Ange Postecoglou press conference LIVE – Tottenham boss on transfers, Archie Gray and Bergvall
The Tottenham Hotspur boss is speaking to the media following the first pre-season friendly of the campaign against Heart of Midlothian
Ange Postecoglou is holding his first press conference of the new season following Tottenham’s 5-1 friendly win at Hearts on Wednesday evening.
The 58-year-old is back up in Scotland for the first time since his two-year tenure in Glasgow at Celtic, where he won five out of six available domestic trophies including the treble in his final season. On Wednesday he brought his Spurs squad up to Edinburgh for a friendly match as they prepare for the new campaign.
Brennan Johnson opened the scoring for Spurs towards the end of the first half and after a complete switch in the visiting team’s personnel for the second half, Hearts found an equaliser within a minute after Lawrence Shankland scored with a low effort after an Emerson Royal pass was cut out.
However, Spurs found a second goal and it came from young striker Will Lankshear who had impressed in first team training this week after a 32-goal season for the U21s last season. His goal was set up by Djed Spence, who seized on to a Hearts pass, drove on and played in the 19-year-old to fire home inside the left-hand post.
The third goal for Spurs was a superb one for Mikey Moore. The 16-year-old was played in by Lucas Bergvall with a good reverse ball and the winger turned his defender inside out before slotting it home. It became 4-1 when Timo Werner got down the left and hit a low cross for Djed Spence to tap home into the net. A fifth goal for Spurs came when Bergvall curled in a cross and Dane Scarlett’s header was saved but Ashley Phillips touched in the loose ball.
Our Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold is in Edinburgh and among those putting the questions to Postgecoglou. Scroll down for his latest update from the press conference at Tynecastle Stadium.
The Spurs boss on whether he’s spoken to Rodrigo Bentancur after his Son comments and his post-match Copa America incident
No, I don’t know what you’re referring to after the Copa America, but in terms of the comments it’s been dealt with. The most important person in that whole process is Sonny so he’ll guide us and he’ll direct us. It’s being dealt with and I’m sure there will be further actions behind it but at the moment I think with all of these kind of things it’s easier to jump in and make judgements but I always think the most important people are the ones affected and in this case it’s Sonny and we’ll be guided by him.
Postecoglou on transfers
Like I said, nothing’s really changed, I’m comfortable. We’ve got a strategy in place about what we want to do. I’m really happy with the two lads we’ve brought in, both obviously very talented but more importantly really ambitious. They’re not here to ease their way in. They want to play and I think that’s great. They’ve brought a good energy to the group and no doubt there will be a couple more additions but I’m comfortable with where we’re at.
Postecoglou on Will Lankshear
Will was good. We kind of brought him in this last week. He’s looked bright in training. He worked hard. He’s had a very good year last year and it’s about rewarding him for that. It’s about coming in and making an impact. He did well and he took his goal well.
Postecoglou is here and he’s asked about the England job links
I was having a nap this afternoon. I have no idea. I’m the Tottenham manager and I’m determined to bring success to this club. That’s where my focus is totally.
