Ange Postecoglou's move from Celtic to Tottenham has been in the works for months, according to a report.
An Australian media outlet claims that the 57-year-old's agent has been pushing for a deal to be struck for quite some time.
Postecoglou is poised to take over in North London, with a deal edging closer to completion.
He's set for talks with Daniel Levy in the coming days, with Celtic having granted permission for him to speak with the Premier League giants.
However, The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Postecoglou's representative, Frank Trimboli, has been working in the background over a move to the EPL for his top client.
They wrote: “(Daniel) Levy is why this position is viewed as a poisoned chalice, although none of this will be lost on Postecoglou, a student of the game and a voracious consumer of football around the world.
"His agent, London-based Aussie Frank Trimboli, knows Levy well and has been pushing Postecoglou’s case for months behind the scenes.
“Postecoglou is expected to be confirmed as early as this week as Tottenham’s new manager.
"The deal is all but done, according to scores of reports from overseas and by sources contacted by this masthead, and an official announcement is imminent.
"It will be a new high watermark for Australian football, to have a head coach working not only in the English Premier League, but at one of the competition’s biggest clubs - as it will be for the 57-year-old himself, who has always had the hunger to test his wits at the highest level possible, stretching as far back as his days as a junior at his boyhood club from South Melbourne.”
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