Tottenham would be a perfect opportunity for Postecoglou- Laudrup pleads with Ange to quit Celtic

Brian Laudrup has virtually pleaded with Ange Postecoglou to take charge of Spurs.

The former Chelsea flop has read the speculation over the last couple of days and feels that the exit of the Celtic boss would give Micky Beale his best chance of success.

Postecoglou is one match away from leading Celtic to their fifth trophy out of six with Steven Gerrard and Giovanni van Bronckhorst two of the casualties.

Micky Beale has talked a good game but fallen flat on his face when it matters with Postecoglou dishing out three defeats in the Viaplay Cup, SPFL and Scottish Cup to leave the new Ibrox boss trophyless.

From the moment Arne Slot opted to stay with Feyenoord and some English titles linked Spurs with the Celtic boss Scottish pundits have had a rush of excitement as they live out a dream scenario.

Celtic without Ange automatically equates to more trophies at Ibrox for many with Laudrup thinking out loud for the Daily Mail:

I THINK this is a great time to take the Tottenham job. I really do. Given all their recent woes, a manager with a clear plan has an opportunity to go there, make an impact and be viewed as a saviour.

Will that be Ange Postecoglou? Time will tell. But there’s no doubt further news of Spurs’ intentions will be eagerly awaited. On both sides of Glasgow.

A lot of Rangers fans — and I think Michael Beale as well — would love to see Postecoglou move on from Celtic. In my view, it would actually be a feather in the cap of Scottish football if his excellent achievements in the Premiership were recognised by an approach from a club such as Spurs.

Were he to accept, Celtic would obviously do everything to find the best possible replacement.

Often, though, it takes a little while for a new manager to put across his own ideas and make the changes he wants. A degree of uncertainty is introduced.

Postecoglou leaving wouldn’t give Rangers the upper hand for next season. Not with the structure and the squad the Australian has put in place at Parkhead.

But it would, at least, give my old club a chance to even things up if they got their own business right this summer. That latter point remains absolutely critical, regardless of what happens with Postecoglou.

I’ve never hidden my admiration for the job done by the Celtic manager. The speed with which he introduced a new culture to the club was sensational — at odds with the norm — and he reaped huge rewards from that. He raised the bar in Scottish football and has done pretty much everything right since he joined.

It looks like Spurs are now very interested. And I can understand that for sure.

After agreeing to a one year contract in 1997 to deliver 10-in-a-row, Laudrup turned in a Morelos-type season for Walter Smith, scoring five goals in 26 appearances while announcing his move to Chelsea in mid-season.

At the age of 29 he joined Chelsea as a free agent, flopped spectacularly in seven appearances then wound down his career with brief spells at Copenhagen and Ajax, retiring at the age of 31.