It can be an act of “folly” for Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou to just accept the Everton supervisor’s job if the relegation-threatened English Premier League membership supplied him the place.
That’s the opinion of Socceroos nice Robbie Slater, who stated Postecoglou didn’t have to take the danger of going to the Toffees, such was their present instability on and off the sector.
Former Socceroos coach Postecoglou has reportedly been “sounded out” by Everton, who sacked supervisor Frank Lampard after their 2-0 weekend loss to West Ham.
It was Everton’s eleventh defeat in 20 Premier League matches this season, with solely purpose distinction maintaining them forward of last-placed Southampton.
In distinction, Postecoglou has Celtic on track for back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles beneath his steering in addition to one other crack on the UEFA Champions League.
It’s not the primary time Postecoglou has been linked to the Everton job, with the previous Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory coach’s title having been tossed round as a successor to Lampard when Celtic and Everton had been in Australia in November for the Sydney Super Cup.
Postecoglou, 57, this week spoke of not solely gamers however coaches desirous to “maximise” their “opportunities”.
“That’s what all of us have in our careers, a limited time and we want to take opportunities,” he stated.
However, Slater – who received an English Premier League title with Blackburn Rovers in 1995 – believes Postecoglou can be much better off staying at Celtic slightly than taking the Everton job if it was supplied to him.
“Ange won’t go to Everton,” Slater stated.
“They’re a club in crisis. It would be folly of him to go there.
“They are in serious danger of being relegated, it would be a huge risk, and one he doesn’t need to take considering the job he has at the moment.
“He’s taken Celtic nine points clear at the top of the table, they’re going to win the title again, the fans love him, the players love him, the club loves him … he doesn’t need to go to a club like Everton, which keeps changing its manager and has off-field problems as well.
“Ange is a very good manager and will eventually manage in the (English) Premier League, so he doesn’t need to go to a club in turmoil.”
Others reportedly within the operating for the Everton job embrace former Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa, ex-Southampton supervisor Ralph Hassenhuttl and former Burnley boss Sean Dyche.
Originally printed as Robbie Slater says Postecoglou doesn’t have to take over membership in turmoil equivalent to Everton
