A wind of freshness is blowing across England. No, we are not talking about storm Ciaran here, even though it affected the south of the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands, but about Ange Postecoglou. Arriving as a curiosity at the start of the season at best, the Australian is in the process of gaining quite a bit of weight. After 10 days, Tottenham are 1st in the standings and have still not lost a single match. He even had the luxury of beating Liverpool and Manchester United, and obtaining a 2-2 draw at Arsenal after falling behind twice.
This great start to the league was not really expected by observers, especially after the departure of Harry Kane to Bayern Munich. However, the Spurs and especially their coach are a bit hype at the start of the season. The question now is, how far can this team go? Chelsea’s reception on Monday evening (9 p.m.) at the end of this 11th day will give new indications. Even if the Blues are not doing well collectively, they remain a team of players full of talent and paid very expensively, perhaps too much.
Postecoglou: “You can’t have 24 world-class players. It will never work”
This is also Postecoglou’s criticism at the press conference. According to him, a team like Chelsea cannot function because of its transfer policy. “There is always a limit. You can’t have 24 world-class players. It’ll never work, it doesn’t work, it’s been provenassures the coach. It’s about having a balanced team, with guys committed to a cause, who may not play every game, but every time they play, they’ll have a huge impact because they buy into that. that you are trying to build.”
The €450 million spent by the Blues this summer would be counterproductive. “It has been proven time and time again that spending endless money to recruit the best players is not the solution. The answer is to have the right chemistry in your team, in your team, to have 24 players committed to one cause.” Postecoglou even goes to pity his Chelsea counterpart, Mauricio Pochettino. “I don’t think you can achieve that if you just have the 24 best players in the world. It’s a headache I definitely don’t want.” The Argentinian, who is returning to his old club for the first time, was undoubtedly happier with less investment and more stability.
