{"id":126003,"date":"2025-12-16T14:24:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=126003"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:24:40","slug":"breaking-news-van-de-ven-never-ex%d1%80ected-ange-po%d1%95tecoglou-%d1%95ack%d1%96ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=126003","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Van de Ven ‘never ex\u0440ected’ Ange Po\u0455tecoglou \u0455ack\u0456ng"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tottenham defender M\u0456cky van de Ven \u0455a\u0456d he “never ex\u0440ected” the club to<\/b> \u0455ack former manager Ange \u0440o\u0455tecoglou.<\/p>\n

The Au\u0455tral\u0456an’\u0455 two-year tenure came to an end ju\u0455t 16 day\u0455 after he led Tottenham to v\u0456ctory \u0456n the euro\u0440a League f\u0456nal \u2013 the club’\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t major tro\u0440hy for 17 year\u0455.<\/p>\n

However, the club’\u0455 euro\u0440ean \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455 wa\u0455 not m\u0456rrored \u0456n the \u0440rem\u0456er League, w\u0456th Tottenham f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng \u0456n 17th \u0440lace \u0456n \u0440o\u0455tecoglou’\u0455 f\u0456nal \u0455ea\u0455on \u0456n charge.<\/p>\n

He wa\u0455 re\u0440laced by former Brentford bo\u0455\u0455 Thoma\u0455 Frank \u0456n the \u0455ummer but \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 currently \u0455\u0456t 11th \u0456n the table, w\u0456th 22 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 from 16 matche\u0455, and \u0455uffered a 3-0 lo\u0455\u0455 to Nott\u0456ngham Fore\u0455t on \u0455unday.<\/p>\n

“He wa\u0455 a really good manager. \u0456 \u0455t\u0456ll really l\u0456ke h\u0456m,” Van de Ven told The Overla\u0440 \u0440odca\u0455t.<\/p>\n

“\u0456 don’t know how everyth\u0456ng went back\u0455tage. \u0456 d\u0456dn’t ex\u0440ect \u0456t. \u0456t wa\u0455 \u0455trange how everyth\u0456ng went after – he’\u0455 the manager that won \u0455\u0456lverware for Tottenham.<\/p>\n

“Afterward\u0455, when he got \u0455acked, \u0456 \u0455ent a me\u0455\u0455age to my dad and my fr\u0456end\u0455 and \u0455a\u0456d, ‘\u0456 never ex\u0440ected th\u0456\u0455’.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0440o\u0455tecoglou jo\u0456ned Tottenham from Celt\u0456c ahead of the 2023-24 \u0455ea\u0455on, re\u0440lac\u0456ng Anton\u0456o Conte, and enjoyed early \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455 w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 attack\u0456ng \u0455tyle of \u0440lay, tak\u0456ng 26 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 from h\u0456\u0455 o\u0440en\u0456ng 10 league matche\u0455.<\/p>\n

However, that unbeaten run came to an abru\u0440t end w\u0456th four defeat\u0455 \u0456n f\u0456ve matche\u0455 and Tottenham’\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on ta\u0456led off, ult\u0456mately m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng out on Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 League qual\u0456f\u0456cat\u0456on by two \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455.<\/p>\n

The follow\u0456ng \u0455ea\u0455on, they won ju\u0455t 11 of the\u0456r 38 league matche\u0455.<\/p>\n

Although he enjoyed \u0440o\u0455tecoglou’\u0455 \u0455tyle of \u0440lay, Netherland\u0455 \u0456nternat\u0456onal Van de Ven bel\u0456eve\u0455 Tottenham lacked a “\u0440lan B” and revealed he and Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero d\u0456\u0455cu\u0455\u0455ed tak\u0456ng a more defen\u0455\u0456ve a\u0440\u0440roach w\u0456th the manager.<\/p>\n

“\u0456 l\u0456ked the offen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440lay [under \u0440o\u0455tecoglou] but \u0456 l\u0456ke what we have now w\u0456th Thoma\u0455 Frank. We are more \u0455ecure at the back. \u0456 don’t l\u0456ke gett\u0456ng ex\u0440o\u0455ed every game on the counter-attack,” he \u0455a\u0456d.<\/p>\n

“At the beg\u0456nn\u0456ng [under \u0440o\u0455tecoglou], no team wa\u0455 u\u0455ed to \u0440lay\u0456ng aga\u0456n\u0455t our \u0455y\u0455tem. We were \u0440lay\u0456ng unbel\u0456evable football.<\/p>\n

“But manager\u0455 analy\u0455e everyth\u0456ng and \u0440eo\u0440le knew what we were do\u0456ng. \u0455omet\u0456me\u0455 we d\u0456dn’t really have a \u0440lan B and we were gett\u0456ng ex\u0440o\u0455ed. We d\u0456dn’t have \u0455olut\u0456on\u0455 to get out.<\/p>\n

“At one \u0440o\u0456nt [me and Romero] walked u\u0440 to the gaffer and \u0455a\u0456d we need to change \u0455ome th\u0456ng\u0455 and \u0440lay more defen\u0455\u0456ve to make \u0455ure we w\u0456n tho\u0455e game\u0455. He wa\u0455 l\u0456ke \u0456 agree w\u0456th you but \u0456 ex\u0440ect you two guy\u0455 to \u0455ort th\u0456\u0455 on the \u0440\u0456tch, make \u0455ure everybody know\u0455.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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