New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Australian, who lost his job at Tottenham 16 days after winning the Europa League, arrived at the City Ground following Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n
Nuno fell out with Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis over the club\u2019s transfer policy and paid the price despite leading them to European qualification for the first time in 30 years.<\/p>\n
Marinakis hailed Postecoglou\u2019s appointment by insisting Forest are ready to challenge for silverware.<\/p>\n
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That might seem an ambitious statement given Forest have not won a major trophy since the 1990 League Cup.<\/p>\n
But Postecoglou delivered on his boast that he always wins a trophy in his second season while at Tottenham and the 60-year-old knows he might have to achieve success even more quickly to satisfy Marinakis.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have won a couple in my first season. At Celtic I won a double in my first,\u201d he said on Thursday, cheekily interupting a reporter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI may have to win one to get a second year here. That\u2019s what I want to do. I want to win trophies.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added: \u201cEvery club wants to be successful, but since the president took over the club those ambitions are backed up with actions. Perfect conditions for me.\u201d <\/p>\n
If Postecoglou can win a trophy for Forest, he would follow in the footsteps of Brian Clough, who led the club to a pair of European Cups and the English title during the club\u2019s golden era in the late 1970s and early 1980s.<\/p>\n
Ange’s quick quip on Forest trophy hunt | 01:03<\/p>\n
However, Postecoglou did not want to be compared to Clough as he looks to create his own legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a standalone legend. He\u2019s one of these figures you cannot compare to,\u201d said the Australian.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s one of the most legendary figures going around. He did it at a football club where no one expected that. If I can bring similar joy to this club and this city, I\u2019ll be a very happy man.\u201d <\/p>\n
Postecoglou was criticised for his ultra-attacking tactics at Tottenham, which contrast with the cautious style that brought Forest success under Nuno.<\/p>\n
The Australian\u2019s game-plan was exposed as Tottenham finished 17th last season but he will not compromise.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do like my teams to play exciting football and score goals. Get fans excited for sure. No apologies about that. That\u2019s just the way I am and the way I want to see my teams play,\u201d Postecoglou said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fans are not going to love me from the first day. I\u2019ve got to earn their respect.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ange’s quick quip on Forest trophy hunt | 01:03<\/p>\n
ANGE\u2019S ADMISSION OVER SPURS SACKING<\/p>\n
Postecoglou said he knew he was going to be sacked by Tottenham well before he ended their long trophy drought by winning the Europa League.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t great. I knew it was coming so it wasn\u2019t a surprise. I knew it was coming a fair way before the final,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe won it and had the parade and had a great three days and I didn\u2019t want to tarnish that, but I knew it was done.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom my perspective, I had the chance to process it. Whether I feel it was unjust, other people make those decisions, they make those determinations.\u201d Postecoglou endured a turbulent two years at Tottenham.<\/p>\n
The former Celtic manager got off to a flying start but his first season ended in disappointment when Spurs blew an opportunity to qualify for the Champions League.<\/p>\n
Their decline in 2024\/25 was stark, with miserable league results proving his downfall despite the European triumph, which secured Champions League action this season for his successor Thomas Frank.<\/p>\n
Quirky moment Ange’s Forest call came | 00:55<\/p>\n
\u201cI had two years where it was very challenging but we were with some fantastic people in the football department,\u201d Postecoglou said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe supporters, we\u2019ve put through some tough times, but there isn\u2019t a Spurs supporter that I come across now that doesn\u2019t want to hug me and take me home for dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I must have done something right. I\u2019m very proud of what we achieved there. It will always take a special place in my heart.\u201d Spurs have since parted company with chairman Daniel Levy, who was instrumental in Postecoglou\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n
The 60-year-old was diplomatic when asked about Levy\u2019s exit. \u201cI didn\u2019t have a great deal of interaction with Daniel Levy. I tend to get on with my daily business and do what I need to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was there for a very long time. He invested a hell of a lot in the football club in terms of building it up to where it was.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, he appointed me so I\u2019ve got to be thankful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest\u2019s new manager Ange Postecoglou is adamant he can handle the pressure of turning his club into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[93882,1531,15913,93887,6257,93885,29476,1208,78341,6254,2057,93883,93879,69228,93881,1119,15915,43,93878,93875,44,3583,1614,668,93880,93886,93876,2639,41,39,42,40,93884,12021,93877],"class_list":["post-136283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-addresses-fansfootball","tag-ange-postecoglou","tag-australian-coach","tag-brian-clough","tag-champions-league","tag-cheeky-reply","tag-daniel-levy","tag-england","tag-english-title","tag-europa-league","tag-europe","tag-european-qualification","tag-european-triumph","tag-evangelos-marinakis","tag-fantastic-people","tag-football-club","tag-football-department","tag-headlines","tag-mike-egerton","tag-miserable-league-results","tag-news","tag-northern-europe","tag-premier-league","tag-press-conference","tag-score-goals","tag-standalone-legend","tag-teams-play","tag-thomas-h-frank","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-transfer-policy","tag-trophy-drought","tag-trophy-winners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}