![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/martin-keown-worried-about-premier-league-rivals-who-remind-him-of-iconic-arsenal-team/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0_Screenshot-2474.jpg&description=Arsenal favourite Martin Keown is wary of the transformation that his former side's bitter rivals Tottenham have undergone since Ange Postecoglou's arrival in north London Martin Keown has likened Ange Postecoglou's impact at Tottenham to the transformation that Arsenal underwent with Arsene Wenger back in the 90s. While Arsenal re-established themselves as Premier League title contenders last year, Spurs had a campaign to forget. After parting company with Antonio Conte in March, the Londoners limped to an eighth place finish, missing out on European football entirely. The mood at the club has been completely transformed, though, under Postecoglou, who was prised away from Celtic in the summer. The 58-year-old has already got his team playing the type of expansive, attacking football that Spurs fans had been craving under Conte. And Keown, a key part of the Arsenal teams that became synonymous with success during the early years of Wenger's premiership, is wary of just how significant Postecoglou's impact could prove to be over the coming months and years. Writing in his column for The Mail, Keown said: "Tottenham's transformation under Ange Postecoglou feels familiar. It's transporting me back to 1996, when Arsene Wenger walked through the door at Arsenal. Almost overnight, he instilled belief in us. "Under George Graham, I had been told my job was to win the ball and give it to someone who could play. But Wenger told me, and others, that he trusted us and we should all play with the freedom to express ourselves. Suddenly, I felt like a footballer, totally fulfilled, and the rest, as they say, is history. Join the debate! Who do you think will finish higher this season: Arsenal or Spurs? Let us know here. "As worrying as it is for me to admit as an Arsenal fan, I see that same belief being passed on to Tottenham's players by Postecoglou. Even after selling Harry Kane, they look a better team and totally unified. "They have a manager who believes in them in a way t){kind=link}
Arsenal favourite Martin Keown is wary of the transformation that his former side’s bitter rivals Tottenham have undergone since Ange Postecoglou’s arrival in north London
Martin Keown has likened Ange Postecoglou’s impact at Tottenham to the transformation that Arsenal underwent with Arsene Wenger back in the 90s.
While Arsenal re-established themselves as Premier League title contenders last year, Spurs had a campaign to forget. After parting company with Antonio Conte in March, the Londoners limped to an eighth place finish, missing out on European football entirely.
The mood at the club has been completely transformed, though, under Postecoglou, who was prised away from Celtic in the summer. The 58-year-old has already got his team playing the type of expansive, attacking football that Spurs fans had been craving under Conte.
And Keown, a key part of the Arsenal teams that became synonymous with success during the early years of Wenger’s premiership, is wary of just how significant Postecoglou’s impact could prove to be over the coming months and years.