Roy Hodgson reckons one of the reasons Ange Postecoglou has been able to adapt seamlessly to life in England is due to his experience with Celtic in the Champions League.
Tottenham currently sit top of the Premier League, with the Australian undefeated in his first nine games.
And ahead of Spurs taking on Crystal Palace, Hodgson insists it has not been a surprise to him that the 58-year-old has taken the division by storm.
When asked about Postecgolou adapting to the Premier League, he responded: "It depends on what you mean by adaptation to the Premier League. I think needing time to adapt to the Premier League is more relevant to players than coaches or managers.
"I think sometimes they do, especially when they come from a different country, come from abroad, a totally different culture, because of the intensity of the Premier League, the fierceness, the lack of time and space that’s there for you and the physicality, that can be very different to a player.
“Coming from Celtic, playing in front of 60,000 or 70,000 people every week, being in the Champions League, coaching Australia, being at the very best club in Japan, I don’t know if you need a lot of adaptation to come to the Premier League.
He might have been a bit of an unknown or a surprise to a lot of people in the country, but he certainly was no surprise to me.”
