In a topsy-turvy debut season in the world’s most popular football league, Ange Postecoglou once again finds himself the flavour of the minute.
The Australian was feted after a record-breaking start to his first Premier League season with Tottenham before Postecoglou found himself under pressure through a string of lean results.
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Consecutive wins over Newcastle and Nottingham Forest then righted the ship and rejuvenated calls for “Big Ange” to look elsewhere already.
Former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville got the ball rolling, speaking glowingly of the 58-year-old’s impact after that victory over Forest.
“What he’s done in such a short period of time is quite staggering,” Neville said on Sky Sports.
“He’s put something in place that’s breathtaking to watch but actually, is quite complex when you watch it from a football point of view.”
He also had a direct suggestion on where the Greek-born Aussie could turn next.
“Spurs fans won’t like this but he is amazing, and if you’re Manchester City losing Pep Guardiola in a year or two, you’d be looking at Ange Postecoglou now thinking ‘wow that’s exactly what we want to see’,” he said.
“But for the time being Spurs have just got to enjoy this because it’s brilliant to watch.
“What they can do is enjoy one of the best brands of football I’ve seen in 10 years since I finished playing football.
“I love watching Tottenham Hotspur play.”
But one of Postecoglou’s compatriots and former players has another idea.
While Postecoglou has said a number of times he was a Liverpool fan as a kid, Manchester United took the reins from the powerhouse Anfield outfit in the early 90s and didn’t let up for another two decades.
The Mancunians won a staggering 13 league titles between 1993 and 2013 under manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Since that remarkable run, however, the Red Devils have flamed out in spectacular fashion.
After Ferguson retired following that 2013 title, United have had no less than eight different men at the helm and none has come close to adding another league title to the kitty.
Speaking on The Optus Sport Football Podcast, former Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer believes Postecoglou could be the ideal person to end that wretched run for one of the world’s biggest clubs.
“I’m surprised that Gary Neville wouldn’t be saying Manchester United should be trying to get him,” Schwarzer said.
“If they want to make a change, that’s the person they should be heading for because he plays the attractive sort of football that Manchester United also have had in the past.
“I know he fits the City Group, he fits that Manchester City thing. I totally understand that. That makes 100 per cent sense.
“What I’m saying is, if I were Man United, I’d be going, hang on a second, I want to play a bit like that and I want to have a bit of Ange Postecoglou.”
It has been a memorable run from the A-League and the Socceroos to Japanese football, Scotland and now England for Postecoglou.
It seems the sky is the limit on where he could take his managerial career next.