Sources: Postecoglou to learn Spurs fate this week

Ange Postecoglou is acceptable to larn his destiny arsenic Tottenham Hotspur manager this week aft the nine began announcing boardroom changes connected Monday with the departure of enforcement manager Donna-Maria Cullen, sources person told ESPN.

Sources person told ESPN that Postecoglou's occupation is nether menace -- with those adjacent to the 59-year-old believing helium is astatine precocious hazard of losing his occupation -- contempt ending Spurs' 17-year hold for a trophy by winning the Europa League past month.

Postecoglou oversaw Spurs' worst ever Premier League season, including 22 defeats -- the astir successful a play without a squad getting relegated -- and is connected vacation aft admitting helium was uncertain whether helium would spot retired the last 2 years of his contract.

Sources person told ESPN that caller main enforcement serviceman Vinai Venkatesham has present started enactment astatine the nine and helium volition play a relation successful determining the manager's destiny arsenic portion of a bid of alterations to the club's structure.

In an interrogation with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation connected Monday portion connected a household vacation successful Greece, Postecoglou said helium hasn't wanted to fto the nine "just bask the moment" due to the fact that helium "wanted america to deliberation astir what's next."

"Don't settee for this," helium told ABC's Australian Story. "We've got a sensation of it now. My players person got a sensation for it. The club's got a sensation for it. Well, let's marque definite we're backmost present again."

Possible replacements for Postecoglou see Brentford brag Thomas Frank, Fulham's Marco Silva and Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola, though the second is expected to motion a caller declaration to stay connected the southbound coast.

A last determination is expected connected Postecoglou's aboriginal successful the coming days but aboriginal connected Monday, Tottenham announced successful a connection that Cullen would beryllium stepping down from her presumption arsenic president Daniel Levy's astir trusted advisor.

Cullen, who joined the Spurs committee successful 2006 and is simply a trustee of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, said successful a statement: "This has been specified a hard determination to make. The nine has been my beingness for the past 3 decades. I person had the privilege of moving with Daniel, whose imaginativeness and vigor has driven the nine forward, and truthful galore talented and fantastic colleagues.

"It has been rather immoderate journey, starting astatine White Hart Lane, with a little enactment astatine Wembley and yet our caller location -- astonishing memories location and away. Ending this play with the Europa League trophy was a imagination travel true.

"The clip is present close for maine to stitchery much clip for myself and my family, whom I convey for each their enactment implicit the years. I shall walk the coming months ensuring determination is simply a creaseless handover with my staff. Thank you all. I privation everyone astatine the nine each the occurrence successful the world."

Levy said: "Donna has made an immense publication to the club, implicit an extended period. Her divers responsibilities grew importantly and replacing her roles with a azygous idiosyncratic volition beryllium impossible.

"While galore whitethorn subordinate her chiefly with selling and communications, Donna's interaction extends acold beyond those areas. Notably, her enactment and governmental acumen astatine readying committees, was instrumental successful the nine being capable to physique 1 of the finest stadiums and grooming centres successful the world."

Venkatesham is already advertizing for candidates to enactment alongside him successful a supporting relation portion determination are besides important doubts implicit main shot serviceman Scott Munn's presumption and apt changes coming successful the aesculapian and athletics subject teams.