Ange Postecoglou has been a breath of fresh air since he became Tottenham Hotspur manager last summer.
Spurs are blessed that they have several people within the club who interact with the media, no matter the topic, very well and are engaging.
The man in the dugout is one of them and so is playmaker, James Maddison, who also speaks well in interviews with the media.
That’s why when certain issues are brought to the front of the table, you then need clarity and a no-nonsense nature.
The Tottenham players would have already known that Postecoglou isn’t a man to be messed with because he is someone with very high standards.
The great thing about Postecoglou is that he isn’t afraid to express what he thinks – the London club also had that with Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.
But with the new Premier League season just kicking off, one player has already landed himself in hot water.
Yves Bissouma was suspended by his manager and left out of Tottenham’s 1-1 draw at Leicester for inhaling nitrous oxide or laughing gas, which he posted on social media.
Ange made it clear that the midfielder needs to make amends and Bissouma returned for Tottenham’s win over Everton and he opened the scoring.
Maddison explained how Bissouma is a ‘ridiculous footballer’ and that he has skills ‘not many have’.
But the England star made it clear that his midfield teammate still needs to win back the trust of the manager and that Postecoglou is a ‘great man with good morals’, as he told Sky Sports Premier League.
Yves Bissouma return after suspension
“Yeah, definitely,” said Maddison about Bissouma repaying the faith Postecoglou has put in him. “We all know Yves’s ability. He is a ridiculous footballer, at times.
“His natural ability and technical prowess just on the ball and how he is receiving it in the right areas, he has got a skill that not many have. I think he made amends.
“The gaffer is a great man with good morals, so I know he won’t let him slack off now. He has got to keep working hard and keep repaying the trust of the manager for putting him back in. It was a pretty good start for him.”
Tottenham’s young midfielders
Tottenham signed Archie Gray from Leeds this summer and Lucas Bergvall linked up with the squad for the first time.
Not forgetting 21-year-old Pape Matar Sarr, who was quality last season, and is probably unlucky not to be starting.
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Spurs’ midfield has some great youth, energy and promise. If they can add in stability, getting back into the Champions League, then there are exciting times ahead.
Perhaps, with the team in Europe, they need to add more depth, but the same could be said for the backline.
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