Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has praised Yves Bissouma for his coaching style.
Ange Postecoglou said that Tottenham Hotspur and Mali defensive midfielder Yves Bissouma really impressed him in training when he first took charge of Spurs.
Postecoglou was appointed manager of Tottenham in the summer of 2023 after leaving Scottish Premiership champions Celtic.
And he noticed how good the 27-year-old was in training.
Ange Postecoglou on Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Yves Bissouma
Postecoglou also said Bissouma was one day late for training, but he hasn’t repeated that mistake since. Bissouma has made four Premier League appearances for Tottenham so far this season.
Postecoglou said of Bissouma: “Biss has been here since day one.
“I got him a little bit and said, ‘The way he’s been training, the first three or four sessions with the younger guys, you can be a leader in this group.’
“I already knew his abilities, but also the way he trained.
“He was late the next morning, so I told him, ‘Being a leader means being on time.’
“And it’s been going well ever since. So there are always lessons to learn.”
Yves Bissouma is now flourishing at Tottenham
Yves Bissouma is currently doing very well at Tottenham Hotspur and is thriving under manager Ange Postecoglou.
Bissouma struggled to play regularly for Spurs last season under then manager Antonio Conte.
There were also injury problems.
Bissouma moved to Tottenham from Premier League rivals Brighton and Hove Albion in the summer of 2022.
The defensive midfielder made ten starts and 13 substitute appearances in the Premier League for Tottenham last season.
The Malian international defensive midfielder also made three substitute appearances in the UEFA Champions League for the north London club last season.
Things are going well for Bissouma and Spurs at the moment.
It will be interesting to see if the defensive midfielder can maintain his current high level of performance in the weeks and months to come.
Tottenham’s main goal this season is to finish in the top four of the Premier League table.
‘Blown away’ – Alasdair Gold explains how Postecoglou transformed Spurs academy – Spurs Web – Tottenham Hotspur Football News
Alasdair Gold explained that Ange Postecoglou has not only revolutionized the first team, but the Australian is also revitalizing the club’s academy.
The mood at Tottenham is now completely different to what it was just a few months ago, with Postecoglou almost solely responsible for bringing the feel-good factor back to the club despite the departure of the club’s top scorer Harry Kane.
This is not only due to the football that the 58-year-old plays in the team and whose matches fans look forward to again, but also to the way he communicates with the media, as his messages seem to be intended for: to create a feeling of unity.
which has not always been the case under previous managers.
Gold has now revealed that Postecoglou’s arrival has also excited the club’s younger academy players, with several young players given the opportunity to work with the senior team in recent months.
The journalist writes in his column for Football.London: “While the Australian focused largely on the first team and the turnaround at the start of his tenure, he made himself available to the academy staff and the young players he was tasked with working with.”
He was blown away by his methods, with clear and consistent messages that impacted everyone, players and staff alike.
“For the Youth Sector players brought to his training sessions, it once again became an exciting reward for their efforts, rather than under Conte when they were often called upon only as static opposition against which the Youth Sector players could train against the first team . . until now the joy of receiving the call up for training with the first team had faded a little.”
Gold explained that Postecoglou has also made it clear that he wants all of Tottenham’s youth teams to use a similar system to the one he uses.
The journalist continues: “What helps the transition of youth players to the Postecoglou team is that the youth teams of the U21 development team have always been encouraged to play in a way that is not far from the fast and furious attacking football of the U21 team . . ask for a new coach.
“The philosophy of Spurs’ academy has remained consistent despite the change of manager in the first team.
The aim is to try to dominate the ball, play quickly through areas of the pitch and press aggressively when you don’t have ball possession, to recover the ball as quickly as possible.
“Tottenham’s young players are encouraged to be dominant one-on-one, with and without the ball, and all teams are set up in a 4-3-3 formation which can become flexible depending on the pressure of the opponent.
“The inverted full-back system favored by Postecoglou also found itself in a somewhat appropriate nest at Spurs, given that the U21s and U18s often play in a way that brings at least one full-back into the center of the pitch to create a double shift all ‘internal in no time. midfield box.
“So as the Australian has more time to look at the levels beneath him in the coming months and hopefully in the years to come, he will find a perfect production line waiting for him.”
Conte and Mourinho were coaches who focused exclusively on the first team, with their methods focused on achieving short-term success.
Postecoglou, like Pochettino, appears to be more of a process-oriented manager, with the aim of putting systems in place that lead to better future results.
