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Ten Hag was sacked by Manchester United on Monday despite winning the Carabao Cup and FA Cup during his two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford.
Poor Premier League form and a lack of clear playing style ultimately contributed to Ten Hag being dismissed, but ahead of Spurs’ fourth round Carabao Cup tie at home to Manchester City, Postecoglou conceded it was not a huge surprise.
“Nah, not really shocked. Disappointing as it was, it was almost inevitable with the scrutiny he had,” Postecoglou said.
“If you look at Erik, he was there for two and a bit years. He won a trophy in each year, they finished third in his first year. I don’t know if he was here with that record would he have lost his job? I don’t know.
“Would he be under the same scrutiny? I don’t know, because everyone tells me all I have to do is win a trophy but I have got a feeling it would be the same because, just the nature of the world today.
“As a manager you have to hit a sweet spot where you get success, you play football everyone likes, you get every signing right. In that moment you seem to get some sort of validation.
“Anything other than that, it seems to be for some clubs they want trophies not football, others want football. It is a difficult task.
“But what you have seen in the past, I’m sure Erik will bounce back from that because he is a good manager. You have seen it with other managers. I’m sure his career will continue to go on strongly.”
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