Ange Postecoglou sees the transfer market a bit like shopping with his wife. When his other half Georgia walks into a store, he says, she already knows what she wants. She goes in, she picks it, and she buys it. Ange, by his own admission, is a bit clueless.
That is, however, until it comes to buying footballers. ‘When I go looking for players, I’m the same as her,’ he once told Australian television. ‘I’ve got a real clear idea.’
It’s a good job, really, as Tottenham’s manager faces a monumental rebuild with a fresh £100million to spend and one of the club’s greatest players in Harry Kane to replace after the striker’s move to Bayern Munich.