper Foster infamously clashed with Postecoglou connected unrecorded tv successful 2006 erstwhile helium called for the manager to resign from his Australian under-20s post.

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But the brace person agelong since buried the hatchet and shared a heartwarming speech successful 2022 arsenic Postecoglou praised Foster's "unbelievable" enactment successful improving the lives of refugees.

Foster told Wide World of Sports connected Tuesday that Postecoglou to Spurs was a momentous accomplishment for Australian shot and akin to an Aussie becoming caput manager of a glamour NBA team.

"Incredibly exciting. Ange is breaking caller crushed here," Foster said.

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou. (Getty)

"The world's apical league successful the biggest athletics successful the world... we've ever had the endowment but not the training, the education, the methodology and the nonrecreational excellence."

Foster had been tracking the absorption of Spurs fans which mirrored the archetypal scepticism of Celtic supporters erstwhile helium arrived successful Scotland successful 2021.

After immoderate archetypal bumps, Postecoglou won hearts and minds - arsenic good arsenic trophies - successful Glasgow with his passionate dedication to attacking football.

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"Spurs is simply a perfect fit," Foster said.

"But determination is simply a spot shortage and that's precise natural. Many fans of Spurs won't person large respect for the Scottish Premier League. They'd beryllium overmuch much attuned to a German manager oregon a Spaniard oregon an Italian - 1 of the coaches who's won the Champions League oregon that benignant of thing. Having to flooded that makes the occupation doubly difficult.

"Because you thin to person a sceptical media arsenic good arsenic a sceptical instrumentality base.

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou speaks to Aaron Mooy. (Getty)

"What helium demonstrated with Celtic, however, was that helium was very, precise rapidly capable to crook the communicative astir by changing the benignant of play highly rapidly and the instrumentality basal could rapidly spot the affirmative progression. He's proven that clip and clip again."

Foster acknowledged that the rigours of the Premier League would beryllium connected different level but backed the ambitious 57-year-old to emergence to the occasion.

Spurs are eighth successful the Premier League aft parting ways with Antonio Conte successful March, pursuing an bonzer property league successful which the Italian manager called his players "selfish."

Antonio Conte remonstrates with referee Danny Makkelie. (Getty)

Tottenham person since been coached by Cristian Stellini and Ryan Mason connected a caretaker basis.

"Antonio Conte is the antithesis of his (Postecoglou's) signifier of attacking shot and truthful that's positive," Foster said.

"Because the instrumentality basal is perfectly starved of the benignant of attacking, charismatic crippled that they person ever believed in.

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"That's what makes it the cleanable adjacent measurement due to the fact that historically, and culturally, the nine are wholly aligned. It's besides truthful breathtaking because, for the archetypal clip successful his career, he'll person the resources to bargain adjacent to the apical players successful the world.

"Not rather astatine Manchester City's level but they've spent an immense magnitude of wealth successful the past 10 years. So present Ange tin rise his sights successful presumption of the level of subordinate that he's capable to get and to manager to bring his shot to life. That is immense."

Foster was realistic, however, successful saying that the stars would person to align for Postecoglou to conscionable the demands of a nine that sees itself arsenic belonging to the elite top-six echelon with City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

"Spurs person had nary occurrence for past 15 years and person churned done a scope of highly credentialed coaches," Foster admitted.

"But astatine Celtic helium was capable to demonstrate capable alteration successful the archetypal six months to get the instrumentality basal excited and they could spot what was coming.

"Spurs fans person been perfectly starved of that level of creator shot and determination are different alleged unheralded coaches making an interaction successful the Premier League, with Roberto De Zerbi astatine Brighton the cleanable example."

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou celebrates aft winning the Scottish League Cup. (Getty)

Foster besides reflected connected however acold Australia - and Postecoglou - had travel since that 2006 SBS spat.

"All that matters is that Australian shot continues to turn and prosper," Foster said.

"That's each that either of america were ever funny in. The remainder is conscionable theatre, and I'm perfectly thrilled for him. At SBS 20 years ago, we utilized to speech astir raising the intelligence level.

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou with Harry Kewell during a Celtic grooming session. (Getty)

"There was a batch of angst successful the Australian coaching fraternity astatine that time, successful being pushed to amended and update, with a presumption to wanting to beryllium the champion successful the world.

"Few believed successful that mission, and it's a recognition to Ange that helium did. Change is not ever pleasant oregon comfortable. I'm precise arrogant of our coaching fraternity and the aboriginal is successful bully hands. Australia is simply a tiny shot federation with immense dreams.

"The lone mode we tin execute what we aspire to is to beryllium the champion innovators, the champion thinkers and to make our ain path. To bash that we request the champion reasoning coaches successful the satellite and that's been exemplified by Ange."

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