New Spurs boss wants to play like Ange again to avoid $500m relegation iceberg |
New Spurs boss wants to play like Ange again to avoid $500m relegation iceberg
April 11, 2026 — 3:37pm
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Researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and University of Vienna last year discovered a way to reset a quantum particle to its prior state, effectively rewinding time for a single atom or electron. Now, another breakthrough in time travel has been made: there is a portal at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium which takes those who enter it back precisely two-and-a-half years.
Spurs have unveiled a new manager, Roberto De Zerbi. Having deployed a classic relegation “firefighter” in Igor Tudor – only to discover he was an accidental arsonist – they have pivoted 180 degrees to another front-footed, progressive coach, who is more in line with the club’s preferred identity.
One of the first things Thomas Frank said after taking over as Spurs boss at the start of this was: “One thing is 100 per cent sure, we will lose football matches.”
Hardly screams Audere est Facere, does it?
The contrast with De Zerbi is already clear; the Italian says he wants to win the Premier League with Tottenham and stay at the club for many years.
But the question is now being asked: will he get enough time to bed down his ideas?
Which is the same question asked about Ange Postecoglou when........