Two ‘leading candidates’ to replace Ange Postecoglou emerge after latest sack update

Tottenham have reportedly identified Andoni Iraola and Marco Silva as the leading candidates to replace Ange Postecoglou at the end of the season. It is now looking likely that the struggling Australian will leave regardless of his side’s success in the Europa League.

Reports claim that Postecoglou will depart at the end of the campaign, either by being sacked or through a mutual parting of ways. He has overseen a hugely underwhelming Premier League campaign in which Spurs sit 16th in the Premier League. Runs to the Europa League and Carabao Cup semi-finals have been the 59-year-old’s two saving graces at times when it has seemed he was at the end of the road.

Winning the Europa League may yet save Postecoglou from the sack. However, there is a growing feeling that he will leave at the end of the season, regardless of the club’s performance in the Europa League.

Iraola and Silva have been lined up as potential replacements, the report adds. Both coaches have impressed during their spells at Bournemouth and Fulham, respectively.

Cherries boss Iraola’s vibrant brand of football is understood to have caught the eye of several top clubs. However, his club are fighting to keep the Spaniard and are said to be ‘optimistic’ about doing so.

Iraola’s Bournemouth have a strong chance of qualifying for Europe next season, sitting eighth in the Premier League. Finishing in that position could land a club a place in next season’s Conference League come May.