It was a cold, but warming evening at Aspmyra for Ange Postecoglou. Tottenham were not fooled by the artificial turf in Bodø, a 0-2 win for the London club was convincing that the right team went to the final of the Europa League. Then the Australian sat down in front of the English press, and the Spurs manager was back in what has been a sporting nightmare.
Because instead of questions about the semi-final victory, some would direct questions towards two of the Premier League’s weakest clubs meeting in the final. Then the good evening was over for Postecoglou.
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“Why should I care what Manchester United think? Why should it be relevant to me?”, the Spurs manager begins.
“You (the journalist) know better than me, because you follow United a lot more than I do. What do you think a trophy would mean to us at Spurs? People fear that it will actually happen. “They’re trying to break us down, marginalise our performances and compare us to United,” the Tottenham manager grumbled.
Breaking us down, comparing us to United.
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The war of words against Manchester United is on.
