Ange Postecoglou has spearheaded a £100m rebuild of the Tottenham side following his arrival from Celtic over the summer but could potentially revisit a method he used in Scotland for Spurs’ next star
Ange Postecoglou will turn to the Asian market in the final week of the window – after being turned on to bargains there years ago by a young Kaoro Mitoma.
The new Spurs boss – whose men go to Bournemouth on Saturday – has already earned brownie points with last week’s stunning home win over Manchester United. It came after more than £100million was spent this summer to revamp Tottenham’s first team.
But Postecoglu pointed to the impact of Mitoma, who cost Brighton £4.3million, as an example of bargains still out there in plain sight. The Spurs boss was managing Yokahama F. Marinos in Japan when a young Mitoma, playing for Kawasaki Frontali in 2020, impressed alongside another outstanding talent, Reo Hatate – yet to sign a new deal at Celtic.
Postecoglu, who took Hatate to the SPL, said: “You look at people raving about Mitoma at Brighton. I watched his debut in Japan. I was on the opposition bench.