‘I used to drive one of world’s best players in £500 car – now I’m Spurs boss’

Ange Postecoglou has come a long way from his humble beginnings to becoming the manager of Tottenham Hotspur.

The Greek native moved with his family to Australia when he was five years old which is where he begun his football career with South Melbourne FC.

The 57-year-old spent his entire professional career with the club from 1984 to 1993 and during his time with the club, Postecoglou spent several years driving around one of football's greatest ever players.

Real Madrid legend, Ferenc Puskas, managed South Melbourne from 1989 to 1992 and while the Hungary icon spoke passable Greek, he couldn't speak English therefore Postecoglou, who was the captain of the side, acted as his interpreter and chauffeur.

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Being just 23 years old at the time, the Australian said his Datson 200 broke down while the pair were on the way to the airport.

“I had the s***tiest old car, because I was on hardly any money," he admitted.

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“It was worth 500 quid at the time, didn't have a window winder because my mate had broken it the year before, and I'm driving one of the world's greatest players around in this car that's bloody embarrassing.

“We went to one game, I was driving him to the airport and I got a flat tyre on the freeway and had to pull over to the side."

After politely asking Puskas to get out of the car, Postecoglou said his manager declined.

“I'm going, 'Boss, d'ya mind just…' – because he was a big guy at the time – 'd'ya mind getting out?' And he goes, 'No, I'm not going anywhere.'

“I think about it now and think, 'Man, I would have done things differently, I would have paid for a taxi for the man.'”

The Spurs boss has made a point of telling the fans to expect attacking football and to be entertained with the style of play he aims to bring as he revealed how much attacking importance his former manager placed upon his team's identity.

“His teams just wanted to outscore the opposition, that’s all he wanted to do. He goes, ‘we will win 5-4 every week and I’ll enjoy it’," he explained.

“I was a defender, so we copped four goals and I was like ‘s***’, but he was buzzing because, what a game. They scored great goals, we scored great goals. You know, that’s just not right!"

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