"He was a really good manager. I still really like him," Van de Ven told The Overlap podcast. "I don't know how everything went backstage. I didn't expect it. It was strange how everything went after - he's the manager that won silverware for Tottenham. Afterwards, when he got sacked, I sent a message to my dad and my friends and said, 'I never expected this'."
""I liked the offensive play [under Postecoglou], but I like what we have now with Thomas Frank," the defender added. "We are more secure at the back. I don't like getting exposed every game on the counter-attack. At the beginning [under Postecoglou], no team was used to playing against our system. We were playing unbelievable football. But managers analyse everything, and people knew what we were doing. Sometimes we didn't really have a plan B, and we were getting exposed. We didn't have solut"
Micky van de Ven was shocked by Ange Postecoglou's sacking despite Postecoglou having led Tottenham to the 2025 Europa League trophy, ending a 17-year wait for silverware. Postecoglou was dismissed 16 days after the win following a 17th-place Premier League finish with 38 points, becoming the first Premier League manager since Antonio Conte in 2017-18 to win a major trophy and be sacked the same season. Thomas Frank replaced Postecoglou and Tottenham sit 11th after a mixed start. Injuries, 22 league defeats, 11 Premier League wins and tactical vulnerabilities marked the season.
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