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Postecoglou’s joke shines a light on Premier League managers’ fragile existence
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Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou reacting after his side's 4-3 League Cup quarter-final win over Manchester United.
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Ange Postecoglou assumed a position of solidarity this week when speaking of the difficulty of being a Premier League manager.
“This notion that clubs want to bring managers in and build stuff doesn’t exist,” he said, joking that he has a tougher job than British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as the Australian has an “election” every weekend, where he “either gets voted in or out”.
