{"id":655559,"date":"2025-06-11T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=655559"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:01:48","slug":"van-de-ven-postecoglou-sacking-player-revolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/11\/van-de-ven-postecoglou-sacking-player-revolt\/","title":{"rendered":"Micky van de Ven Questions Tottenham Hotspur&#8217;s &#8216;Strange&#8217; Decision as Player Revolt Threat Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Micky van de Ven has taken to the press to react to the sacking of Ange Postecoglou. This comes as rumours gather on the growing animosity in the Spurs squad as a result of the club&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<h2>Micky van de Ven on Spurs &#8220;Strange&#8221; Decision<\/h2>\n<h3>Players Appear to Have Fully Backed Ange<\/h3>\n<p>When the news of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/06\/ange-postecoglou-sacked-tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_self\">Postecoglou&#8217;s sacking was made official<\/a>, the Spurs squad quickly took to social media to post about how grateful they were for their manager.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKkpG64tJvw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKkpG64tJvw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Micky van de Ven (@mickyvdven)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This included van de Ven, who thanked Postecoglou for believing in him and for being part of that historic moment of lifting Tottenham&#8217;s third UEFA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, club captain Son Heung-Min posted: &#8220;Gaffer, You\u2019ve changed the trajectory of this club. You believed in yourself, and us, since day one and never wavered for a second. Even when others did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the season, there were plenty of critics among the Spurs fans and the media who claimed that Postecoglou perhaps didn&#8217;t have the command of the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>There was even a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/04\/11\/ange-postecoglou-tottenham-hotspur-team-news-leaks\/\" target=\"_self\">leak<\/a> somewhere in the club at one point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/09\/tottenham-hotspur-antoine-semenyo-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur &#8216;Stepping Up Interes&#8217; for\u00a0 &#8216;Powerful&#8217; Manchester United Target<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tottenham Have Made &#8220;Strange&#8221; Call to Sack Ange<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to Voetbalzone after the Netherlands&#8217; victory against Malta, van de Ven was asked about his thoughts on Postecoglou&#8217;s sacking.<\/p>\n<p>He <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/11095\/13025489\/tottenham-transfer-news-rumours-and-gossip-live-updates-and-latest-on-deals-signings-loans-and-contracts\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: &#8220;I think many of the players got along with him well. And of course he is the first coach who has brought success to Spurs in a long time,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That also shows that he has a certain quality. That also means that he has a winning mentality, 100 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From that, you would of course say that it is strange that he was fired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lengthy silence from the club and the statement they eventually made suggest it was no easy decision for the board to take. If Postecoglou hadn&#8217;t won the Europa League, then sacking him was almost an inevitability. But, winning a major trophy has had a huge effect on the squad, the fans and the club as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>As van de Ven points out, Postecoglou did have the support of the players. While Spurs&#8217; Premier League form suffered, the manager did his best through various injury crises and fixture congestion to keep his squad focused on moving forward in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Winning that first trophy in 17 years (and the first European trophy since 1984) has called time on the &#8216;Spursy&#8217; tag. It&#8217;s a reminder of Tottenham&#8217;s pedigree as a historic club for winning trophies. But more importantly, it has given the current squad members a unique feeling that they&#8217;ll keep chasing for the rest of their careers.<\/p>\n<p>So van de Ven&#8217;s viewpoint that Ange&#8217;s sacking is &#8220;strange&#8221; is easy to understand. There was a chance for Daniel Levy to stop hitting the reset button and give Postecoglou another chance. This was a moment that could have been built on for everyone involved at the club.<\/p>\n<h3>Postecoglou&#8217;s Sacking: Impact on Players<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt that the players will be feeling some disappointment after Ange&#8217;s sacking. At the same time, they&#8217;re professionals, and they too will understand how their 17th-place finish in the league was simply unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>But according to an exclusive from The Telegraph, there is more than just disappointment from the players.<\/p>\n<p>An undisclosed source <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/06\/06\/ange-postecoglou-sacked-tottenham-hotspur-levy-europa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: &#8220;The players are so angry about what has happened and how it has been handled. The next manager is going to inherit a difficult situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt Law of the Telegraph has suggested that the next Tottenham boss will face a &#8220;huge task&#8221; to repair the dressing room &#8220;damage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>With Thomas Frank expected to be announced as the next Spurs manager shortly, it will be interesting to see how he approaches getting to know his new squad. The general feeling among Spurs fans is that Frank is an astute appointment; he is a good communicator and likes to play attacking, possession-based football. Having spent almost seven years at Brentford, he also shows his ability to provide stability and deliver over a long period of time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/09\/tottenham-hotspur-thomas-frank\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur Discover Steep Price for Manager Target With \u2018Negotiations at Final Stages&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Micky van de Ven has taken to the press to react to the sacking of Ange Postecoglou. This comes as rumours gather on the growing animosity in the Spurs squad as a result of the club&#8217;s decision. 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