While the euphoria of lifting a European trophy will not wear off for fans for some time, the reality of football could be set to bite hard in the coming weeks.

future is still unclear despite winning the after their 1-0 victory over in Bilbao. That in itself is not so surprising given just how badly the club's Premier League campaign went.

finished 17th in the table, 13 points above the relegation zone and a whopping 28 places behind the automatic qualification places. However, Tottenham will still find themselves in Europe's top competition next year thanks to their trophy win at San Mames.

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There has been plenty said about future, including a hint from the man himself as he stated at the trophy parade that "season three is always better than season two!"

football.london understands that a , however. A lot of the club's staff, including the Australian, have gone on holiday this week after a long and difficult season.

all-important decision cannot afford to be left too long, however. But will he stay or will he go? football.london's writers give their view below...

For me, Ange Postecoglou deserves to remain as Tottenham head coach heading into the 2025/26 season after guiding the club to some much-needed silverware. I fully get Spurs supporters pointing to the club's wretched Premier League record this season, which was unacceptable, but Postecoglou has delivered a major European trophy and Champions League football, thus seeing Spurs achieve their target set out at the start of the season.

Postecoglou has certainly learnt a number of lessons from how the season panned out and he will undoubtedly take them into next campaign if he's allowed to do so. Tottenham could quite easily kick on in the Premier League next season and get back towards the top but key to that will be the balancing act between domestic and European football.

Adding to the squad with more experience will only help and the same goes for some luck on the injury front. There are not many standout candidates to replace Postecoglou right now and I do feel that any potential new manager coming in may have lost before he's even started when it comes to the dressing room given how much the players love the Australian.

As he pointed out, season three is always better than season two. Now let's see if that is the case with Postecoglou at the helm.

I think the fact that no decision has been made yet points towards Postecoglou leaving. If he was definitely staying, it would have made sense to wrap the situation up and add some certainty to the recruitment process ahead of a huge season for Spurs.

I assume Daniel Levy will be using the time to look at potential candidates to replace the Australian and seeing if any of them are viable options.

Postecoglou does have two big things going for him, though. The first is his popularity with the fans. Naturally the trophy has given him a huge dose of good will, though he still retained a lot of popularity with the fans despite the poor results, in part due to his character and in part due to his style of play: if he was getting terrible results with a boring style, he'd have a lot less credit in the bank.

The second is his standing with the team. It'd be a huge knock to their confidence if Postecoglou was to leave now.

Ultimately, I still think that it's a decision that Levy will take. There is a lot which can be learned from Manchester United; I think that they allowed Erik ten Hag to stay at the club beyond the point of no return due to their FA Cup victory, which was ultimately papering over some very big cracks.

Ange Postecoglou can't be sacked, can he? The narrative has changed so much since the Europa League final win and supporters have made their feelings known in the past week or so.

I just feel Postecoglou deserves to stay. He was extremely unlucky with injuries during the 2024/25 campaign and if the club can bring in a few additional quality players, the Australian may finally have the tools to do something really special in north London.

If Daniel Levy were to sack the former Celtic man, the negativity and hatred towards the Spurs chairman may well just jump up a notch. It's not worth the risk when the club are riding one hell of a wave at the moment.

Yes, if Postecoglou starts the season poorly then it's possible he is relieved of his duties fairly early. But he at least deserves the opportunity to build on the Europa League success. Otherwise, what was the point?

I must have flip-flopped with this decision so many times over the last few months.

I could not see any way in which Postecoglou would keep his job given the way that Spurs performed in the Premier League this season.

But just look at what a trophy does for you and for the feeling in the fan base.

You could see from the trophy parade along the High Road on Friday just what this achievement means to the supporters, who have been starved of any kind of success for far too long.

The majority of people who may have turned against Postecoglou are now back on his side. The cheers when he was seen on the big screens for the first time at the parade said it all, as did the chants when he gave his speech on the stage and the chants for him inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the final game of the season on Sunday.

When it comes to Daniel Levy, he has also got what he desperately craved - a trophy and Champions League football again.

Postecoglou has delivered, so he surely needs to be given a transfer window and at least a few months of the new season to prove he can continue on this journey with Tottenham. The decision needs to be made quickly, though, as the summer is hugely important to give him, or someone else, the squad that can challenge on two fronts.