Ange Postecoglou says top-four finish isn’t Tottenham’s ‘Willy Wonka golden ticket’

head coach Ange Postecoglou has refused to aim for anything other than first place in the , because football “is not a Willy Wonka golden ticket”. Spurs are battling for fourth place and go to Villa Park this Sunday, but Postecoglou does not want his team to think that qualifying for the Champions League is their only priority. He wants his team to keep developing and improving until they can aim for the top, and said that playing in the Champions League is no guarantee of that.

“What’s more important is that come the end of this year, we’ve got a team that’s going to challenge the following year and keep growing,” Postecoglou said. “Right now, the most important thing is us, our identity and our football. It’s not a Willy Wonka golden ticket, you know? It just gets you a year in the Champions League. But if you don’t build on that or grow from that, it is meaningless. Advertisement “Because we’re not in it for participation. We’re in it to win things.

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