BBC star and former Tottenham chief says he would SACK Ange Postecoglou and gives takeover update
TOTTENHAM should sack Ange Postecoglou, claims the club’s former chief executive Claude Littner.
The 75-year-old will be most familiar to many football fans as Alan Sugar’s right-hand man on The Apprentice.
During Lord Sugar’s ownership of Spurs in the 1990s, however, Littner worked as chief executive at White Hart Lane.
He resigned as one of the club’s directors in 2001, around the time that Daniel Levy became chairman.
Following Tottenham’s 2-1 North London derby defeat to Arsenal earlier this week, a fan wrote on X: “Well @claudelittner can you please have a word with levy and tell him to fire postocoglou.”
Littner responded: “I have no influence over Daniel. I believe he has the best interests of Spurs at heart.
“I would dismiss Ange. He is way out of his depth.”
Littner then added his opinion on Tottenham’s ownership situation.
He continued: “Daniel is no fool & urgently needs a buyer with deep pockets to acquire the Club & invest in top players.
“The sooner, the better.”
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Tottenham are languishing in 14th in the Premier League with just 24 points from 21 games.
They have won just one of their last nine Prem matches, and are closer to the relegation zone than the European places.
Postecoglou now has a worse win percentage as Spurs boss than unpopular former managers Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho.
But for now at least, it’s claimed that Tottenham chiefs are not planning to make a change.
One saving grace for Postecoglou this season has been Spurs’ performances in the cups.
Having knocked out both Manchester clubs in previous rounds, Tottenham hold a slender 1-0 semi-final lead over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, ahead of next month’s Anfield second leg.
Spurs are ninth in the Europa League league phase and will likely achieve a top eight finish with wins in their remaining two games, against Hoffenheim and Elfsborg.
They will travel to Aston Villa in the FA Cup fourth round, having beaten non-league Tamworth 3-0 after extra time last weekend.