Mile Jedinak reveals the Celtic visit that paved path to Tottenham as secret meeting showed him Parkhead truth

Mile Jedinak has revealed it was a trip to Celtic that proved pivotal in paving his route to becoming a coach at Tottenham.

The former Australia midfielder was offered an assistant role at the Premier League giants when Ange Postecoglou left Parkhead after two glittering years for London. During the former Socceroos manager's time at the Premiership champions, he invited Jedinak for a peek at the environment he created.

Communication was always kept with his former national team boss but now he stands by his side in the Tottenham pressure cooker. And Jedinak has told Optus Sport that his presence at Celtic had not changed from his time as a player. He said: "We'd text each other, especially when he was in Japan, those key milestones when you win things you say congratulations. It wasn't until the back end of the first season at Celtic when I had the chance to go up. Again it was great. You can sit down properly and speak about what it's been like from playing and on the journey to coaching and doing it that way.

"He's been so helpful with that and now we're in this environment now and again it's how I expected it to be. It's very challenging, testing and where we can gain advantages in every aspect.

"When I went to Celtic, probably just getting a gauge of the staff and the atmosphere. It was seeing that dynamic, getting a feel for the place and in terms of how they had responded to him.

“It was no surprise, but it was done in a very similar way to the national team perspective. I got a reflection of what it's like day to day. It's not straightforward, but I saw enough in a couple of days to see he'd got it to where he wants it to be, and they were all in on it.

"Having the connection with Ange, going up to Celtic and