Daniel Levy to decide on Ange Postecoglou future amid fears of Tottenham dressing room backlash

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is still believed to be weighing up the future of Ange Postecoglou as he faces a crunch decision over the direction of the club.

football.london reported on Friday that is planning to implement huge changes within the club this summer, which will begin with the arrival of new CEO this week. Venkatesham drew widespread praise for his work at north London rivals Arsenal and had been coveted by the chairman for some time with his arrival expected to spark change within the hierarchy at Spurs.

Many inside Tottenham are also expecting the return at some point of former managing director of football , although the Italian may need to remain in a consultancy capacity for the time being owing to the civil trial into irregularities during his time at Juventus. The trial for the 52-year-old and other members of the hierarchy back then, including ex-president Andrea Agnelli and vice-president Pavel Nedved, began a fortnight ago after a request to annul proceedings was rejected by a Rome tribunal judge in April.

The potential return of the charismatic Paratici, if it does eventually happen officially, would also cause issues for Spurs' technical director with the Italian a hands-on operator in the transfer market.

Amid the sweeping changes to come behind the scenes at the club, looked set to head out of the door until he led Tottenham to their first trophy in 17 years with the Europa League triumph, the club's first European triumph in 41 years. In doing so, the Australian not only ended that silverware drought but he also landed Spurs a lucrative place in the Champions League next season along with a spot in the UEFA Super Cup against PSG in August. In his eyes, the head coach has delivered all of the targets asked of him.

That victory in Bilbao has muddied the waters somewhat as has the strong support Postecoglou has in the dressing room. Unlike many of the previous managers that Levy has removed over the decades, the 59-year-old remains heavily backed by his players. It did not go unnoticed amongst the squad how he tried to protect them with the media during the tough times in the Premier League this season, particularly during the three-month injury crisis, and since then he has led them to winners' medals.

Some within the club did not understand Postecoglou's decision to prioritise the Europa League once he felt his injury-ravaged Spurs squad could neither achieve anything in the Premier League nor get relegated, with a feeling that he was putting all of his eggs into one basket. However, the players never lost belief in his assertion that they would create history at the end of this campaign and the Australian was ultimately proved right.

The structure within the club around the players is also believed to have been greatly improved since the head coach arrived after the somewhat chaotic end to Antonio Conte's tenure.

Ahead of the final in Bilbao, Postecoglou organised for the players' families to record video messages for them, a move kept secret amongst a handful of people before the Australian showed the videos to the squad at an emotional meeting in the team hotel before the trip to the stadium.

There are some fears within Spurs of a dressing room backlash if Postecoglou was to be sacked after finally bringing tangible success to the north London club and it would also spark a reaction from the majority of the fanbase as well with most believing the head coach has earned the opportunity to deliver on his promise that season three will be better than season two - a declaration that brought a huge roar from the estimated 220,000 supporters at the trophy parade last month.

The scrutiny from the media would also only increase after years of mocking Spurs for bottling their chances to win silverware only to sack the manager who finally put an end to that. The club itself has been pumping out social media content in recent days of Postecoglou's dressing room speech to rouse the players ahead of the final in Bilbao as well as his emotional moments with them after the game on the pitch and inside the dressing room.

Many of the domestic candidates tipped to replace Postecoglou finished in mid-table this season in the Premier League without the burden of European football, albeit at smaller clubs with lower expectations, while those names from abroad failed to win silverware during this campaign as the Australian did. Many of the replacements could be a tough sell to a fanbase that has finally been given something to brag about.

While it could be seen as a gamble in keeping Postecoglou after such a poor Premier League season despite that trophy win, it is also an expensive gamble to replace him with no guarantee of someone coming in and delivering the regular Champions League football that Tottenham crave.

It was always thought that Levy, who has been seeking investment into the club, craved a trophy and the decision that lies ahead for the Spurs chairman could go some way towards giving a more definitive answer on that.

It remains to be seen exactly when clarity will come over the Australian's future with most of the key figures involved currently still on their post-season holidays after a packed 60-game season. A mini first transfer window has already opened on Sunday and all eyes remain on the chairman and whether Spurs will once again go back to the drawing board.