Nottingham Forest condemned Tottenham Hotspur to an 18th Premier League loss of the 2024/25 season, leaving the North Londoners in 16th place on the league table. Spurs were blown out of the water in the opening exchanges and never recovered.
If Spurs lose two more games, it will be the club’s most in a single season. Tottenham have already suffered their most home defeats in a 38-game season, but another two would surpass the worst total in a 44-game campaign.
Manager Ange Postecoglou has come under fire for the misfortunes. The Australian tactician has lost more Premier League games this season (18) than Mauricio Pochettino did across three campaigns at Spurs (17 defeats between 2015-2018).
Unsurprisingly, Matt Law of the Telegraph has revealed that Postecoglou will leave Tottenham this summer even if he wins the Europa League and secures UEFA Champions League qualification.
It is clear Spurs need to head in a new direction. They will likely part ways with Postecoglou even if he delivers a trophy in his second season as promised.
Postecoglou has navigated unambitious transfer dealings, injuries to key players, and fan discontent for chairman Daniel Levy. There is some sympathy for his situation, but the club and the manager will go their separate ways.
Tottenham must show ambition in the manager market – View
As Tottenham undertake another managerial reset, the club must think bigger. The links to Andoni Iraola and Marco Silva do not reflect the ambition a club of Spurs’ stature should be showing.
This club boasts world-class infrastructure, global reach, and a fanbase desperate for more than just stability.
After a season that has broken all the wrong kinds of records, Spurs need a galvanising figure in the dugout – someone with a proven pedigree of winning at the highest level. It is time to aim for a top-tier manager who can restore belief and instil a ruthless edge.
Names like Diego Simeone or Simone Inzaghi should not feel out of reach. They should be the standard. If the Tottenham hierarchy wants to shed this tag of perennial underachievers, the next appointment must reflect that ambition. Nothing less will do.