Ange Postecoglou has been speaking about Celtic in an interview with Gary Lineker.
The Australian departed the Hoops in the summer after a glorious couple of years in Glasgow. After leading us to five trophies, including a clean sweep last season, he joined Tottenham Hotspur.
Unsurprisingly, Postecoglou has been a revelation down south with his Spurs side currently sitting second in the Premier League.
In a segment for this weekend’s Football Focus, he sat down with Lineker for a lengthy chat. It didn’t take too long for Celtic to come up as Lineker asked him about his 2021 appointment. Postecoglou had one person immediately on his mind.
“I’ve got to thank Eddie Howe because that was pretty much done,” he said, referring to Howe’s last-minute decision not to join Celtic.
“At the end, Eddie, for a number of reasons, just didn’t feel comfortable taking the role. They’d gone so far down the path of him being appointed that it was really late.
“Pre-season was about to start and they had to make a quick decision. After that, I think they just saw something in me, with nothing to lose.”
Lineker: “Did you feel like that was what you had been waiting for? A big European club.”
Postecoglou: “Yeah, I did. I was looking forward to it because it was the bit that was missing. I’d had the success but I hadn’t had it in a place where I knew it could be impactful. I wanted to be in that environment.
“It was a moment. Me and my wife just sat there saying ‘It’s happening. At the age of 55, it was happening.” (BBC)
While some Celtic supporters may harbor a grudge over Postecoglou leaving the club in the summer, it is difficult to feel anything other than joy when thinking back to his time here.
It was a truly glorious couple of seasons packed with amazing moment after amazing moment. Sure, the European stuff could have been better, but there was barely a black mark domestically. He came, he won stuff, he moved on. And we were all really happy.
It’s now up to Brendan Rodgers and this current Celtic side to continue bringing the good times. While an early exit from the League Cup was a disappointment, our recent win at Ibrox reminded everyone we are still the top dogs in Scotland.
With more Champions League challenges firmly on the horizon, it’s really all about looking forward rather than back.
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