Ange Postecoglou says it is becoming “more and more difficult” to be a football manager following Manchester United’s decision to sack Erik ten Hag.
ten Hag was sacked this week after a run of four Premier League defeats in nine games to start the season.
And Postecoglou says the scrutiny on managers makes it difficult to do the job in a “processed way”.
Asked whether he was shocked by ten Hag’s departure, the Spurs boss said: “Nah, not really shocked. Disappointing as it was, it was almost inevitable with the scrutiny he had. It is just the nature of football these days.
“I have said in the past that it is becoming more and more difficult to do the role in any kind of processed way. It is just the nature of what we do these days.
“It seems like, if you look at Erik he was there for two and a bit years. He won a trophy in each year, they finished third in his first year. I don’t know if he was here with that record would he have lost his job? I don’t know. Would he be under the same scrutiny? I don’t know.
“Because everyone tells me all I have to do is win a trophy but I have got a feeling it would be the same because, just the nature of the world today, as a manager you have to hit a sweet spot where you get success, you play football everyone likes, you get every signing right.
“In that moment you seem to get some sort of validation. Anything other than that it seems to be for some clubs they want trophies not football, others want football.
“It is a difficult task but what you have seen in the past, I’m sure Erik will bounce back from that because he is a good manager. You have seen it with other managers. I’m sure his career will continue to go on strongly.”
