Ange Postecoglou appointed new Tottenham manager

Tottenham Hotspur have announced that Ange Postecoglou will be their new manager after the Australian signed a two-year deal with the Premier League club.

Postecoglou has just enjoyed a hugely successful spell at Celtic where he guided the Scottish side to five domestic trophies of a possible six in two seasons.

Spurs have just finished a nightmare season in which three different managers have been in the hot seat and ended with the club finishing eighth in the table.

That means they will not be playing any European football next season for the first time since the 2009/10 campaign.

Antonio Conte started the season in charge but the Italian coach grew increasingly frustrated with what he perceived as a lack of ambition from the club's owners.

As performances on the pitch started to deteriorate, Conte publicly turned against his own players calling them “selfish” after a 3-3 home draw with bottom club Southampton in which Spurs threw away a two-goal advantage.

He also criticised the culture of a club that last won silverware in 2008.

Just nine days later, Conte has left “by mutual agreement”, with assistant coach Cristian Stellini taking over.

He had guided Spurs to wins over Manchester City, West Ham United and Chelsea while Conte had been missing after gallbladder surgery.

But, after being handed the job until the end of the season, Stellini oversaw just one win in his four games in charge, in the last of which Spurs were humiliated 6-1 against Newcastle at St James' Park, and the Italian was sacked the following day.

Head of player development Ryan Mason, 29, then became manager No 3 for the season but he could not lift the team back into European contention, despite beating Leeds United 4-1 in the final game of the