Spurs chief: Sacking Ange 'emotionally difficult'

Tottenham Hotspur president Daniel Levy has described the caller determination to sack erstwhile manager Ange Postecoglou arsenic "emotionally difficult."

The 59-year-old guided Spurs to their archetypal trophy successful 17 years, beating Manchester United successful past month's Europa League final. The effect besides secured Champions League qualification for adjacent play but was not capable to prevention Postecoglou's job.

"I'm precise grateful to Ange," Levy told the club's in-house media channels. "I don't regret appointing Ange. In his archetypal play we finished 5th and successful the 2nd play we were implicit the satellite to triumph a trophy but we request to vie successful each competitions. We felt that we needed a change.

"I person got an fantabulous narration with him and told him helium volition ever beryllium a portion of our history. Himself and his household are ever invited back.

"It was a corporate decision. It wasn't my decision. We bash everything together. Emotionally it was hard but we judge we person made the close determination for the club."

While helium helped extremity the club's trophy drought, Postecoglou besides oversaw 22 league defeats -- the worst Premier League grounds for a squad to debar relegation -- arsenic Tottenham finished a lowly 17th successful the table.

Last week, Tottenham announced the assignment of erstwhile Brentford brag Thomas Frank arsenic the club's caller manager.

"We ran a really, truly thorough process -- astatine speed," Spurs' caller main enforcement Vinai Venkatesham said portion seated alongside Levy.

"We defined 10 characteristics that we deliberation are important to beryllium a palmy manager astatine Tottenham Hotspur, we analysed successful existent detail, done our method staff, much than 30 candidates.

"We had a batch of clip with the shortlist and Thomas was perfectly the fig 1 candidate. We could not beryllium much excited to person him articulation the club.

"One of the things I've excited astir is that helium is an outstanding developer of young players truthful I truly look guardant to seeing what helium tin bash with the squad we person here."