'Send a message': Mark Bosnich's warning to Spurs if Ange Postecoglou wins final and is sacked

Football expert Mark Bosnich believes if Spurs win the Europa League and sack Ange Postecoglou, the club could be turning other managers away.

Reports around England suggest Postecoglou could be sacked by Spurs regardless of a trophy, such is the club's plight in the Premier League.

However, if Tottenham is successful, the former Socceroos goalkeeper believes it's time the club backs its man.

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"If you want to be a top club and your manager wins a major trophy, which it is, it's a second-tier European competition but still is a major trophy, I think you've got to stick by him," he said on 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio.

"I think he's doing things right, because (if you don't stick by him), you send a message out there that in the future it doesn't matter how you do it, this is what could happen to you and that could lead to a little bit of indifference."

If Postecoglou's fate is written for him, the Aussie will be able to look to the progression of managers who have left Spurs before him.

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Nuno Espírito Santo has had a remarkable season with Nottingham Forest, José Mourinho won the Conference League with Roma however his time there didn't end well.

And the man Postecoglou replaced, Antonio Conte, currently has Napoli first on the Serie A ladder.

Despite any sense of positivity for Postecoglou, Bosnich believe his fate at Tottenham may be sealed.

"I've had a word with somebody two weeks ago, I won't say who, but let's just say he's very much in the know in England," he said.

"He said that he'd heard from very good sources that he's gone anyway but he did add this little caveat and it's very important for everyone to think of, we don't exactly know what's going on behind closed doors.

"Normally 9.9 times out of 10, even if it does end in departure they sign a non-disclosure agreement and we don't find out anyway (what happened). That could be the case."

The final kicks off at 5am on Thursday (AEST) with coverage from 4.30am on Stan Sport.