Ange Postecoglou sends perfect Arsene Wenger response to prove ultimate Tottenham point

Ange Postecoglou has fired back at Arsene Wenger's claim that the Europa League winner should not be rewarded with a spot in next season's Champions League.

Tottenham, Manchester United, Athletic Club and Bodo/Glimt are the final four in this campaign's tournament with both English clubs holding the advantage. Ruben Amorim's side are three goals to the good against Athletic Club while Spurs lead the Norwegian champions 3-1.

While neither are in the final just yet, they are certainly the two favourites and if they do meet in Bilbao later this month, they will compete for a major European honour and a spot in next season's Champions League despite their horrendous domestic seasons.

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United are just one point above Spurs with the two teams lying in 15th and 16th, respectively.

"They should qualify automatically for the Europa League but not necessarily for the Champions League," he said on "Especially when you're in the where already five teams qualify.

"I think it's something [for UEFA] to think about and to review. "On the other hand, people will tell you that to keep the Europa League focused, interesting and motivated, you need to give them that prize [Champions League]."

The topic has remained a major talking point in the last week with Postecoglou asked for his thoughts on the matter and unsurprisingly, the Tottenham head coach provided the perfect response.

"Well, I mean that's a debate that's been raging for years, like at least the last eight days," "I've never heard that before, so.. I've said it before, mate, Spurs does crazy things to people. It does, it does.

"You put that club into any sentence or any issue, and invariably they all come out and try and diminish as much as they can. Why wasn't there an issue before and it's an issue now.

"What's the difference? I don't understand what the difference is. Last year, fifth didn't get you into the Champions League, this year it does.

"What does that mean? There are competition rules and the rules say that the winner goes into [the Champions League] and it's not the first year, and there isn't an asterisk against it that you have to do something else as well. But it's Spurs, mate, they love it. They love it. Oh, they love it, you love it, don't you?

"Well, you know, I don't want to go down that road because I've got a great respect for Arsene. He's one of the legends of the game, but it does crazy things to people, mate, I love it. I love it, bring it on. it's going to upset people, so that makes me happy."