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Tottenham legend thinks club is certain to get rid of Ange Postecoglou
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Tottenham head into the Europa League semi-final second leg against Bodo/Glimt looking to salvage something from a miserable campaign.
The North London side could book their place in next month's final if they finish off the job in Norway, having won the first leg 3-1 last week. It would be a rare highlight in a season that sees Spurs languishing in 16th place in the Premier League, where fans have seen their side lose 19 games this year.
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Their form has put huge pressure on Ange Postecoglou, and speaking exclusively to DAZN News, thanks to yaysweepstakes.com, Chris Waddle thinks even if his old club do lift the Europa League, it's time for the Australian to go.
"Personally, I think they'll get rid. I think they'll look for someone else. But let's get something right here. I'm not blaming Ange for everything," the Spurs legend said.
"Look at the managers Tottenham Hotspur have had. Now, Jose Mourinho, serial title, serial medal winner. Antonio Conte, top of the Italian league. Nuno Espirito Sanato might get Nottingham Forest in the Champions League. How can it be that these managers are not good enough yet? They go to other clubs and they succeed.
"Spurs need to look at how they run themselves, and how they operate in the market. In my eyes, that is the problem. Tottenham have always been a massive football club. Great supporters. It's a great club. It really is."
Adding, "When you look over the history, how many players they've got rid of who big clubs would never get rid of. So if you're going to go back to Gareth Bale, myself, Glenn Hoddle, Luka Modric, Paul Gascoigne, Harry Kane. So all these players, you build a team round and you think they shouldn’t leave.
"So when you look at it like that, you feel for the manager. Whoever's going in is going to be told that the club have lined up transfers for three potentially great players between 19 and 21.
"The only way to judge the managers properly is if they start buying like Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal, buying established players, players who are ready, and keeping their stars.
"There's got to be a reason why these managers, whoever goes into Tottenham Hotspur, do not succeed. And it can't be tactics all the time. It's got to be that your team's not good enough.
"Get somebody who's 27, 28, 29, who's at the top of his game, he's matured, he knows the game.
"I can’t just blame Ange. I'm not happy with his tactics because he never has a plan B. I've got to criticise that. But overall, I would not just blame Ange. I would blame the format of what the club is, and what they're trying to achieve and how they work."
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