Johan Lange explains why Spurs are ‘on the right path’ to compete at the top
Johan Lange has explained why he thinks the building blocks are in place for Tottenham Hotspur to challenge the best sides in the Premier League.
Transformed club
While the jury is still out on whether Ange Postecoglou will be able to bring success to Tottenham, there is no doubt that the atmosphere at the club and the way they operate is completely different to how it was a couple of years ago.
It is not just Postecoglou that has brought that change of culture but also the club’s sporting director Johan Lange and the club’s chief operating officer Scott Munn.
Antonio Conte’s complaints about ‘club signings’ when Fabio Paratici was at the helm (talkSPORT) seem a world away from what is currently happening at Spurs, with everyone singing from the same hymn sheet.
Lange explains big change
Lange has now pointed out that every department at the club, including sports science, medical, analysis, scouting and loans, works with the club’s central DNA in mind.
When asked about the sync between various departments, he told The Standard: “The way we prepare our players has to be in line with the style of play. How we analyse the games and our opponents. We are playing at a very high level and we’re on the right path. We have a clear identity.
“If you compare our squad to the teams that finished higher than us last season, those squads have played together for more seasons. To have more games together will improve us even more.”
Blueprint for success
Most successful clubs, including the current Man City set-up and Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp, operated the way Lange describes, with all the departments working in sync.
That is increasingly now the case at Spurs, with all the youth teams playing a similar system and style to the first team, which makes the transition easier for younger players.
By the sounds of it, Lange, Postecoglou, and Tottenham’s scouting team are very much aligned on the parameters to judge players.
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