Ange Postecoglou has 'no idea' if he will remain as Tottenham manager | OneFootball

The manager continues to face intense speculation over his position

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou says he has "no idea" what his future holds and insists he "couldn't care less" about speculation over his job.

Spurs' season and likely Postecoglou's position hinge on getting past the Bundesliga club at the Deutsche Bank Park after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.

Postecoglou claimed last week that there is a "general consensus" that he will be sacked even if Spurs win the Europa League.

Asked if he knew what was going to happen, the Australian said: "Do I know? No, I’ve got no idea. It’s not something I need to think about, I don’t think.

"I’ve never thought about those kind of things in terms of what’s important.

If you don’t think I’m a good coach today, you won’t think I’m a good coach tomorrow, even if we win, mate

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“What’s important is we have a game tomorrow night that’s a massive opportunity for this group of players, for us as a team, for this football club to get to closer to achieving what everyone wants to achieve.

"I think anything else other than that, and particularly in terms of me, I don’t have much thought process that thinks about life or my career or what I’m doing in that way.

“What I do know is we have an opportunity to get to the final four of a major tournament and that’s where my focus is."

Spurs have been linked with several other managers in recent weeks, including Postecoglou's top-flight rivals Andoni Iraola, Marco Silva, Thomas Frank and Oliver Glasner.

Asked if the speculation weighed heavily on him day to day, Postecoglou said: "No, not at all, mate, because I don’t define my career and me as a person by what people think about me. I never have. Never will.

"If you don’t think I’m a good coach today, you won’t think I’m a good coach tomorrow, even if we win, mate.

"One game ain’t going to make a difference to that. You either think I’m capable of doing the job now or you don’t. That’s where I sit with these things.

"If people think that us winning tomorrow all of a sudden makes me a better manager than what I am today, or us losing tomorrow somehow makes me a worse manager, I guess that’s their burden, not mine.

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“I don’t think that way and I don’t think most people think that way. Or I’d like to think they don’t, in terms of their own sort of self-esteem and who they are as people.

"I couldn’t care less. Really. I couldn’t care less. There’s no burden on me, there’s no anxiety on me. What I’m sitting here doing is thinking we’ve got a great opportunity to get to the final four of a major tournament.

“Mate, I’m not going to let that slip by without fighting tooth and nail for it irrespective of what may come the day after."

Spurs have lost 17 of their 32  league games this season, increasing the pressure on Postecoglou, but they had the better of the first leg against Frankfurt and can reach the Europa League last-four for the first time since they won the UEFA Cup in 1984.

"You’re at a point where you have got an opportunity to get to the semi-finals of a major competition," Postecoglou said.

"Obviously you know the challenge before you and that’s the bit you’re excited about. I don’t think it is about salaving anything and you know these opportunities don’t come round very often even if you’re having a good season, so why not take it?

"That has kind of been the message to the players.

“Irrespective of everything else that has happened this year, we’re a game away from the final four of a major competition and we shouldn’t take that for granted in terms of something that is a regular occurrence because it certainly hasn’t been for this club, but we’ll try to take advantage of that."