Ange Postecoglou’s transfer to Tottenham Hotspur must open the door for different Australian managers to train in Europe’s most sensible football leagues, Socceroos trainer Graham Arnold has mentioned.
Postecoglou, who guided Scottish membership Celtic to a home treble, is about to signal a two-year deal to take over Tottenham and change into the primary Australian to train an English Premier League facet, British media reported.
Although Australia has produced a slew of world-class gamers, the rustic’s coaches have lengthy been overpassed through main Ecu golf equipment.
That may be set to switch, mentioned Arnold, who matched wits with Postecoglou as opposing A-League coaches for years.
“We’ve were given some nice younger coaches within the A-League and out of the country,” Arnold advised journalists on Tuesday. “Kevin Muscat is doing implausible (in Japan). Those guys will finally end up out of the country. Ange is the chief of that pathway.”
Muscat gained Japan’s home championship as trainer of Yokohama F. Marinos closing yr, 3 years after Postecoglou guided the membership to the 2019 identify.
Former Socceroos defender Patrick Kisnorbo, who coached Melbourne Town to the 2021 A-League identify, was the primary Australian to train in France’s most sensible flight after crossing to Troyes closing yr.
“You want anyone to open the eyes of folks world wide to mention, ‘Oh, the Australian coaches will not be so dangerous’,” Arnold mentioned.
Arnold subsidized Postecoglou for luck at Tottenham, describing him as a soccer obsessive who attracts motivation from proving folks unsuitable.
“I all the time knew that he had that mentality of the place he sought after to move, that was once to the highest,” he mentioned. “Going to Tottenham I feel is a brilliant have compatibility for him and I feel he’ll kill it.”