Ange Postekoglou accepts Tottenham job with planned player sack

Ange Postekoglou may have watched his last match as Celtic manager. the appointment of a new head coach has finally come to an end with Ange Postekoglou agreeing to become Daniel Levy's 11th permanent chairman of the board.

Postekoglou, who won the treble at home in what turned out to be his last season in charge » Celtic, agreed to a job at Spurs after Julian Nagelsmann dropped out of the race and Arne Sloth decided to stay at Feyenoord.

Postecoglou is believed to have agreed a contract that could run for three years and that he cost Tottenham less than £5m in compensation and the announcement is in the making.

The biggest challenge facing Postecoglu, is not Harry Kane will be part of his team, but Real Madrid will join Manchester United in the race to try to sign the striker.

It is assumed that Levy is still determined to keep Kane, who he values ​​at over £100m, but Real Madrid are ready to test that resolve after the loss of Karim Benzema.

Telegraph Sport understands that the senior Real Madrid players believe that Kane is the best candidate to replace Benzema, the Spaniards are also interested in Chelsea's Kai Havertz and Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez. A move for Kane and Havertz is not out of the question.

Kane has not signed an extension to his contract, which expires at the end of next season, and is not expected to do so this summer.

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Although the Spurs are reluctant to sell Kane, Postecoglou's arrival is expected to come ahead of a massive exit attempt as the club look to change the first team squad for the 57-year-old.

Tottenham confirm the former Celtic. Manager Ange Postekoglou as new head coach

Tottenham are believed to be ready to sack up to seven first team players led by captain Hugo Lloris and Ivan Perisic in what could be a big change this summer.

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The future of Davinson Sanchez and Ryan Sessegnon is also in doubt, while Spurs have decided not to sign Arnot Danjouma, who spent the second half of last season on loan at the club, and Clement Lenglet could be allowed to return to Barcelona. Applications, if received, could also be heard for Ben Davies or Eric Dyer.

Tottenham's disappointing campaign in which they finished eighth and missed out on European qualification is supposed to have fueled a desire to get rid of some players this summer.

In addition to first-team players who may be allowed to leave, Spurs will look to sell Giovani Lo Celso, Sergio Reguilon and Harry Winks, who spent last season on loan but have yet to make a decision about Tanguy's future. Ndombele.

Ndombele spent last season on loan at Napoli and made 30 league appearances as the Italian club won the Serie A title and sources have indicated Postecoglou may want to take a closer look at him before The 26-year-old's future is predetermined.

Postekoglou will permanently replace Antonio Conte, who officially left Tottenham on 27 March, and be the latest man to try to end the club's long trophy drought.

The previous 10 managers hired by Levy won 62 trophies, and only one of them, the 2008 League Cup under Juande Ramos, went to Tottenham.

With the appointment of Postecoglu, this figure has increased to 76. with an Australian who has won 14 top management trophies at Celtic, Yokohama Marinos, Australia National Team, Brisbane Roar and South Melbourne.