Ange Postecoglou has expressed his gratitude at being inducted into the Australian FA's Hall of Fame later this week, joining many of the country's greatest football icons.
The Celtic boss admits he feels old at getting the recognition at this stage in his managerial career and reckons these are the sort of accolades you dream of as a young kid. Postecoglou and his side are in Australia for the Sydney Super Cup where they were face FC Sydney and Everton, which gives the 57-year-old a chance to return to his him land for the first time since taking the Parkhead role in June 2021.
Postecoglou won the Scottish Premiership in his first season at Celtic and became the first Aussie to manage in the Champions League this year. And he feels blessed that his achievements are being recognised on a large scale as he singled out his dad for pushing him to go down his current path. “I feel old," admitted Postecoglou to Celtic TV. "Usually when you get these things you’ve got a body of work behind you but I’m truly humbled. I guess from my perspective the majority of my sort of football journey was in Australia and I think for me it was always about how can I achieve things that I watched and dreamt about as a kid. Most of the time it revolved around Australian football and when I think about everything that's happened to me in my life and in my professional journey, football's been the one constant through that.
