James Maddison gives clear Ange Postecoglou verdict and explains why he shouted at Spurs stars

James Maddison has made it clear that he believes Ange Postecoglou deserves a chance to lead Tottenham Hotspur into a third season after taking them to European glory.

The Australian ended ' 17-year wait for a trophy with the victory in Bilbao against Manchester United landing the Europa League title and the north London club's first piece of European silverware in 41 years. That brought wild scenes in N17 as an estimated 220,000 people turned out for the trophy parade on Friday evening.

However, Tottenham's poor form in the Premier League with a 17th-place finish and a record 22 defeats as injuries struck and then prioritised the European campaign has been difficult to ignore and that is what leaves his future clouded by speculation despite having the dressing room firmly behind him and the majority of supporters as well after handing them that long-awaited trophy.

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was asked at his annual Maddison Invitational charity golf tournament whether Postecoglou deserves a season three.

"Yeah, he's been brilliant, man, like, even at the start of the season, saying: 'I don't usually win things, I always win things'. It's one of them. We knew that would create a big uproar in the media with you like never shutting up about it, but never once did I stop believing that he meant that," he told Sky Sports. "The season three line was iconic as well and he's got them in the locker, the motivational mic drop moments."

He added: "Managers and clubs, you don't need a bigger example than Tottenham, can go long periods without winning trophies, 17 years, but he's a man who's always had success and he's a man who I think his biggest strength is his self-belief in what he does, and that feeds off into us and that's been installed into us in Europe this year.

"All the away games and even the ones early in the group stages and the round of 16 we had a really bad performance away at AZ Alkmaar and he went heavy on us because you just know he's a winner and then we turned it around second leg and we're in the quarters, and every step we got closer and closer and we believed more and more, and now we're winners and no one can ever take that away from us."