Ange Postecoglou says he has enjoyed working with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy since taking over at the club.
Tottenham have enjoyed a fine start under new head coach Postecoglou and could return to the top of the Premier League table with a win over rivals Chelsea on Monday night.
Levy has been heavily criticised by the Tottenham fans for his running of the club, including last season.
But Postecoglou says the two have enjoyed a “healthy working relationship” and touched on his previous experience at Celtic where the fans had also been unhappy with the ownership.
“Look, my relationship with Daniel is pretty consistent with the relationships with all the people I’ve worked with at other clubs that have major influence as decision-makers,” he said.
“I need them to believe in me. That’s the basic core of it and you can get to that space in many different ways. It doesn’t mean you have to socialise with them, it doesn’t mean you have to talk to them every day.
“It’s about gaining their trust and belief, because without their trust and belief, I can’t do what I want to do. I can’t make decisions around staff, bringing players in, all these things unless the people above me have total faith and trust.
“It’s not an unusual position – when I walked in at Celtic, the board weren’t too popular at the start either, but they backed me, they believed in me and when they do that, yes of course they deserve the credit because they’re the ones that have made the decisions and backed me to bring the club to where it is currently.
“So of course they should get the credit, but I’ve treated those relationships all the same. The number one task I have when I go into a club is to get people to believe in me, trust me. Whether that’s the person working on the floor down here or the person who runs the club. It’s the same.
“I’ve got to get all of them to believe in me because I can’t do what I want to do by myself. It just doesn’t work that way.
“I’ve had a really healthy working relationship with Daniel and hopefully I’m gaining more of his trust to continue to do what I want to do.”
