Ange Postecoglou will keep risks to a minimum the following week while in the story he is concerned about changing the history of Tottenham before Europa League final against Manchester United
Ange Postecoglou does not intend to pursue Mauricio Pochettino by having his Tottenham stars run over hot coals before the Europa League final of next week. But the Spurs head coach urges his team to embrace the chance to “break the cycle” and put an end to Jibes over 17 years without trophy of the club.
When Spurs was preparing for the Champions League final against Liverpool six years ago, head coach Pochettino brought his team to a team binding session where they stepped on burning Sintels and put arrows in their throat.
But after a season in which Postecoglou has had to deal with an injury crisis that he has described as unprecedented, all risks will be avoided before confrontation with Manchester United.
“We have enough injuries,” said Postecoglou. “I'll put them in cotton wool for the next ten days.” Seriously, with the way things have disappeared this year, all extra curricular activities will be minimal. “
On Sunday, the sight of Ster -midfielder Dejan Kulusevski gone after a knee against the knee in the defeat against Crystal Palace Postecoglou fresh reason to shiver. “Sod's law,” he said.
And with James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall already put aside, Spurs are desperately looking for Kulusevski to fight fit next Wednesday.
“We will see,” Postecoglou added. “It looks like a knock at this stage, but we let it be arranged for 24 hours and then be able to assess it. The first was that it is more knock than something important.”
However, he had more promising news about club captain Son Heung-Min, after he had come from the bank against Palace after a month after a monthly injury.
Son will appear to Aston Villa again on Friday, but Postecoglou insists that he will not have his heart rule over his head when he chooses his starting XI against United.
“It comes down to preparing him to play and then make a decision,” he said. “It's nothing more than that.
“One thing I know about the final is that there are always moments and players who can change it. But it will take on a collective effort, it is what we do as a team that will be much more important than individuals in the day.”
Postecoglou says that in conversations with his players in the coming days he will try to tap “something bigger” that “can be powerful on the day” than the purely physical price that is offered.
And that will most likely zone in how they can be the men to change the story that Tottenham has followed for the best part of two decades.
“If you look at the historical background of this club and what it has experienced in the last 20 years, I feel that it can be a turning point in terms of the way the club is observed, but also more how it takes itself, which I think is the biggest thing,” he added.
“I often tell the players that you want to be able to go to the clubs you have served at the end of your career and know that you have made an impact.
“The photos I see on the walls in the stadium are all from Bill Nicholson, the winning team of 1984 (UEFA Cup). Honestly to say that many of them are in black -white. Can we get this group on that wall?”
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