The road to reconstruction: Tottenham s tough choice after losing Postkoglu

Tottenham Hotspur Club is now at a very difficult and awkward crossroads. The fire of head coach Post Koglu and then rejected by his number one new coach Dezelby, this series of events reflects the contradictions in decision-making by the club's senior management and the current reality of the team's decline in attractiveness.

Let's first look at the decision to fire Postkoglu. This decision itself is controversial. On the one hand, he led the team to win the UEFA Cup, which is a tangible intercontinental trophy. But on the other hand, the team is only ranked 17th in the league, which is the worst ranking in club history. This huge contrast shows that the team's performance has been very unstable throughout the season. The club's board of directors finally chose to fire him, which shows that in their opinion, the poor league results are more serious than the problems brought about by an Europa League champion. They value the team's long-term stability in the domestic arena.

However, after firing the current head coach, the job of finding a new coach immediately hit a wall.

Their preferred target, Dezelby, explicitly refused, chose to stay in Marseille. This decision, from Dezelby's own perspective, is completely logical. He led Marseille to second place in Ligue 1 last season and qualified for the Champions League next season. Staying in Marseille, he has a stable, upward and capable platform to compete in the highest level of Europe.

In contrast, although Tottenham is a Premier League team and may have a stronger reputation and financial resources, they ranked only 17 in the league last season. The team is in a period of turmoil and needing reconstruction, and there is no Champions League to play next season. For an ambitious coach, a stable and capable platform to play in the Champions League is obviously much more attractive than "putting out the fire" from a team with an uncertain future.

D Zelby's rejection was a heavy blow to Tottenham. It shows that for top coaches, the attraction of a club is not only its name and financial resources, but also its current stability and future possibilities. Now, Tottenham has to expand their coaching range and find other candidates like Brentford's Thomas Frank. But there is no doubt that after being rejected by the preferred target, they will be in a more passive position in the subsequent negotiations.