Tottenham must learn lesson from Man Utd’s disastrous Erik ten Hag moment

MAC OF THE NET: Ange Postecoglou has given Daniel Levy a dilemma at Tottenham after winning the Europa League and ending the club’s trophy drought amid a disastrous domestic campaign

Tottenham now have their very own Erik ten Hag moment.

What do they do about Ange Postecoglou? Because if he’d have lost the Europa League final, then his P45 would be in the post the next day. Much like how it would have been for Ten Hag, if Manchester United lost last season’s FA Cup decider against Manchester City.

United decided to stick with the Dutchman, removed most of his staff and brought in a new coaching set up, while letting him make more signings. But by November, they’d lost faith in Ten Hag, and Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS made the costly decision to replace him.

Now hindsight is a great thing and this column would have said Ten Hag deserved another season – but they never gave him that. They gave him a few months. If Spurs decide to stick with Postecoglou after the emotional scenes in Bilbao which also secured Champions League football, then they need to really show loyalty in the Aussie coach.

That means if they don’t start the season well, then Tottenham owner Daniel Levy can’t just pull the trigger then. It’s now or it’s next summer. Anything in between will just set Spurs back years. Much like it has for United.