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Ange Postecoglou has now officially begun working in his new role as Nottingham Forest’s head coach, but he is expected to be unsuccessful in his attempts to prise away his former colleague from Tottenham Hotspur.
The Postecoglou era at Tottenham was one of extremes, encapsulated by the fact that the club achieved their worst-ever Premier League finish last season but managed to secure the Europa League trophy, their first piece of silverware in 17 years.
There were mixed emotions among Spurs fans when the club decided to sack Postecoglou, but given the impact Thomas Frank has made at N17, the decision is viewed as the right one in hindsight by the majority of the supporters.
Just a few months on from leaving Spurs, Postecoglou has returned to the Premier League, replacing another former Tottenham head coach, Nuno Espirito Santo, at the City Ground.
Tottenham coach is not expected to follow Ange Postecoglou to Nottingham Forest
According to reports, Postecoglou’s former Spurs assistants, Mile Jedinak and Nick Montgomery, will join him at Nottingham.
However, The Telegraph claim that Spurs coach Matt Wells is considered unlikely to be part of the Australians’ staff at City Ground.
Wells was a key part of Tottenham’s coaching staff during Postecoglou’s two seasons at the club, and took the lead on defensive coaching at Spurs.
The 36-year-old has since been retained by Thomas Frank as a part of his coaching staff, but despite Postecoglou’s good relationship with Wells, he is not expected to reunite with the 60-year-old in the East Midlands.
Matt Wells has bigger ambitions
The Telegraph say that one of the reasons why Wells will not join Nottingham is that he has his eyes set on becoming head coach elsewhere.
He is now a key part of Frank’s set-up at Spurs and is thought to harbour ambitions of trying his hand at the top job next.
Wells saw his former Spurs colleagues, Chris Davies and Ryan Mason, land managerial jobs in the EFL with Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, respectively, and it appears he wants to follow their lead.
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