'The Premier League says it all' - Daniel Levy explains 'collective decision' to sack Ange Postecoglou after Tottenham's Europa League triumph

Levy has given a wide-ranging interview to Gary Neville at The Overlap, and was asked about the decision to part ways with Postecoglou. The Australian won the Europa League in Bilbao, as Brennan Johnson's winner ended a 17-year trophy drought. Nevertheless, the club finished 17th in the Premier League, losing 22 games, and the club ultimately decided to part ways with the 59-year-old. 

Thomas Frank has been appointed to replace the former Celtic boss, and Levy has now explained that he was ultimately responsible for the decision, although he has credited his "technical staff" with explaining the club's rationale behind the move, with the club issuing a detailed statement in the wake of his departure. 

Levy said: "Ultimately, the decision sits with me, but it’s always a collective decision. We have a board of directors, but under the board, we have a group of technical staff, and they advise.

"We had to explain the decision to part ways with Ange. Ange just won us a trophy – a European trophy – highly significant and he’s always going to be in our history. However, we couldn’t lose sight of the fact that we finished 17th in the league, we lost 22 Premier League games, and it’s impossible for Tottenham to be in that position, and so we had to take the emotion out of it and we had to give some data points as to why we decided to do what we did.

“Whichever level you do it, no one likes telling somebody, ‘You’re losing your job’, but it is the nature of football. We’re there to win and yes, we won a European trophy – and it was fantastic – but we also need to win on all fronts – and the Premier League says it all.”

Frank's Spurs play Bayern Munich on Thursday in a pre-season friendly. They have been rocked by the news of James Maddison's serious injury blow over the weekend.