Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former Celtic coach Ange Postecoglou as their new manager on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

He becomes the first Australian to manage a team in the Premier League and will join Spurs on July 1.

Spurs have been stuck in a never-ending loop of rebuilds and disappointments in recent years but if Postecoglou can replicate his achievements at Celtic the club's fans could finally enjoy some long-overdue success.

There is, however, significant work to be done. The Australian boasts a remarkable record, having won successive A-League titles with Brisbane Roar in 2011 and 2012.

He guided Yokohama F Marinos to their first Japanese top-flight league title in 15 years in 2019 and had a four-year stint with Australia during which he led them to the 2014 World Cup and secured their first major title at the Asian Cup.

He leaves Celtic having bolstered an already impressive CV, with five domestic trophies in two seasons at the Scottish champions.

Now, as he becomes the first Australian to manage a team in the Premier League, he faces one of his greatest challenges yet in turning around a side that have not won anything in 15 years.

Massive task

Postecoglou is the eighth permanent manager to be appointed by Spurs since they won the League Cup in 2008, their last piece of silverware.

The 57-year-old will be tasked with reviving the fortunes of the north London club, who finished eighth last season and missed out on European football for the first time since the 2009-10 season.

Since reaching the Champions League final in 2019, Spurs have been in steady decline, finishing sixth, seventh, fourth and then eighth in the following four seasons after a run of four straight top-four finishes from 2015-19.

Off the field things have been no better.

Spurs are without a director of football, with Italian Fabio Paratici having resigned in April after his appeal against a 30-month worldwide ban over his role in transfer deals and finances while at former club Juventus was rejected.

Their England captain Harry Kane, who turns 30 next month and has yet to win a trophy at the club he has called home since he was 11, is in the last 12 months of his contract.

In a Sky Sports interview last month, Kane said the club had "lost a bit of what the values are" over the last few years.

Yet despite the Australian's overflowing in-tray, his track record at Celtic should give cause for optimism.