It’s the biggest game of his career, the Europa League final between Tottenham and Man Utd, and he will want to end what has been a poor season on a high.

They currently sit 17th place in the Premier League with 38 points, having lost a club-record 21 games, there’s speculation that he could leave even if he guides them to their first trophy in 17 years in the Europa League.

Should they make history by winning the final, it would also earn Spurs a Champions League spot, but Postecoglou insisted his future is not a distraction and urged his team to seize their chance.

In quite the explosive press conference ahead of the game in Bilbao, Ange slammed a newspaper headline which described him as “teetering between hero and clown”.

“I will tell you one thing, irrespective of tomorrow, I’m not a clown and never will be.”

Ange Postecoglou responds to a report that he would be a ‘hero or clown’ depending on the Europa League final result.

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“I’ll tell you one thing, irrespective of tomorrow, I’m not a clown and I never will be, mate,”

“I’m really disappointed you’d use such terminology about a person who, for 26 years, without any favours from anyone, has worked his way to a position where he’s leading out a club in a European major competition.

“For you to suggest that, somehow, us not being successful means that I’m a clown… I’m not really sure how to answer that question.”

“Does it matter, really?” “It doesn’t matter because the reality of it is the opportunity is the same for me and, more importantly, for the club.

“I’ve said before, whatever happens beyond tomorrow is kind of irrelevant when you think about the opportunity that exists right now and that is to provide something special for this football club, for the supporters, for everyone who’s worked so hard, not just this year, but for the last 15, 16 years since we last won a trophy and 41 years since a European trophy.

“If I were worried about my tenure at this football club, it’s fair to say we wouldn’t be in this position as I would’ve been distracted long ago. I’m pretty good at making sure all my focus is on giving this football club the best opportunity to do something special.

“Whatever happens after that, I’m very comfortable that I’ll continue on trying to win trophies wherever I am.”

“Again, that would not really be helpful in what is before us right now.

“I’ve said to the lads from day one, nothing is guaranteed in life, nothing is guaranteed in sport, so you’ve got to make sure you take every opportunity before you.

“That’s what I’ve done my whole career. I’ve been in this position before where the big game was the last game I managed, so it’s not unusual territory for me and I’ve always navigated that pretty well.

“For me, nothing is more important than my responsibility at this football club and to its fans tomorrow. Me and the players’ minds are on one thing and that’s trying to create something special.

“I wouldn’t be the first person who changes jobs. We all change jobs.

“My future’s assured. I’ve got a beautiful family, I’ve got a great life, I’ll keep on winning trophies until I finish, wherever that is, so don’t worry about my future.

“My future is not entwined with anything. Provided, God willing, my health remains and my beautiful family and friends are beside me… there’s nothing wrong with my future.

“Don’t stress. Sleep easy at night. I’ll be OK.

“I don’t think my job is done here. I really feel like we’re building something and what a trophy does is hopefully accelerate that.

“I still think there’s a lot of work to be done, that’s quite obvious with the challenges we’ve had this year, which are well chronicled. There’s some reasoning in the context of that, but also there’s been some growth that I’d like to see through.

“Whether that happens or not is not that important right now. I don’t think this job’s finished and I certainly feel like there’s some growth there that we can take this club to where it needs to be.”

: Terrible questioning this for a manager on the eve of a major final whether you like Ange or not.

: Bit of advice for journalists, probably not the best idea to call Prem managers clowns, especially if you are going to be interviewing them live, and particularly if they have the integrity and experience to shut you down. The only clown is the writer 🤡

: He’s absolutely right to respond this way to be fair. Bloke is at the absolute top of his profession, and a journalist with zero experience describes him as a clown.

: Not really a fan of ange for obvious reasons 🤣 and I get spurs have massively underperformed this season domestically but some of the shite questions he’s had put to him this season have been fucking ridiculous.

: I see why he gets really defensive whenever people downplay his achievements. The level he’s reached is objectively very impressive given he wasn’t really a notable player or from a prominent football country. Has every right to be proud

: May be in the minority, but I love Ange and everything he stands for. 👏👏👏

: I could never hate him

: The disrespect the man has had to face off that lot down there has been an absolute joke. Hope he lifts silverware tomorrow and gives it the big ‘get it up ye’ to them 👍🏻

: He’s so prickly! Constantly riding a level of uneasiness

: Great reply to a shocking phrase used in this reporters article. Best of luck Ange. Hope you win.

: Not a fan of his by any means for obvious reasons. I do like how he hits this head on though. Can we start having football people do these jobs? Nuts we have absolute nobody’s questioning people at the top of the game 😂😂 ask questions by all means but do so respectfully 👍🏼

: Really hope he wins before walking into the press room and telling all the journalists to fuck off then walks straight back out

@Colin_Dolan: I hope Spurs win tomorrow night and Ange resigns tomorrow night!