'Legend' Postecoglou thanked by Spurs players

Tottenham Hotspur players including Son Heung-Min, Guglielmo Vicario, Dominic Solanke and Micky van de Ven person paid tribute to Ange Postecoglou following his dismissal connected Friday.

Postecoglou was sacked with the nine saying a alteration was indispensable successful bid "to vie connected aggregate fronts."

The Australian guided Spurs to their archetypal trophy successful 17 years, beating Manchester United successful past month's Europa League final, a effect that besides secured Champions League qualification for adjacent season. But besides oversaw 22 league defeats -- the worst Premier League grounds for a squad to debar relegation -- arsenic Tottenham finished 17th.

Son, the Tottenham captain, described Postecoglou arsenic a "legend" and said helium was "a amended subordinate and a amended person" for having worked nether the erstwhile Celtic and Australia coach.

"Gaffer. You've changed the trajectory of this club," Son said successful an Instagram post. "You believed successful yourself, and us, since time 1 and ne'er wavered for a second. Even erstwhile others did.

"You knew what we were susceptible of each along. You did it your way. And your mode brought this nine the champion nighttime it's had successful decades. We volition person those memories for life.

"You trusted maine with the captaincy. One of the highest honours of my career. It's been an unthinkable privilege to larn from your enactment up close. I americium a amended subordinate and a amended idiosyncratic due to the fact that of you.

"Ange Postecoglou, you are a Tottenham Hotspur fable forever. Thank you, mate."

Vicario was likewise glowing successful his tribute, penning connected Instagram: "Boss, I conscionable privation to accidental a monolithic convey you for everything you person done for maine and for each of us.

"From that precise archetypal call, close from the beginning, you ever showed truthful overmuch content successful me.

"Giving maine the accidental to beryllium portion of the enactment group... those moments, and galore others, volition enactment with maine forever.

"You are not lone a apical manager, you are an unthinkable idiosyncratic to enactment for, a existent leader, a mentor, and idiosyncratic I'll ever look up to.

"What we achieved TOGETHER volition enactment successful the past books.

"Wishing you thing but occurrence arsenic I cognize you volition spell connected to execute much and more.

"Thank you, Boss. Forever grateful, Vic."

Solanke, who joined Spurs past summertime successful a £65 cardinal transportation from Bournemouth, said: "Thank you for bringing maine to this fantastic club, convey you for bringing america a fantastic trophy.

"Won't ever hide the convo we had earlier I signed and we achieved a dream! All the champion successful your adjacent adventure."

Meanwhile, Netherlands defender Van de Van said: "Gaffer, Thank you for everything!

"Believed successful maine from the archetypal time I arrived astatine the club. Many ups and downs successful the past 2 years but you kept believing successful america and kept pushing us.

"Big portion of the occurrence from the nine this year, and everlastingly grateful that u made maine portion of it.

"All the best."