Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou has claimed he has ‘’no interest” in Marcus Rashford’s future as he urged Spurs fans to unite for the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United.
The England star was dropped by Ruben Amorim for the derby win on Sunday - and then announced he wants to leave the Old Trafford club on Tuesday. Manchester United travel to face Tottenham on Thursday night.
And asked about Rashford’s comments, the Aussie manager said: “No interest. Don’t care.
"Not interested, he is a Manchester United player. A very good player, they have plenty of good players. But I manage my players and other managers will manage their own players. In terms of Marcus’ situation I have no real desire to examine it any further. There’s always noise about Manchester United, come on mate. Where have you been?"
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Rashford, who is on £300,000-a-week, has limited options - and Tottenham do not appear to be among them. Asked if Spurs would bid for him in the January window, Postecoglou added: “Ah, mate, if I looked at everyone we were linked to, I would have no time to do anything else to be honest. I have got other people to do that part of the process.
"For us, we’ve been pretty disciplined in what we’re trying to build here and we’ll continue to be so. That’s not on my radar. You can ask me about Marcus but you can ask me about every single Premier League footballer and I’ll say the same thing.”
Could Rashford feature on Thursday night?
Could Rashford feature on Thursday night? ( Image: Visionhaus/Getty Images)
Tottenham eased the pressure on Postecoglou with a 5-0 win at Southampton on Sunday night - a defeat which cost Russell Martin his job. But the away Spurs support at St Mary’s sang against chairman Daniel Levy and a protest is planned against his reign before Sunday’s Premier League clash with Liverpool.
"That’s for the supporters, mate,” said the Aussie. “I’ve said a million times, it’s up to them to express what they want to express but hopefully they got to enjoy the other night, it was a special performance, especially the first 45 minutes. Tomorrow night, I have spoken about the atmosphere at Ibrox and Galatasaray and how I’d like that to be our atmosphere because it would certainly help us overcome a tough opponent in a really big game."
Spurs beat Manchester City at home 2-1 in the last round in October.
“That night against City, it was a big game for us and the whole atmosphere that night, the way we started, the way we played the whole night,” Postecoglou recalled. “City were good on the night as well and it was a cracking game. It had a real cup atmosphere and we’re going to need that tomorrow night. We’re going to need that energy.
"All these games tend to be pretty tight games and if you get the energy of the crowd behind you, it can certainly lift the players and for us it’s going to be an important factor.”
Spurs have not won a trophy since the 2008 League Cup but Postecoglou has won a trophy in the second season of every club he has managed. Something has to give in this campaign.
“I’m not walking around with banners saying ‘I win things in my second year’,” said the former Celtic boss. “But ask me the question and I will give you the answer and it is what it is."
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