Ange Postecoglou is no stranger to being in the last chance saloon, but insisted he wanted to remain Tottenham boss no matter what happened in Wednesday’s Europa League final.
Speculation over Postecoglou’s future has been rife throughout Spurs’ run to Bilbao with make-or-break ties against AZ Alkmaar, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bodo/Glimt navigated.
With Tottenham down in 17th in the Premier League, Postecoglou admitted last month the “general sentiment” was he would leave even if he ended the club’s 17-year trophy drought, but during a fiery press conference at San Mames, the embattled head coach felt his work in north London was far from finished.
“We’re going to try and create something special.”
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“I don’t think my job is done here,” Postecoglou claimed before Wednesday’s showpiece with Manchester United.
“I really feel like we are building something and what a trophy does is hopefully accelerate that. So, I still think there is work to be done.
“It is quite obvious with the challenges we’ve had this year, which I think are well chronicled, but there is some reasoning in the context of that, but also there has been some growth I would like to see through.
“Whether that happens or not is not that important right now, but I don’t think far from it is this job finished. I certainly feel there is some growth there that we can take this club to where it needs to be.
“I’ve been in this position before where the big game was the last game I managed. It’s not unusual territory for me.
“I have always navigated it pretty well because for me, nothing is more important than my responsibility for this football club and its fans that tomorrow me, the players, our mind is only on one thing and that is to create something special.”
