Ange Postecoglou last night insisted he hasn’t spoken to Spurs – and claimed his agents wouldn’t dare speak to him about his future as he prepares for a shot at the Treble tomorrow.
The Celtic boss came out firing yesterday as he was installed as odds-on favourite to become Spurs’ next boss with the smart money on the Londoners’ making their move after the Scottish Cup final with Inverness at Hampden.
Postecoglou is adamant that he has not allowed the frenzied speculation enter his mind as he focuses solely on delivering what would be the fifth domestic trophy of the six that have been available to him in his two seasons in Scotland. Asked if he has spoken to Spurs – or if his agent Frank Trimboli has – the 57-year-old said: “They know better than to ask me anything this week mate. They know me very well. They wouldn’t dare ask me about anything.
“No (discussions about Spurs). I know you find that surprising. That’s hard for you to understand because you are not me.
“You are not in my skin, you don’t live and breathe this job that I have and what Saturday means to me, these players, this
football club. There is nothing more important – apart from my family obviously – than that game.
“It’s not just about me. This club is planning for next year, planning to bring players in. There is a full range of conversations going on, but my focus is on making sure we win a game of football which is very, very important to us.”
He is well aware his name is the talk of England’s capital but Postecoglou added: “It’s of interest to people and that’s understandable, but it’s just not in my world.
“I’ve got too big a game on Saturday for this club to be contemplating any matter other than us being ready for Saturday. Within here there is no talk about it. In here we are talking about Saturday and talking about being ready and training and making sure we have an opportunity to do something special in terms of our season.
“It doesn’t penetrate. It’s not as distracting as people may think it is. Obviously I have to address questions from the outside, but internally it’s not like people are walking around thinking about anything other than being ready for Saturday.”
The Greek-Australian is determined to ensure he says or does nothing that could be construed as him having taken his eye off the ball with the Treble at stake. He said: “Saturday means everything to us, everything, so it doesn’t enter my sphere that I am going to be distracted – as I hope the players wouldn’t be – by matters in their own lives.
“If our focus is not on Saturday then the stories become very, very different after the game. The questions become very, very different. The story on Saturday is not going to be anything other than, ‘did we win?’. I will do what I think is the most important thing in my role for the next four days, as I would in any other case, and that is to try and get the team to win the Scottish Cup.”
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