Ange Postecoglou tells Celtic he’s leaving, has accepted biggest job of his career

The Sun studies the previous Brisbane Roar coach has informed Celtic’s main shareholder Dermot Desmond he desires to go away to take up a dream job within the Premier League.

Postecoglou dropped the news on the Scottish champions after the membership accomplished a historic treble by profitable the Scottish Cup on Sunday morning (AEST).

Now it’s anticipated that Spurs chief Daniel Levy will announce Postecoglou as Antonio Conte’s successor over the subsequent 72-hours – with the 57-year-old getting a vastly profitable contract, together with main bonus incentives, to rework the membership like he has at Celtic.

Postecoglou has been linked to the Hotspur job for weeks and Socceroos nice Robbie Slater stated just lately he hopes Postecoglou accepts the place.

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Postecoglou was additionally reported to have been one of many front-runners to take over at Chelsea.

Postecoglou managed Australia on the World Cup in 2014 and has loved immense success within the A-League, Greece and Japan however has not managed in any of Europe’s massive leagues.

He additionally famously give up the Socceroos simply months out from the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

As massive because the nationwide group job was, Spurs would be the largest gig of his life.

It will put him in control of international superstars, together with England captain Harry Kane, South Korean magician Son Heung-min and Briazilian Richarlison

According to The Sun, Postecoglou appears sure to maneuver to safe his trusted Hoops right-hand man Kennedy as his No. 2 on the London membership.

The 39-year-old has been with Celtic for over 25-years as a primary group star, recruitment operator, improvement coach, first group coach, assistant supervisor and at one level interim boss.

Hearts are additionally admirers as they contemplate their everlasting supervisor place, with caretaker Steven Naismith nonetheless very a lot in rivalry.

But whereas the formidable Kennedy – an outstanding success over 9 years working with Ronny Deila, Brendan Rodgers, Neil Lennon and now Postecoglou – is eager to someday be his personal man, it’s thought the departing Celtic boss believes he can provide him a much more thrilling proposition.

Fellow coach Gavin Strachan in addition to one of many first-team’s video analysts are additionally anticipated to make the transfer south.

We revealed that Hearts must cough up a six-figure compensation sum to have any likelihood of luring the extremely regarded Kennedy from Parkhead.

But that wouldn’t be an issue for the massively resourced Spurs who can even pay Celtic a seven-figure sum for Postecoglou who has been engaged on a 12-month rolling contract.

Just final week, Postecoglou was lavish in his reward of the coach who turns 40 in August after it emerged the Jambos had positioned him on a short-list.

He stated: “John plays a vital role. I give him a lot of responsibility. He’s got a lot of experience at this football club, part of a lot of success.

“That isn’t by accident. It’s not surprising people are looking at him.

“And when the time is right he will make an outstanding manager.”

Losing Postecoglou is a hammer blow for the Celts board who’ve watched him lead the group to 5 trophies out of six over two unimaginable years after taking him from Japanese facet Yokohama F Marinos.

But to additionally lose Kennedy – such a behind-the-scenes mastermind since 2014 – can be one other extreme disappointment and it stays to be seen how they’d react to a Spurs method.

— This story initially appeared on thesun.co.uk and has been republished with permission