Daniel Levy and chief executive Vinai Venkatesham both outlined the reasoning behind the key football decisions this summer, with it being the 17th place finish in the Premier League that costed Ange’s job.

Levy expressed gratitude for Postecoglou’s contributions, including winning a European trophy, but stressed the need to compete for the Premier League and Champions League titles.

The decision to part ways was collective, despite Levy’s good relationship with Postecoglou, who is welcome back anytime.

The club appointed Thomas as the new manager, praised for his intelligence, communication skills, and ability to develop young players after a thorough selection process.

Postecoglou, in a statement, expressed pride in his tenure, highlighting the trophy win in Bilbao and the foundations laid for future success, while thanking supporters, staff, players, and coaches.

“Thomas {Frank} is an outstanding developer of young players” 🇩🇰

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and chief executive Vinai Venkatesham explain why Thomas Frank was chosen to become the new boss ahead of more than 30 candidates ⚪

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“I’ve got very broad shoulders, failure is not an option”

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy on the criticism he has received from fans ⚪

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🗣️ “We want to win the league and the Champions League”

In an interview with the club, Spurs charman Daniel Levy says “it was emotionally difficult” to sack Ange Postecoglou but they need to be aiming to win the Premier League and Champions League ⚪

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“You saw the outpouring of emotion with the parade. It was just incredible. We’ve won a European trophy.

“But it’s not enough. It’s what we haven’t done that is more important. We need to win the league.

“We want to win the Premier League. We want to win the Champions League. We want to win.

“I’m very grateful to Ange. I don’t regret appointing Ange. In his first season we finished fifth and in our second season we were over the moon to win the trophy.

“But we need to compete in all competitions and we felt that we needed a change. I’ve got an excellent relationship with him. I’ve told him he’s always going to be part of our history.

“Himself and his family are always welcome back. It was a collective decision. It wasn’t my decision. We do everything together. Emotionally it was difficult but we believe we’ve made the right decision for the club.

“Whenever you have a new coach it’s always a fresh start. You always have different ideas. But we want to build on the success of winning a trophy last season.

“One of the things that stood out to me with Thomas is that he’s clearly highly intelligent. Great communicator. Super human being. Plus all the other technical aspects that are obviously important.”

“We ran a really thorough process at speed. We defined 10 characteristics that we think are important to be a successful manager at Tottenham Hotspur.

“We analysed in real detail, through our technical staff led by Johan [Lange, technical director], more than 30 candidates. We had a shortlist. We spent a lot of time at the shortlist.

“And Thomas was absolutely the number one candidate. And could not be more excited to have him join the club. I agree with everything that Daniel said around his characteristics.

“Personally one of the things I’m really excited about is that he is an outstanding developer of young players. I really look forward to seeing what he can do with the squad that we have here. I think the club have got wonderful foundations.”

“When I reflect on my time as manager of Tottenham Hotspur, my overriding emotion is one of pride.

“The opportunity to lead one of England’s historic football clubs and bring back the glory it deserves will live with me for a lifetime.

“Sharing that experience with all those who truly love this club and seeing the impact it had on them is something I will never forget.

“That night in Bilbao was the culmination of two years of hard work, dedication and unwavering belief in a dream.

“There were many challenges to overcome and plenty of noise that comes with trying to accomplish what many said was not possible.

“We have also laid foundations that mean this club should not have to wait 17 more years for their next success.

“I have enormous faith in this group of players and know there is much more potential and growth in them.

“I sincerely want to thank those who are the lifeblood of the club, the supporters. I know there were some difficult times but I always felt that they wanted me to succeed and that gave me all the motivation I needed to push on.

“It’s important to acknowledge the hard-working people at Spurs who gave me encouragement on a daily basis.

“And finally, I want to thank those who were with me every day for the last two years.

“A fantastic group of young men who are now legends of this football club and the brilliant coaches who never once doubted we could do something special.

“We are forever connected, Audere est Facere.”

Tottenham explain decision to sack Ange Postecoglou with his replacement to be announced in due course

Ange Postecoglou releases statement with a swipe at critics after being sacked by Tottenham

Tottenham players said to be ‘fuming’ as they give response to Ange Postecoglou being sacked

: You get out what you put in. You haven’t put in anywhere close to be successful in any scenario. if anything you’ve been extremely lucky regularly landing on managers like Redknapp, Poch and Conte who overachieved considering your lack of backing and/or failed transfer strategies

: Hate to stick up for the bloke because I hate him but, very clever what they’ve done here taken 2 parts of the interview minutes apart and made it seem as though he has said we want to win the league and champions league after talking about why he chose to sack ange

: He sees success very differently than the fans, that’s abundantly clear. The fact that he sees Bilbao as down to “luck” tells you why he sacked Ange 🙄 And I’m sure he was nervous before the final. If we didn’t win he wouldn’t get all that precious UCL money that he won’t spend

: failure not an option but he failed pochettino, harry kane (our greatest ever player) failed to back mourinho and conte, sacked only the second manager to win a trophy in his time here, went 2 windows without signing anyone, sacked mourinho a WEEK before a cup final. list goes on

: Sign some proper fucking players then stop overspending on overhyped, inconsistent fucking shit! And stop spending 40 odd million on 18/19 year olds who are also inconsistent 🤡🤡☠️☠️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

: He’s such a twat isn’t he, like if you’re going to say that just say something normal like want to get back in champions league regularly just chatting shit to get fans on side

: You can want want want but unless you give someone the time of day to build something you’re going to find yourself in the same position you were before

: I watched all 7 minutes of this. I would suggest that with goals that lofty a change in transfer strategy might be handy. Good luck with that though.

: You don’t win champions leagues buying Europa league players. Put your hand in your pocket

: Should have backed the only manager that has got Tottenham to a champions league final in Mauricio Pochettino, massively undervalued at his time at spurs!

: So Levy sacked a proven winner in Ange and hired a Brentford manager because his ambition is to win the league and the Champions League? I wonder how many Spurs fans will actually believe this

@OE_67: Had the likes of Mourinho, Conte, Poch, Postecoglou etc in recent years. The latter actually winning a trophy during a season where they were riddled with injuries and still not being backed by them. Spurs is an impossible task with Levy at the helm.

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“It was emotionally difficult Sacking our manager again, I think we’re on number 37 now. But we want to be winning the premier league & the Champions League’ pic.twitter.com/aYgcZHkwvB

— floyd (@floydyid) June 17, 2025