Tottenham and Daniel Levy set for summer of huge change with Ange Postecoglou decision a key part

Tottenham Hotspur are set to undergo major sweeping changes from the top to bottom of the club in the coming weeks, football.london understands, as new and old faces take charge of football matters.

turned a torrid season into something special with leading the club to its first trophy in 17 years as Tottenham won the Europa League final against Manchester United in Bilbao. That victory had numerous knock-on effects, not least the huge boost of Champions League football for the 2025/26 season and a place in the UEFA Super Cup in August against either PSG or Inter Milan.

Even before that night in Spain, Tottenham and chairman had planned sweeping changes to the organisation and now that will happen against the backdrop of taking on Europe's elite in the Champions League next season.

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football.london understands that new CEO is set to officially start his role next week and the former Arsenal man is preparing to launch into major changes and appraisals within the club that will impact all of the key departments that feed into the first team set-up, including coaching, medical and sports science.

The 44-year-old was a popular figure across north London at Spurs' rivals for the work he did inside that club in taking big strides within its structure while also engaging with the supporters and bringing clarity to what was going on. Venkatesham is expected to do similar at Tottenham, a club that has often been criticised for struggling to communicate effectively with its fanbase.

Many inside Spurs are also expecting the return of former managing director of football this summer following the conclusion of his initially global 30-month ban for irregularities at Juventus, where the Italian previously worked.

Paratici has always maintained a close relationship with Levy, who had tried for a decade to get him to north London before finally doing so in 2021, and the 52-year-old has remained one of the Tottenham supremo's trusted advisors. He continued in a consultancy role with the club even after his resignation and helped Postecoglou in his first summer at the club.

Levy trusts Paratici and is understood to have stepped back somewhat from football involvement during the Italian's previous time at the club to allow him to operate with more freedom and that is even more likely to happen again if he returns in addition to Venkatesham's arrival.

In his time at Tottenham, Paratici conducted an overhaul of the club's football departments in 2021 as well as the academy and its wage structure, and a similar raft of changes across Spurs are expected this summer.

Should Paratici walk through the door with Venkatesham then the future remains unclear for both chief football officer Scott Munn and technical director Johan Lange. Both men joined the club in 2023 and have proved popular appointments behind the scenes but many of their duties will cross over those of the two other men.

Technically with Lange, when it comes to Paratici, if the Italian does indeed return then it's likely to be at a higher boardroom level as he worked at before. That would leave some room for the Dane to operate below him as was the case when Paratici first arrived in 2021 with Steve Hitchen working in a similar role to Lange.

Hitchen was a close acquaintance of Paratici and helped him with his appraisals and overhaul but left the club within their first season together as his role shrank and that could be the fear for Lange. Paratici is a man who likes to lead when it comes to major transfers and that could be frustrating for any sporting director beneath him.

Then there is Postecoglou himself. The changes on the horizon bear some resemblance to what happened at the end of Harry Redknapp's era as the club moved to its current Hotspur Way training complex and Andre Villas-Boas replaced the former Portsmouth boss at the helm despite his success in the Premier League as Levy looked to move in a new direction.

A managerial change looked guaranteed to happen this summer only for that night in Bilbao and the subsequent swell of support for Postecoglou at the parade from an estimated 220,000 Spurs fans to muddy the waters somewhat. Many Tottenham fans now believe that the Australian has earned the right to go into next season in the role after delivering the club and Levy something they have craved for decades.

Postecoglou himself believes the same and feels he has hit all of the targets asked of him with a fifth-placed improved finish in his first season despite losing the club's record goalscorer Harry Kane and then delivering a major European trophy as well as Champions League qualification in his second. In the words of Eric Morecombe, Postecoglou has played "all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order".

Even with the context laid out by Postecoglou for a dreadful Premier League season with the injury crisis that ripped the squad apart for three months across the winter and the head coach's decision to prioritise the Europa League, which was not agreed with by everyone inside the club, it's difficult to ignore the 17th place finish just above the relegation spots in the table.

Only Bill Nicholson and Keith Burkinshaw have finished lower and with fewer points in a season in the past 58 years, although Postecoglou would no doubt point to what both men achieved at Tottenham after being backed to continue.

In his case Postecoglou gambled and grabbed exactly what he was seeking, writing himself into Tottenham's history in the process. The question will be whether the gamble paid off to such a degree that he will also get the opportunity to deliver the third season that he has promised the fans will be even better.

Postecoglou embarked on his post-season holiday without holding talks with Levy. Some around Spurs have questioned the current silence surrounding his future and whether it is simply allowing time for the good feelings surrounding Postecoglou and the euphoria to dissipate somewhat to make the decision, and particularly the reaction to it, less based on emotion. Others suggest that Levy has genuinely got a tougher decision to make than he did a fortnight ago.

If Postecoglou has done enough to stave off his departure then he has experience of working with Paratici, if the Italian does arrive as expected. If the Australian leaves then Paratici has mixed experience of bringing in a new manager at Tottenham.

The former Juventus man came in and led what appeared externally to be a messy search for a new head coach in 2021, changing the profile of manager that the club was looking for and various names came close to getting the role before Paratici convinced Levy to appoint Nuno Espirito Santo, using footage of the Portuguese's Valencia side to show that he could play attractive football.

Espirito Santo was gone before the season had reached its midway point, without any attractive football being played. In came Antonio Conte, after talks with him had broken down during the summer, for a spell that was as chaotic behind the scenes as it was an improvement on the pitch in his first season with a top four finish.

Tottenham appear to constantly seek change. It's the fuel that seems to drive the club with manager upon manager, sporting director upon sporting director and even members of the hierarchy changing regularly beneath Levy. In almost a quarter of a century at the helm, the Spurs chairman, who has been seeking new investment into the club, has yet to settle on a formula that sticks.

This summer is set to bring some of the biggest changes yet seen at Tottenham Hotspur and whether Postecoglou remains at the heart of it is set to soon become clear and it's a crucial part.